Description
Summary:
Provide mechanical maintenance support to maintain equipment and systems which support the safe, efficient, reliable, and environmentally sound operation of the Petra Nova Carbon Capture Plant. May perform Head Mechanic duties during absence of a Head Mechanic.
Essential Duties/Responsibilities:
- Recognizes safety hazards and follows safety guidelines for personal protection, protection of fellow workers and the protection of the public.
- Knowledgeable of environmental rules and regulations, and effectively apply them to all work situations.
- Installs, maintains, tests, inspects, and repairs station equipment and systems such as HRSG, Gas Turbine/Generator and its associated auxiliary equipment, Carbon Capture Plant and associated equipment, Fuel Systems, Plant Auxiliary Systems includes valves, pumps, blowers, Environmental Control Process equipment, and Water Treatment Systems.
- Replaces bearings, packing in pumps and valves, shaft seals, sleeves, seats, and other miscellaneous parts used in plant equipment.
- Works with apprentice mechanics and skill enhancement employees to teach proper, safe use of tools and maintenance procedures.
- Employee must arrange own transportation to work location and may be reassigned to another location at the Company's discretion.
Minimum Qualifications:
- High school diploma, GED or equivalent knowledge of English, mathematics and grammar.
- Must have a valid state driver's license.
- The position is a DOT PHMSA covered position and requires the successful candidate to pass a pre-employment DOT drug screen and drug and alcohol testing background check, and once placed will be a participant in the NRG DOT Program.
Experience:
- Have necessary skills and adequate industrial mechanical maintenance experience in the repair, inspection, and/or maintenance of related power plant or machine shop equipment including inspection and preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, fabricating and diagnostics.
Additional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs):
- Have basic mechanical aptitude skills.
- Ability to use hand tools (e.g. wrenches, screw drivers, sledge hammers, etc.)
- Ability to operate Company vehicles and equipment (e.g. forklift, mobile crane, etc.) and maintain operating licenses and certifications. TDL is required.
- Knowledge of rotating equipment and general industrial maintenance activities and procedures.
- Ability to operate oxygen and acetylene torches.
- Ability to operate machine shop equipment (i.e. drill presses, lathes and boring mills).
- Ability to follow, interpret and act on written and verbal job instructions, and reports, technical manuals and data.
- Ability to use basic math and geometry.
- Ability to use measuring devices such as micrometers.
- Ability to calculate measurements and computations used to repair and maintain power plant equipment.
- Ability to use a personal computer and associated software.
- Ability to Tag Out/Lock Out equipment per NRG's Tag Out/Lock Out procedure.
- Ability to diagnose and correct mechanical equipment troubles and repairs or recommend major repairs.
- Ability to perform preventative and corrective maintenance procedures on mechanical equipment.
- Ability to perform plumbing and pipe fitting tasks.
- Ability to set up rigging for installing and removing equipment.
- Ability to order proper materials for job completion.
- Ability to complete required records for work performed.
- Ability to clean work area routinely.
- Ability to remove and replace insulating materials with proper training.
Contact
NRG Energy, Inc.
1201 Fannin Street
Houston
Texas United States
www.nrg.com/home.html
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