Instrumentation and Controls; I&C) Technician

Instrumentation and Controls (I&C) Technician

Job Category
:
Plant Operations

Requisition Number
: ICTEC
001182

• Posted :
  August 26, 2026
• Full-Time

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Marsh Run Generation
Remington, VA 22734, USA

About us:

Incorporated in 1948, Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (ODEC) provides reliable, cost-effective, environmentally balanced, wholesale electric services to our 11-member distribution cooperatives in Virginia, Maryland and Delaware. Our core business is generating, purchasing and delivering electricity to our members. ODEC is a not-for-profit generation and transmission cooperative that operates for the benefit of our members, who are our owners. Our home office is located in Glen Allen, Virginia.

Essential responsibilities include:

• Responsible for maintaining controls to allow equipment to operate at a high efficiency level.
  • Ensure the plant emission’s monitoring system is operated and maintained in accordance with State and Federal specifications and regulations.
  • Perform duties while following all safety, NERC, and environmental standards and regulations.
  • Ensure the plant controls systems are maintained and documentation kept up to date.
  • Timely report all safety and mechanical equipment issues throughout the facility to the Operations Manager.
• Assist Operations in maintaining all plant systems.
  • Troubleshoot using the Distribution Control System (DCS) to resolve problems with equipment failures.
  • Work with the operations team with maintenance as needed.
  • Operate systems as a back-up operator as requested and needed.
• Maintain test equipment and train operations team in use of test equipment.
  • Verify and maintain documentation on all calibration equipment.
  • Effectively train operators on safe and proper use of test equipment.
  • Ensure strict compliance with all budgets.
• Assists in outage planning for the desired field.
• Schedule I&C related work prior to plant outages.
• Coordinate with operations in scheduling work during outage for the purpose of LOTOS (Lock Out Tag Out).
• Coordinate purchasing parts and equipment and scheduling with contractors for specific jobs with the Operations Manager.
• Develops and ensures compliance with safety and environmental policies and procedures.
• Monitors and ensures plant compliance with state, federal and local environmental health and safety requirements.
• Assists in obtaining data to ensure quarterly DMR and EER reports are filed timely and accurately.
• Participates in plant EH&S audits and ensures remediation of discrepancies.

Work Experience
:

• Minimum 4 years’ experience working with instrumentation and controls within the power industry required

Critical Knowledge,

Skills and Abilities

:

• Thorough understanding of power plant fundamentals, process and operations
• Effective written and oral communications skills to all levels of the organization
• In-depth understanding of the electric utility industry

Education
:

High school diploma or equivalent.

Travel details
:
Occasional overnight travel required in this position

Working Conditions and Physical Demands
:

• Hand-eye coordination to use a keyboard and monitor frequently throughout the day to include working on a laptop and smartphone
• Interact effectively with others through verbal communication, video, email and text
• Work full days (8 hours) in a power plant facility to include an office environment with occasional evening and weekend work
• Frequently spend a number of hours outdoors exposed to all weather conditions at a generation facility
• Ability to walk on uneven surfaces, climb stack ladders, potentially hundreds of feet high and walk on stack platforms
• Ability to distinguish colors
• Ability to lift and move objects up to 50 pounds

Compensation range: $52.97/hour to $58.85/hour

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