Power Plant Turbine Specialist

Job Summary

Armstrong Power has an immediate opening for a Combustion Turbine Specialist located Shelocta, PA. This position is a great opportunity for a motivated person who has the attitude and aptitude to forge a career path in a stable industry. Armstrong has some of the leading staff in the industry and will help build a specialist's experience and skill set. The training and qualification program at Armstrong Power was designed to facilitate all levels of prior experience and knowledge.

Training will be provided by web-based programs, self-paced curriculum, and hands‑on experience.

The primary function of the Combustion Turbine Specialist is to support operations and maintenance of a simple‑cycle dual‑fuel combustion turbine and its associated systems. This individual is responsible for the safe operation and monitoring of turbine generators and associated balance‑of‑plant equipment during start‑up, normal operation, and shutdown of plant equipment.

• Under the direction of plant staff, learn all systems necessary to effectively operate the plant during all conditions. This learning process will include power plant fundamentals, advanced theory of gas turbine and generator operations, and maintaining power plant equipment.
• Operate turbine‑generators and auxiliaries to include start‑up and shut‑down. Observe and record readings of required indicators and/or instruments for safe operation within prescribed limits.
• Prepare plant statistical reports, assist with the preparation of operations and maintenance capital budgets, maintain plant configuration drawings, databases, operations, and maintenance procedures as needed.
• Participate in the station's safety tagging and record maintenance, help ensure that plant operations follow regulatory and environmental requirements. Record maintenance actions taken on appropriate logs.
• Make recommendations for improvement of plant performance and operation safety relevant to assigned area of responsibility.
• Safely operate plant equipment needed to perform essential job duties, e.g., vehicles, cranes, hoists, welding and cutting equipment, etc.
• Inspect, test, troubleshoot, service and repair, calibrate, and install pneumatic and/or electric control instruments. Install, maintain, and troubleshoot all mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical, micro‑processors, and electronic (solid‑state) sensing transmitting, indicating, integrating, recording, and regulating apparatus, equipment and circuitry associated with the plant.
• Develop and conduct the plant's predictive maintenance program, administer and maintain plant maintenance and inventory control; conduct plant performance evaluations and collect associated data.
• Assist with the development and administration of specified packages for the initial and continual training of other plant's Combustion Turbine Technicians upon request.
• Perform tests, calibrations, and repairs to instrumentation, including all equipment associated with environmental protection and monitoring in accordance with the standards and protocols of the plant.
• Handle related electrical maintenance duties to include the wiring and disconnection of motors, replacement of thermocouples and fuses.
• Install, test, remove and replace motors, generators, rotating equipment, rectifiers, batteries, transformers, regulators, reactors, circuit breakers, disconnecting switches, instruments, control relays, communication equipment, lightning arrestors and other auxiliary equipment with control apparatus in the generating station and associated substation.
• Perform mechanical maintenance installation and repair on plant equipment, structures and buildings – including incidental welding, brazing, flame and arc cutting which are not restricted by safety, boiler code or structural code requirements, as well as the more complex tasks involving compliance with codes and regulations.
• Use appropriate safety equipment and techniques in the daily performance of all work activities.
• Read and interpret complex blueprints, wiring and schematic diagrams, and perform both internal and external switching and tagging for mechanical and electrical systems.
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