JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
Under close and/or directive supervision, with limited latitude for planning or laying out of working details, must be willing and able to learn how to perform simple mechanical work involved in the inspection, repair, installation, test, adjustment and calibration of meters and instruments, and of automatic combustion control equipment and regulating devices in generating stations. Must be willing and able to learn how to perform simple electrical work involved in the inspection, repair or installation of electrical equipment in generating stations and electrical substations and related equipment in shop or in place. Must be willing and able to learn how to perform simple mechanical work involved in the inspection, repair and installation of mechanical equipment in generating stations. Must be able to assume responsibility for the operation of the equipment included in a central controlled turbo-generator-boiler system with its associated fuel handling facilities, auxiliaries and functions during a specific shift, and be qualified to do the following and related work as assigned:
- Must be willing and able to learn how to place in service, or remove from service, and operate in a safe manner, turbo-generator and boiler systems and related auxiliary equipment such as fuel facilities, valves, traps, regulators, desuperheaters, heaters, cooling towers, heat exchangers, and related piping systems containing water, steam, air, and other fluids or gases, station service electric circuits, oil circuit breakers, air circuit breakers, disconnecting switches, transformers, storage batteries, motor generator sets, indicating and recording instruments, etc. Install and maintain simple mechanical measuring devices and control equipment such as pressure gauges, thermometers, thermocouples, instrument piping, and simple regulating and control devices, install and maintain simple electric circuits in conduit or open wiring, lighting fixtures, motors and other electrical auxiliaries, install and maintain simple mechanical equipment, such as small piping layouts, valves, fuel pumps, small centrifugal pumps, steam traps, heat exchange apparatus, building fixtures, tanks, air removal equipment, ejectors, etc.
- Must be willing and able to learn how to check functioning of governors and controls, perform simple operations in connection with general test work on boilers, turbines, pumps, condensers, heat exchange equipment, cooling towers, piping, draft equipment, instruments and controls and other related mechanical equipment, clean and inspect motors including check of clearances and insulation resistance, and change of oil as required, perform simple operations in connection with general maintenance work on boilers, turbines, pumps, condensers, heat exchange equipment, cooling towers, piping, draft equipment, buildings, and other related mechanical equipment
- Must be willing and able to learn how to check bearing temperatures and equipment for proper operation, perform simple operations, requiring some precision with hand, bench and power tools, test electrical circuits and equipment for insulation resistance, perform simple operations requiring little precision, with machine tools such as drill presses, pipe and bolt threading machines, band saws, punch or shears, etc.
- Must be willing and able to learn how to check and adjust running clearances on main turbines, analyze flue gas samples and perform routine tests on instruments and controls, renew lamps, fuses, sockets, etc., perform routine tasks such as packing valves and pumps, replace gauge glasses, cut gaskets, re-seat valves, form simple tools, fabricate metal parts, etc.
- Must be willing and able to learn how to change over fuels, diagnose and correct minor electric trouble of secondary equipment not involving continuity of service, diagnose and correct minor mechanical trouble of secondary equipment not involving continuity of service
- Must be willing and able to learn how to maintain proper combustion, assist in laboratory work as directed, make routine test and inspections of storage batteries, inspect and maintain fire-fighting apparatus
- Must be willing and able to perform necessary housekeeping
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Physical:
- Age: 18 minimum
- Must have full use of mental and physical faculties
- Must have strength and endurance adequate for arduous labor as circumstances may require
- GPA 2.8 (on a 4.0 scale) or higher is required
Personal:
- Be particularly alert in observing hazards and avoiding accidents
- Be willing to attend and take part in safety meetings
- Be willing to work under unusual surroundings, as well as the normal working conditions pertaining to this job
- Be able to receive and transmit orders and instructions in such a manner as to inspire respect and confidence of both superiors and subordinates
- Have a temperament suited to jobs where manual dexterity, precision and patience are particularly essential
- Be especially neat, clean, and orderly in work and person
- Understand importance of always rendering and maintaining first class courteous service to all customers
Req ID: 120629
Entergy Corporation
639 Loyola Ave
New Orleans
Louisiana United States
www.entergy.com
