Technician I (Welder, Electrical, or I&C preferred

Technician I

At PGE, our work involves dreaming about, planning for, and realizing a smarter, cleaner, more enduring Oregon neighborhood. Its core to our DNA and we haven't stopped since we started in 1888. We energize lives, strengthen communities and drive advancements in energy that promote social, economic and environmental progress. We're always on the lookout for people passionate about leading and being a part of teams that are advancing innovative clean energy solutions that are also affordable and accessible to all.

Location:

Carty, Boardman, OR

Rate of pay: $53.43/hour

Shift: Rotating

Technician I is a training position intended to qualify an individual to perform the specific operating, maintenance and administrative functions required at the Carty Plant. The successful applicant will join a multi-discipline rotating shift team and work toward qualification as a Technician II ($67.31/hour) within one year. The Technician I will assist with plant operations and maintenance tasks as qualification progresses.

• Train to become a technician II (primary initial responsibility) on rotating shifts
• Train to become a technician III (primary initial responsibility) on rotating shifts within 3 years of hire date.
• Monitor, maintain, operate, and test plant equipment and tools, as qualified
• Perform predictive maintenance, as qualified
• Perform preventive maintenance, as qualified
• Perform calibrations as qualified
• Use installed and portable test equipment and technical manuals to troubleshoot equipment and system problems, as trained
• Perform water chemistry analysis, as qualified
• Perform administrative duties such as data collection, report writing, procedure writing, and utilization of relevant computer programs
• Order and receive plant materials
• Have primary responsibility for plant systems, as assigned
• Conduct training sessions, as assigned
• Continuously increase own knowledge level by independent study
• Participate in self-directed work teams
• Provide and receive feedback on team and individual performance
• Practice PGE Core Practices:
  Customer Focus, Ensures Accountability, Collaborates, Nimble Learning, Instills Trust, Values Differences

• Perform other plant duties, as assigned
• Operate company vehicles, as assigned

• Plant personnel:
  Use oral and written communication to ensure productivity and safe work performance
• Internal PGE departments (PSES, Health and Safety, Power Operations, other plants, etc.):
  Solicit and provide information for problem solving, etc.
• Vendors:
  Contact vendors to purchase, track and receive material
• Regulators, Auditors, Inspectors:
  Answer questions and demonstrate procedures and methods

• Communicate effectively while working rotating shifts
• Utilize computers in many facets of the job
• Initiate and promote change and improvement on a routine basis
• Develop excellence in diverse areas of responsibility
• Know, understand and follow all safety procedures at the plant
• Learn to give and receive feedback that will promote continual improvement

• Three years previous experience working in a power plant performing operations, electrical, instrumentation/control, and mechanical maintenance functions, or five years previous experience in operating, electrical, instrumentation/control, or mechanical maintenance with journeyman level experience or equivalent training in other areas.
• Demonstrated ability to perform non-routine and complex maintenance in most of the following areas:
• Mechanical:
  Valves, Pumps, Compressors, Rigging, Fittings, Hydraulics, Crane Ops, Large Engines, Fans, Piping, Tubing.
• Electrical:
  Batteries, Breakers, Switchgear, Transformers, Motors, VFDs, Buses, Power Supplies
• I&C: DCS, PLCs, Sensors, Transmitters, Controllers, Regulators, Pneumatics, Control Valves, Programming, Tubing
• Operations: ST Plant Ops, GT Plant Ops, Aux Boiler Ops, Logics, Schematics, P&IDs, Clearances, Confined Space
• Demonstrated ability to work successfully both independently and as a team member

• Decision making - intermediate
• Reasoning in problem solving - intermediate
• Rea…