Plant Technician

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Orsted seeks a Plant Technician to provide BOP support for renewables in Franklin, TN, with HV oversight to ensure safe, reliable performance. You’ll lead BOP maintenance, uphold QHSE culture, plan spare parts, and coordinate overnight faults, supporting the plant manager. To succeed you should have at least three years of power generation O&M, including two years in wind or solar, or a journeyman/master electrician license or wind/solar tech cert. GE wind experience and HV exposure preferred; travel and safety requirements are needed. Apply online with screening questions and tailor your resume to highlight HV, BOP, and O&M. Salary $64,956 to $81,195 with a bonus and comprehensive benefits.

Join us in this role where you’ll be responsible for the daily balance of plant (BOP) support for assigned operating renewable assets, including on-site high voltage (HV) operation and maintenance oversight of assigned assets to ensure safe and reliable asset performance.

Welcome to US Onshore Operations.

You’ll be part of Central Region Operations located in Lincoln Land, IL, where you and your colleagues will assist in monitoring and maintaining renewable energy projects throughout the US Onshore portfolio. You’ll be exposed to old and new tasks and be part of a larger team with extensive experience in the renewables industry. As a team, we work together to safely operate our projects all while maintaining top tier quality and efficiency. We strive to maintain positive and safe relationships with our O&M partners.

You’ll play an important role in:

• performing or delegating all BOP planned and unplanned maintenance activities of assigned sites and overseeing High Voltage operations at sites during unusual events 
• implementing and maintaining strong QHSE culture at assigned sites incl. performing frequent quality and safety audits of work
• supporting development of BOP spare parts, planning purchases, and ensuring equipment is kept at the highest possible standard maximizing availability, reliability, and efficiency
• addressing and coordinating BOP related facility faults in overnight hours and providing initial assessment of issues
• demonstrating work planning, activity scheduling, and follow up skills to assure work conformance.
• assisting the plant manager on day-to-day activities to include reports and calls with other departments

To succeed in the role, you:

• have min of three years’ experience in operations or maintenance in power generation, transmissions, distribution, or a related field, incl. two years in the wind or solar industry, or a journeyman, master electrician license, or a wind or solar technician certificate as substitute for two years of experience
• GE wind turbine experience preferred 
• may be qualified as a lineman, electrician, millwright, or control technician or have served time in the armed services as substitute for experience 
• have more than a year of substation and HV experience
• are physically able to utilize mowers, tractors, and other mechanized equipment for prolonged periods of time, and preferably can perform repairs on mechanized equipment  
• are physically able to satisfy safety requirements using diagnostic equipment, troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining substation equipment such as electrical control circuits, transformers, high voltage breakers, and collection lines. 

Maybe you’ve read the above and can see you have some transferable skills, even though they don’t quite match all the points. If you think you can bring something to the team, we still encourage you to apply.

Shape the future with us
Send your application to us as soon as possible. We’ll be conducting interviews on a continuous basis and reserve the right to take down the advert when we’ve found the right candidate.

As an applicant or employee, you may request reasonable work and position accommodation or adjustments via [email protected].

Please note that you’re expected to do some travelling in relation to your work, as you’ll

Please note that for your application to be taken into consideration, you must submit your application via our online career pages and answer the screening questions relevant for your country. We don't take applications or inquiries from external recruiters or agencies into account for this position.

Plant Technician: (64,956- $81,195) Discretionary Bonus: 7.5 target of base compensation; may be changed or suspended based on the discretion of the company  

Our benefits package for Plant Technician position for active employees who meet eligibility: fully paid family insurance coverage for health, life, dental, and vision; flexible spending accounts; health savings accounts; short- and long-term disability insurance; an Employee Assistance Program; 18 weeks of parental leave with an additional short-term disability benefit of 6-8 weeks; a 401K retirement savings plan with up to 5% employer match; commuting benefits; 7 paid sick days per year; 20 paid time off days; 13 paid holidays annually; 12 weeks of paid parental leave; 16 hours of volunteer time off; and a book benefit from Amazon of up to $25 per month.