Combustion Turbine Technician

Combustion Turbine Technician
- Smith Station
- Expires- 8/10/2026

Located in the heart of the Bluegrass state, East Kentucky Power Cooperative is a not-for-profit generation and transmission (G&T) electric utility with headquarters in Winchester, KY which is just a short distance from Lexington. Our cooperative has a vital mission: to safely generate and deliver reliable, affordable and sustainable energy to our 16 owner-member cooperatives serving more than 1 million Kentuckians across 87 counties.

We
¿ re leaders in environmental stewardship and we
¿ re committed to provide power to improve the lives of people in Kentucky.

As passionate as we are about providing smart energy solutions, we are equally excited about people. We strive to cultivate connected workplaces where great ideas are born and rewarding careers are built.

EKPC offers a wage and benefits package that ranks among the best in the state. There is no waiting period on our medical, dental and vision insurance plans so you are covered on day one, and the dental plan is free for employees. Our generous 401(k) retirement plan allows employees to start contributing to their plan after a month of service, and after 3 months of service, EKPC will automatically contribute 6.5% of base wages AND match employee contributions up to 4.5%.

Our competitive vacation and sick leave package starts day one to allow for flexibly and a healthy work-life balance.

EKPC is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

• Performs general facility maintenance duties.
• Inspects and/or repair pumps.
• Rebuilds valves.
• Monitors, operates, and controls combustion turbines and auxiliary equipment, and takes appropriate action to maintain normal equipment and system operation.
• Installs, calibrates, and tests various instruments such as pressure temperature, flow, position, and level transmitters, pressure gauges, data recorders, microprocessors, chemical analysis meters, and alarm systems.
• Maintains automatic controls for combustion control, safeguard systems, data acquisition, turbine control systems, water treatment systems, and communication systems.
• Performs hardware and software modifications and installs, monitors, and maintains programmable control systems.
• Performs complicated rigging.
• Operates overhead crane.
• Operates a water treatment and demineralizer plant.
• Monitors and records equipment parameters locally and on control panel including temperatures, levels, pressure, and kwh.
• Implement fire suppression systems including CO2 and Plant.
• Opens and closes valves locally and from control panel.
• Locks and unlocks equipment from control panel.
• Monitors equipment status locally and from control screens including fan and pump motors, breakers, and valves (Checks oil, vibration, and temperature).
• Operate printers (select printer and change paper).
• Uses a walkie talkie.
• Reports unusual events to proper personnel.
• Understands operation of turbines and support systems.
• Ensures proper operation of enclosure ventilation.
• Performs a walkdown inspection for gas turbines and BOP using the walkdown checklist.
• Inspects gas turbine and BOP equipment for vibration, noise, temperature, and leaks during operation and document problems.
• Records hourly readings on appropriate logs.
• Reports megawatt total to Dispatch Center.
• Monitors and records fluid levels including CT lube oil block and BOP from DCS (fuel oil and NOx Water).
• Identifies unusual conditions and operates enclosure ventilation.
• Starts gas heater for GE unit.
• Selects fuel for turbine operation.
• Performs hourly unit walkdown when on rotor barring.
• Resets DART II gas recorder.
• Sets up the gas yard for operation prior to start-up.
• Shuts down gas yard after turbine shut down.
• Starts gas compressor for LMS
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• Monitors fuel oil containment berm.
• Checks compressor oil levels.
• Checks differential pressure on instrument air filters.
• Takes air dryer readings including pressure and temperature.
• Starts and stops instrument air compressors.
• Checks for proper operation of chemical pumps in water plant.
• Monitors hourly during operation for abnormal conditions.
• Shuts down DM Plant.
• Identifies and responds to equipment alarms.
• Identifies and responds to problems in plant…