Control Room Operator

This position will function as part of Ethos Energy’s Performance Center, a 24x7 operation, which provides remote monitoring and operational support to power generation, renewable energy, and battery storage facilities using advanced pattern recognition (APR) and thermal modeling software to help improve customer outcomes. Responsible for providing advanced condition monitoring and data analyses of critical plant systems and components, then interfacing with plant personnel and internal subject matter experts to diagnose and develop actions for plant and equipment-related problems.

Will have day-to-day responsibility for monitoring and interpreting the alerts produced by software models and tools, and provide the first line of communication with the plant staff when a confirmed anomaly is detected by the center.

The role will also operate select power plants throughout a variety of operational scenarios from cold plant startup to emergency operations during plant upsets. This aspect of the position will require excellent troubleshooting, diagnosis and decision making and leadership skills. The position will require working experience with the use of Distributive Control System (DCS) or SCADA computers to operate plant equipment and for monitoring of equipment to measure, record and make adjustments within operating parameters.

It will also include dispatching remote personnel as needs arise which require site presence. The position will assist in the development of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and provide input to plant improvement items to improve plant efficiency, reliability, regulatory compliance, and safety. Incumbent should have a good working knowledge of PC computers using Microsoft Office products. The incumbent ensures compliance with all local, State and Federal regulations and plant procedures.

• Remote Monitoring
• Establish protocols for communication between plant staff and center staff.
• Willingness to work rotating shift which includes nights, weekends and holiday coverage.
• Develop, maintain, and use advanced pattern recognition (APR) software models and plant operational data to detect changes in the operating behavior of plant equipment and systems.
• Perform daily monitoring of site critical components that have installed models actively collecting data using advanced analytics software. Respond, evaluate, and prioritize alarms for potential equipment related issues and interact with station personnel and provide recommendations to optimize plant equipment and systems.
• Support and interface with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to assess equipment anomalies.
• Communicate equipment anomalies to plant operations and engineering personnel and plant technical analysts.
• Identify and classify associated risks to the plant, provide recommendations to mitigate risks, and follow up to ensure resolutions are tracked through to completion.
• Monitor equipment performance and predict component health, alerting corporate SME’s and station personnel of anomalies within those trends which could adversely affect the reliability, availability, maintainability and performance of equipment.
• Support the implementation of thermal performance software models for the generation fleet.
• Work with power plant staff to troubleshoot and resolve operational problems identified by the thermal performance software models.
• Master all aspects of the monitoring and diagnostic center software tools including, but not limited to, APR and thermal performance monitoring.
• Update, retrain, and evaluate the adequacy of existing APR and thermal performance software models.
• Capture and quantify customer benefits to express to ensure delivered value.
• Safety:
  Maintain safety awareness and comply with all safety policies, practices, and procedures to assure a safe working environment. Remote Operations
• Operate commercial power generation, renewable energy and battery storage facilities remotely.
• Regularly makes decisions on non-routine or escalated technical issues.
• Ability to use multiple data sources such as SCADA, plant controls, and data historians to troubleshoot problems with sites and site equipment.
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