Hydro Technician - Yards Creek

IHI Power Services Corp, 117 Walnut Valley Road, Blairstown, New Jersey, United States of America

Posted Tuesday, February 10, 2026 at 9:00 AM

Joining IHI Power Services Corporation (IPSC) means you’ll be joining a team in which employees are recognized as the backbone of the company. We offer a competitive benefits package that includes a 401K and provides a range of benefit options covering your wellness needs.

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IPSC provides operations, maintenance, management, and power support services to the US Power Generation Industry across the United States. Our team is comprised of experts from diverse backgrounds of technical fields, including power operations, engineering, asset management, as well as finance, human resources, administration, safety and environmental. With this diverse background coupled with extensive years of employee experience, IPSC provides exceptional operations, maintenance, management, and development expertise to a variety of power assets.

IHI Power Service Corp. (PSC) has a career opportunity for a Hydro Technician at our Yards Creek, NJ plant. The hourly rate range for this position is $40.35 - $57.20 per hour, depending on level of experience.

Position Classification: B argaining Unit

The Hydro Technicians, under general directive supervision, work with and directs a crew of employees in operation, maintenance, overhaul and repair of hydro turbines and all auxiliary associated equipment.

• Responsible for compliance with current company safety rules and procedures including operating practices, safety procedures, and all regulatory requirements. Conducts and adheres to pre-job briefings for each task.
• Starts stop and operates turbine generators and auxiliaries, as required. Observes and records readings of required indicators and/or instruments, for safe operation within prescribed limits.
• Installs, adjusts, maintains, analyzes problems, and repairs all mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical, microprocessors, and electronic (solid state) sensing, programmer logic controllers (PLC), transmitting, indicating, integrating, recording and regulating apparatus, equipment and circuitry associated with the station.
• Performs all types of tests, calibrations and repairs to instrumentation, test apparatus and laboratory equipment. This includes all equipment associated with environmental protection and monitoring. Participates in scheduled regulatory certification tests and in the preparation of the required data reports. Adheres to all environmental requirements.
• Troubleshoots, repairs, installs, tests, removes and replaces motors, generators, rotating equipment, rectifiers, batteries, transformers, regulators, reactors, circuit breakers, disconnecting switches, instruments, control relays, communication equipment, lightning arrestors and other equipment with control apparatus in the generating station, associated substation and facility.
• Performs any mechanical maintenance installation and repair on station equipment, structures and buildings.
• Performs pipe fitting, pipe covering, insulation, incidental machining, non-code welding, brazing, flame and arc cutting.
• Operates plant equipment needed to perform job duties including vehicles, cranes, hoists, etc.
• Directs the work of others assigned to assist as well as directing, training, inspecting and instructing employees of lower or the same job classification in all aspects of unit operation, auxiliary operation and repairs.
• Installs, troubleshoots, inspects, tests, repairs, replaces, maintains, adjusts, aligns and balances mechanical, electrical, instrument and control equipment. Operates various testing equipment and instruments.
• Sets up rigging and scaffolding.
• Performs insulation and refractory work.
• Operates and maintains water treatment equipment.
• Performs any task assigned for continuity or restoration of service in and emergency.
• May be required to be “on call” and to report in a timely manner.
• Performs routine clerical work including station logs (such as maintenance repairs and outage logs), time reports, material requisitions, etc.
• Works as part of a crew as required.
• May, at certain times, be required to report to other locations for work in accordance with the Mobile Maintenance Agreement.
• Maintain equipment and work areas in a neat, clean and safe manner.
• Reads and interprets complex blueprints, wiring and schematic diagrams, as required to perform both internal and external switching and tagging (mechanical and electrical).
• When work within this job classification is temporarily interrupted or delayed, employee may be assigned to other work which the employee may reasonably be expected to perform with safety to self and others.

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