Power Plant Operator; Marcus Hook, PA) Remote
Listed on 2026-09-27
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Energy/Power Generation
Power Plant / Engineering, Electricity Generation, Electrical Engineering, Field/Service Technician
** This role is located in 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 Vernovahelpscustomers 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 theGas Power One Field Services team, Field Core 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 Power Plant Operator I maintains the power generation facilities, work sites, tools and support equipment, outside of the control room, in first-class condition promoting a safe and clean work environment and prevents personal injury or equipment damage.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Install, operate, and maintain a wide variety of power plant and mobile power generation equipment
- Monitor power generation equipment and indicators to detect evidence of operating problems
- Adjust controls to generate specified electrical power or to regulate the flow of power between generation equipment and the load
- 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 charts, 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
- Communicate with systems supported facility managers to regulate and coordinate provided voltages and transmission loads and frequencies
- 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
- Climb poles or use truck-mounted buckets to access equipment
- Place insulating or fireproofing materials over conductors and joints
- Install, maintain, and repair electrical distribution and transmission systems, including conduits, cables, wires, and related equipment, such as transformers, circuit breakers, and switches
- 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
- Inspect and test power lines and auxiliary equipment to locate and identify problems, using reading and testing instruments
- String wire conductors and cables between…
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