Lead EI&C Technician and Channelview, TX

UNITED STATES • FIELD AREA (corporate or plant) • FULL-TIME

Position Summary

Odyssey Energy’s Altura Cogen facility in Channelview, Texas is a natural gas–fired cogeneration plant seeking a skilled EI&C technician to support the installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of electrical controls and instrumentation systems.

Major Duties & Responsibilities

 

Workflow Management

• Knowledge of low/medium/high voltage equipment rated 480 volts through 138,000 volts in an industrial environment.
• Experience working with industrial electrical equipment such as voltage regulators, low/medium voltage motor control centers, circuit breakers, switchgears, electrical power generators, potential transformers, step-up/step-down transformers, transformer/generator/motor circuit protection relays, etc.
• Familiarity with National Electrical Code (NEC) and application in industrial environments.
• Maintain and control spare electrical parts inventory.
• Demonstrate accountability for budget planning and control.
• Familiarity with inspecting transmitter instrumentation periodically and making minor calibration adjustments to ensure they function within specified control variables.
• Ability to diagnose malfunctions and perform preventative, predictive, and corrective maintenance on power plant electrical, instruments, and control systems.
• Experience with reading and interpreting electrical one line diagrams, elementary control drawings, three-line diagrams, loop drawings, P&ID’s, etc.
• Document control and wiring changes and redlines plant drawings as needed.  Must comply with Altura Cogen’s Management of Change program.
• Develop and prepare detailed job scopes and comprehensive bidding documentation for project proposals.
• Operates plant equipment as required (trucks, cranes, forklifts, scissors and aerial lifts).
• Understands and complies with all company environmental, health and safety policies.
• Analyze trends and operating parameters of electronic and electrical systems to identify potential or impending failures and to ensure the plant’s running at optimal efficiency.
• Maintain a safe working environment to include good housekeeping practices in work areas and workshop areas.
• Utilize the workflow management system, MAXIMO, to track maintenance activities, inventory tracking and equipment history.
• Conducts electrical, IC&E, electronic and electrical systems inspections and tests as required to ensure plant is operating within specified parameters.

Working Conditions:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job

• Working in varied outdoor environments such as all-weather conditions, all noise levels, hazardous conditions, and on a full range of outdoor work surfaces sometimes at elevated heights.
• Various uses of protective equipment (i.e. hard hats, safety glasses, air purifying respirator, hearing protection, chemical suits, hot gloves and high voltage protective equipment, etc.) is required. Work with hazardous materials may also be required.
• Working in proximity to high voltage and current with proper training and equipment, operating heavy equipment and rolling stock and entering confined spaces or hazardous environments may be required while often being exposed to equipment and machinery noises.
• Duties require walking, standing for extended periods of time, crawling, stooping, sitting, climbing vertical and inclined ladders and stairs, operation of large valves and other tasks requiring up to 100 lbs. of pulling or turning force, and lifting and carrying up to 50 lbs. Exposure to extreme heat and cold.
• All candidates will participate in the post-offer physical examination and drug screening and post-employment random drug screening. There are extensive smoking restrictions in and around the facility.
• This position requires extended working hours and varied shifts including weekend and holiday work. The ability to be “on call” is also required periodically.

Education/Experience Required

 

Skilled Knowledge:

• 5+ years’ experience in industrial electrical/electronic maintenance and /or instrumentation controls maintenance
• High School diploma or equivalent
• 2+ years at a power plant or industrial plant experience
• Valid driver’s license
• Must have legal authority to permanently work in the U.S.

​​​​​​​Position Preferred Requirements:

• Maintain Master Electrician's license

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