Electrician

Job Summary

Provide electrical maintenance support to maintain equipment in an electrical generating power plant; may perform Head Electrician duties during absence of a Head Electrician.

• 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.
• Reads and interprets instruction manuals, blueprints and control system drawings; applies knowledge to daily tasks.
• Completes written and electronic records (i.e. work orders, calibration sheets, time cards, material requests) required to document the work in progress and as it is completed.
• Repair, test, troubleshoot, inspect; and install, remove and maintain power plant equipment such as generators, transformers, breakers, switch gear, motors and auxiliary electrical equipment such as freeze protection, overhead cranes, cabling and power feeds.
• Diagnoses and corrects electrical equipment troubles and repairs or recommends major repairs.
• Works with other crafts or contractors.
• Works with Apprentice Electrician sand teaches proper, safe use of tools and maintenance procedures.

• Power Plant Environment-Work both inside and outside in all temperatures and climate conditions in accordance with Heat Stress procedures. Around large rotating equipment, energized electrical equipment in high noise areas, and/or in confined places, on elevations in excess of 250 feet, or from platforms at heights of 5 feet or greater. Climb stairways, ladders, and work from aerial devices.
• Ability to work in mentally stressful environments: must be able to react to crises where immediate action is required to correct or curtail potentially damaging or hazardous situations.
• Must be prepared to work irregular or rotating shifts and respond to emergency callout 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.
• Employee must arrange own transportation to work location and may be reassigned to another location at the Company’s discretion.
• High School diploma or GED.
• Five years (including apprenticeship) or more of industrial electrical maintenance experience in the repair, inspection, testing, installation and/or maintenance of related power plant equipment including inspection and preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, and diagnostics.

• Knowledge of electricity, voltage and current relationships.
• Knowledge of electrical maintenance requirements used to establish and maintain scheduled electrical maintenance program for the plant’s equipment.
• Ability to discern assorted colors.
• Knowledgeable of power plant electrical systems and able to do switching to clear circuits for equipment maintenance safely and correctly.
• Ability to produce high quality work with a minimum of supervision or direction.
• Ability to follow, interpret and act on written and verbal job instructions, and reports, technical manuals and data.
• Knowledge of basic mechanical aptitude.
• Ability to use basic mathematics including algebra & geometry to take measurements and perform computations required for installation and calibration of equipment.
• Ability to maintain job site in a safe manner.
• Ability to operate company vehicles and heavy equipment such as overhead and mobile cranes, forklifts, aerial lift devices, and maintains operating licenses and certifications.
• Ability to use hand and power tools to repair plant equipment.
• Ability to Tag Out/Lock Out equipment per NRG’s Tag Out/Lock Out procedure.
• Ability to inspect, repair, and maintain electrical and/or electromechanical operating and control systems, equipment and fixtures, including instrumentation and heating and cooling systems.
• Ability to inspect, repair, maintain, wiring and lighting systems, electric meters, electrical control equipment, outlets and panels.
• Ability to set up and operate rigging apparatus for installing or removing equipment.
• Ability to repair electrical and electronic instruments.
• Ability to clean, test and install batteries.
• Ability to perform electrical tests on Cathodic Protection, install cables and anodes.
• Ability to perform routine and emergency…