Talen Energy is seeking Plant Technician-Control Room Operator (CRO) candidates to join our Operations team at our Brandon Shores power plant, located in Baltimore, MD (Pasadena area). The Brandon Shores Plant is a fully scrubbed coal-fired generating station. We are looking for qualified candidates with over five years of work experience in the start-up, operations and shutdown of boilers, turbine-generators and auxiliary equipment. The position reports to the Shift Supervisor.
The expected salary range for this position is $100,000.00 to $115,000.00 annually. Actual pay will be adjusted based on experience and other job-related factors as permitted by law. Successful candidates will also participate in Talen Energy's Short-Term Incentive program.
Talen Energy offers an exceptional benefits program to its employees. Benefits include comprehensive health, dental, vision, prescription plans, life insurance, and disability insurance. In addition, employees are eligible to participate in Talen Energy's 401(k) plan. Talen Energy also provides competitive vacation and sick time to its employees.
Responsibilities:
1. Operates boilers, turbine generators and auxiliary equipment by using remote controls, video display terminals (VDTs), keyboards, and plant rounds as needed.
2. Minimizes plant condition deviations from design values to achieve most economical plant heat rate.
3. Leads equipment or system problem identification and solving evolutions assuring quality inputs to the maintenance forces via maintenance requests.
4. Shuts down equipment for maintenance and coordinates work with electrical, mechanical, and instrument maintenance forces.
5. Ensures that appropriate safety lock out tag out procedures are followed.
6. Understands and follows plant emission guidelines for adhering to regulations.
7. Maintains station operating logs and prepares and logs maintenance request data.
8. Keeps instruction of plant operators' current through periodic training classes and assists in the development of operators for future promotion.
9. Participates in the implementation and assessment of operator qualification standards.
10. Develops and follows operating procedures for plant equipment to ensure consistent and safe operation.
Skills/Competencies:
1. Thorough knowledge of all operating duties at control room installations.
2. Must thoroughly understand the function of and closely observe many instruments and controls, in order to act quickly and correctly in emergencies.
3. Demonstrated ability to effectively organize and direct the activities of others.
4. Ability to build effective teams.
5. Is required to use market and business information to adjust operation when possible to improve profitability.
6. Ability to make decisions with high quality, accuracy, and timeliness.
7. Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively in writing and orally with all levels of plant personnel (i.e., peers, management, operations team), as well as external contacts.
8. Effectively utilizes operational, business and maintenance processes, ensuring adherence to management guidelines.
9. Technical abilities to work with plant simulator and plant equipment information to understand all facets of plant operations.
Education & Experience Required:
1. Over five years work experience in the start-up, operations and shutdown of boilers, turbine-generators and auxiliary equipment.
2. Must be fully proficient in all plant operations.
3. Successful completion of all operations qualifications.
Licenses/Certifications Required/Preferred:
1. Grade 1 Stationary Engineers License (preferred).
2. Valid Driver's License and the ability to meet Company driving standards (required).
Physical Requirements & Working Conditions:
Must possess mobility to work in a standard office setting and to use standard office equipment, including a computer, stamina to maintain attention to detail, despite interruptions, vision to read printed materials and a computer screen for long periods of time. Hearing and speech to communicate in person and over the phone. It may be necessary at times to visit power plants coal combustions byproduct landfills, or other potentially hazardous industrial locations, primarily for the purpose of evaluating compliance. At times, an individual may respond to environmental release situations.
Must satisfy respirator qualifications.
Shift worker subject to holiday and weekend work. Overtime may be required.
Interface with marketing & trading's load dispatchers to provide the requested electrical generation and ancillary services.
Talen Energy Corporation
Pennsylvania United States
www.talenenergy.com
