Control Room Operator - Fitchburg, MA

NE Renewable Power is made up of 7 Biomass electric generating power stations located in Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. These stations play a crucial role in supplying locally sourced renewable energy to the people of New England. Sprague brings over 150 years of energy operating experience to the operations of these facilities, and we’re hiring a
Control Room Operator
for the Fitchburg, MA
location.

Sprague takes a collaborative, customer‑centric approach to providing best‑in‑class energy products and related services throughout the Northeast. Founded in 1870, we pride ourselves on offering customers the expert solutions and high‑quality service that help their businesses thrive in any market landscape. Sprague values innovation, safety, integrity and people. We know that our people are what set us apart from our competition, and we work hard to make sure each employee across our 20+ locations knows how important they are to our community.

We offer great benefits! Medical benefits and retirement contributions start on your first day!

• 401(k) Traditional and Roth plans with employer match of 100% of the first 6% of the employee’s contribution
• Defined Contribution Plan with an automatic 2.6% contribution from Sprague
• Choice of high deductible and PPO Health Plans to fit your individual needs
• Wellness Program

Our Control Room Operator(CRO) is the shift lead and is responsible for the safe and efficient, day‑to‑day operation of the power plant. This includes the daily operation, monitoring and documentation of the various plant process components, instrumentation and other feedback to control interfaces of the control room in order to access proper operational function. The CROmustbeable to operate the PLC‑based control system as well as some of the control room’s older analog systems.

The CRO monitors and documents all process variables that pertain to plant performance and system/component reliability and capacity and therefore must be qualified and capable of understanding the correct operation of plant system’s mechanical, electrical and instrumentation/controls components and process flow, and be able to perform corrective action when appropriate. A heightened level of safety awareness and process awareness is required to be able to determine when to call in appropriate support from the plant maintenance and management team as needed.

The CRO must be proficient in clear communication with plant personnel, including the shift team and other onsite personnel during process upset situations, and be comfortable with making decisions that will affect the plant process.

• Start‑up, operate, shut down and secure equipment under normal and emergency conditions from the control room or in the field.
• Troubleshoot and perform basic mechanical skills to assist the facility team with preventative and reactive maintenance activities.
• Understand the process and process components in order to be able to properly access and carry out equipment and system’s proper lock out‑tagout (LOTO), de‑energization, zero energy verification, etc.
• Ensure all plant rounds are completed for the inspections of all facility machinery for malfunctions and / or potential failures.
• Maintain all logs and records as required to record complete operating conditions for the facility and report any irregularities.
• Ability to understand, perform and ensure the completion of facility water chemistry testing and the active dosing and adjustment of control treatment chemicals within recommended limits. Repair and calibrate equipment as required.
• Identify hazardous and/or unsafe conditions or work practices, notify supervisor and take action to correct as required.
• Must have the ability to understand process controls, monitor equipment and evaluate the plant production equipment and output, including efficiency and related variables.
• Monitor process variable feedback from controls (temperature, pressure, flow, etc.) for long term variances from normal trends and responds to the variances and issues instructions to ensure continued safe, reliable, and cost‑effective power generation from the facility, while…