Maintenance Operator; Orange, Texas

Position: Maintenance Operator (Orange, Texas, United States) - No Experience Required
Work Place Flexibility:
Onsite

Legal Entity:
Entergy Texas, Inc.

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This position may be filled as a Maintenance Operator (MO), MO 1, 2, 3, 4, Journeyman Maintenance Operator (JMO), or MO Tech based on the qualifications and experience of the selected candidate.
* JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

* Under general and/or directive supervision, with a working latitude for planning or laying out of working details, must be able to perform simple mechanical work involved in the inspection, repair, installation, test, adjustment and calibration of meters and instruments, and of automatic combustion control equipment and regulating devices in generating stations, must be able to perform simple electrical work involved in the inspection, repair or installation of electrical equipment in generating stations and electrical substations and related equipment in shop or in place, must be able to perform simple mechanical work involved in the inspection, repair and installation of mechanical equipment in generating stations, must be able to assume responsibility for operation of the equipment included in a central controlled turbo-generator-boiler system with its associated fuel handling facilities, auxiliaries and functions during a specific shift.

Depending upon the employee's second primary skill he/she would be required to perform complex duties of either mechanical, electrical or instrumentation and control skills and perform simple duties for balance of skills as required and be qualified to do the following and related work as assigned

* Place in service, or remove for service and operate in a safe manner, turbo generator and boiler systems and related auxiliary equipment such as fuel facilities, valves, traps, regulators, desuperheaters, heaters, cooling towers, heat exchangers and related piping systems containing water, steam, air, and other fluids or gases, station service electric circuits, oil circuit breakers, air circuit breaker, disconnecting switches, transformers, storage batteries, motor generator sets, indicating and recording instruments, etc.,

install and maintain simple or complex mechanical measuring devices and control equipment such as pressure gauges, thermometers, thermocouples, instrument piping, and simple regulating and control devices install and maintain simple electric circuits in conduit or open wiring, lighting fixtures, motors and other electrical auxiliaries, install and maintain simple or complex mechanical equipment, such as small piping layouts, valves, fuel pumps, small centrifugal pumps, steam traps, heat exchange apparatus, building fixtures, tanks, air removal equipment, ejectors, etc.

* Check functioning of governors and controls. Perform simple or complex operations in connection with general test work on boilers, turbines, pumps, condensers, heat exchange equipment, cooling towers, piping, draft equipment, instruments and controls and other related mechanical equipment clean and inspect motors including check of clearances and insulation resistance, and change of oil as required, perform simple or complex operations in connection with general maintenance work on boilers, turbines, pumps, condensers, heat exchange equipment, cooling towers, piping, draft equipment, buildings and other related mechanical equipment

* Check bearing temperatures and equipment for proper operation, perform simple operations requiring some precision with hand, bench and power tools, test electrical circuits and equipment for insulation resistance, perform simple operations requiring some precision, with machine tools such as drill presses, pipe and bolt threading machines, band saws, punch or shears, etc.

* Check and adjust running clearances on main turbine, analyze flue gas samples and perform general tests on instruments and controls, renew lamps, fuses, sockets, etc., perform simple tasks such as packing valves and pumps, replace gauge glasses, cut gaskets, reseat valves, form simple tools, fabricate metal parts, etc.

* Change over fuels, diagnose and correct minor electric trouble of secondary equipment involving continuity of service, diagnose and correct general mechanical trouble of equipment involving continuity of service

* Maintain proper combustion, assist in laboratory work as directed, make routine test and inspections of storage batteries, inspect and maintain firefighting apparatus

* Operate the control room under routine and emergency conditions with general supervision

* Prepare records and reports

* Perform necessary housekeeping

EXPERIENCE AND SPECIAL

QUALIFICATIONS:

MO:
No experience required

JMO - MO Tech:
Must have worked at least 3 years and be qualified as maintenance operator or have had equivalent experience in power plant operation and maintenance

* Be familiar with elementary principles of mechanical measuring devices instruments, controls, and regulating devices as used in generating plants, the elementary principles of electricity, magnetism and electric circuits

* Gain proficiency in the use of…