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GE Vernova Production Technician (Marcus Hook, PA) in United States

Position is available for candidates located near Marcus Hook, PA

About GE Vernova

GE Vernova is a planned, purpose-built global energy company that includes Power, Wind, and Electrification businesses and is supported by its accelerator businesses of Advanced Research, Consulting Services, and Financial Services. Building on over 130 years of experience tackling the world’s challenges, GE Vernova is uniquely positioned to help lead the energy transition by continuing to electrify the world while simultaneously working to decarbonize it. GE Vernova helps customers power economies and deliver electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life. GE Vernova is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., with more than 80,000 employees across 100+ countries around the world.

GE Vernova’s Gas Power business engineers advanced, efficient natural gas-powered technologies and services, along with decarbonization solutions that aim to help electrify a lower carbon future. As part of the Gas Power One Field Services team, FieldCore installs, maintains and upgrades power generation equipment, enabling operators of the world’s energy infrastructure to provide more reliable and affordable energy.

Job Summary:

The Production Technician is responsible for operations and minor maintenance of a 3x1 (GE7FA gas turbines and Toshiba Steam Turbine), 848MW power generation facility the power generation facility.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Installs, operates, and maintains a wide variety of power plant and mobile power generation equipment

  • Monitor power generation equipment and indicators to detect evidence of operating problems.

  • Control power generating equipment, including load banks, pressure washers, generators, fuel tanks and all support equipment, using local and organizational policies and procedures.

  • Regulate equipment operations and conditions, such as load levels, based on instrument data or from computers.

  • Take maintenance actions, based on readings from trends, meters and gauges, at established intervals.

  • Start or stop generators, auxiliary equipment, turbines, or other power generation equipment as necessary.

  • Inspect/enter data on equipment records or logbook entries or communicate with other plant personnel to assess equipment-operating status.

  • Control or maintain auxiliary equipment.

  • Clean, lubricate, or maintain equipment, such as generators, turbines, pumps, or compressors, to prevent failure or deterioration.

  • Perform site specific Preventative Maintenance of plant equipment

  • Perform Reliability checks of plant equipment

  • Follow written procedures; present a professional appearance and maintaining a flawless Health, and Safety record through adherence to local, industrial, and governmental safety standards and organizational and departmental policies.

  • Identify defective sectionalizing devices, circuit breakers, fuses, voltage regulators, transformers, switches, relays, or wiring, using wiring diagrams and electrical-testing instruments.

  • Coordinate work assignment preparation and completion with other workers.

  • Perform other qualified duties as assigned

  • Travel may be required

  • Ability and willingness to work holidays, weekends and overtime as required by field assignments

  • Rotating 12-hour shift (28-day rotation)

Required Qualifications & Experience:

  • High school diploma or equivalent

  • Minimum Five (5) years of experience, including one-year equivalent to a Power Plant Operator or a combination of equivalent education and experience that would provide the required knowledge and abilities of a power plant operator is preferred.

  • Shall be qualified as an Outside Operator with-in 12 months of hire date.

Desired Characteristics:

  • Good written communications skills with skill in documentation and report writing.

  • Experience in creating and maintain a strong safety culture

  • Desire to grow personally and professionally

  • Great team member

  • Self-starter

  • Technical understanding of principles of electronics and electricity, including generation, conversion, transformation, distribution, and utilization; types, capacity, and purpose of low voltage circuits, circuit breakers, switches, fuses, regulators, relays, instruments, and meters associated with electric generation and distribution

  • Understanding of wiring diagrams, schematics, drawings, and technical publications

  • Understand techniques of operating and maintaining internal combustion engines, generators, generating plants, distribution panels, and accessory equipment; use and purpose of test equipment; safety rules and practices; environmental policies; principles of management; and operation and repair of electrical power production systems

Compensation and Benefits:

The hourly wage range for this position is $29.09 to $47.93. Employees may be eligible for overtime. FieldCore benefits include insurance (medical, dental, vision, disability, and life), retirement savings, health and Wellness reimbursement, and a bonus or incentive program. Eligibility for FieldCore benefits is determined under the terms of the applicable benefits plan.

FieldCore is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, ancestry, genetic information, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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