Associate Plant Maintenance Specialist ​/ Staff Plant Maintenance Specialist

Associate Plant Maintenance Specialist / Staff Plant Maintenance Specialist

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.

We're hiring for a position open to both Associate and Staff level candidates. The level will be determined based on the successful applicant's qualifications, experience, and skills demonstrated during the interview process.

Job Function

Summary:

Leads or coordinates projects to investigate, adopt and implement new and emerging technologies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintenance Planning:
  Coordinates maintenance activities for distributed generation equipment. Provides guidance and subject matter expertise to others. Develops and implements maintenance schedule. Collaborate with customers to ensure maintenance activities occur in a timely manner.
• Maintenance
  
  Activities:
  
  Responds to customer calls regarding maintenance and prioritizes maintenance activities. Coordinates or performs preventative and emergency maintenance. Conducts site visits to evaluate risks and mitigates. Collaborates with other departments to coordinate maintenance activities and ensure compliance with environmental, safety and other laws and regulations.
• Documentation:
  Maintains maintenance documentation in accordance with standards, regulations and procedures.
• Customer Support:
  Responds to customer concerns. Provides technical advice to customers on distributed generation equipment maintenance. Collaborate with other departments or vendors to resolve issues.
• Documentation and Billing:
  Writes purchase orders and maintain billing records. Maintains records of maintenance activities and billing.
• Vendor Management:
  Selects vendors and monitors vendor performance. Establishes vendor contracts, manages vendor bills and negotiates and troubleshoots issues with vendors.

Education / Experience:

• Education:
  
  Requires a bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent combination of education and experience (e.g., an associate degree in diesel mechanics plus additional practical experience).
• Experience:
  
  Typically, at least two or more years of experience in equipment maintenance or related field. Knowledge / Experience with distributed BESS a plus

Requires a valid driver's license and a history of safe driving practices.

Competencies (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities):

• Functional
  
  Competencies:
  
  Advanced skills in generation repair and maintenance. Intermediate knowledge of hazardous materials. Intermediate knowledge of environmental laws as they relate to maintenance activities. Intermediate knowledge of distributed generation. Intermediate knowledge of transmission system. Intermediate knowledge of regulations around electrical transmission and distribution.
• General
  
  Competencies:
  
  Working analytical skills. Advanced customer focus skills. Advanced interpersonal skills. Intermediate decision-making skills. Working problem-solving skills. Intermediate written/oral communication skills.

Physical and Cognitive Demands – Both Levels:

• Cognitive Level Substantial:
  Consistent use of logic or scientific thinking to define problems, collect information, establish facts and draw valid conclusions (for example, engineer, HR director, plant manager, etc.).
• Ability to adhere to set response times, deadlines and time-sensitive tasks.
• Ability to follow accuracy standards.
• Ability to follow through on decision-making tasks.
• Ability to interact effectively and collaboratively within a team environment.
• Ability to communicate and problem solve when under stress.
• Ability to respond and adapt to frequent change.
• Ability to accept and demonstrate self-awareness when provided constructive feedback.
• Ability to discern feedback and acknowledge ownership of areas of improvement.
• Ability to avoid future mistakes by applying reasonable skills to new but similar work situations or tasks.
• Ability to successfully collaborate with peers, managers and others within the organization.
• Demonstrates sound memory.
• Ability to process new information to be applied consistently to work tasks.

• Schedule/Attendance:
• Ability to work long hours.
• Ability to work a variable schedule.
• Ability to report to work and perform work during periods of severe inclement weather.
• Ability to consistently meet attendance standards for regular, reliable, predictable, full-time attendance.
• Physical Capabilities:
• Driving/travel/commute:
  Daily within service territory
  - Frequently (at least once a week or more)
• Computer use (use computer regularly for entire work shift)
• Lifting/pushing/pulling:
  Up to 50 lbs.
• Carrying:
  Up to 50 lbs.
• Unstable surfaces requiring balance (i.e., moving…