About the role

  • Operations & Maintenance Technician responsible for maintenance and optimization at battery storage and power plants. Ensuring high plant availability through effective operations support and safety compliance.

Responsibilities

  • This position is responsible for general operations and maintenance support in order to maintain high plant availability including condition monitoring and optimization.
  • Development and implementation of best practices for predictive and preventative maintenance.
  • Development of maintenance management system.
  • Develop and maintain critical spares program.
  • Remote monitoring of asset health.
  • Perform both routine and non-routine preventative and corrective maintenance on plant equipment.
  • Make plant rounds, log equipment operating parameters and make adjustments on equipment as required.
  • Schedule and coordinate field related activities in conjunction with the operations management.
  • Requisition and assist in ordering and receiving plant materials.
  • Represent the Company with vendors and regulators as assigned.
  • Evaluate and find causes for equipment, procedural, and conditional control systems inefficiencies.
  • Strictly adhere to and enforce safety procedures as required by VESI, NFPA70E, and OSHA.
  • Work with contractors and other temporary labor during on-site activities.
  • Use installed and portable test equipment, technical manuals, system drawings and electrical schematics to troubleshoot equipment and systems.
  • Field equipment programming and troubleshooting.
  • Must be able to travel overnight approximately 25% of the time out of the office by air, train or auto.

Requirements

  • High school diploma with at least two (2) years of technical training in operations and routine maintenance of battery storage, power plants and four years of experience working in a power plant or an equivalent environment.
  • Thorough knowledge of operating a power plant or battery storage facility.
  • Thorough knowledge and/or background for operating and maintaining mechanical and/or electrical systems.
  • Ability to maintain electrical systems is preferred.
  • Knowledge and understanding of PLC based instrumentation and control systems.
  • Ability to troubleshoot, repair and calibrate is preferred.
  • Ability to understand engineering design drawings, vendor equipment drawings and technical information.
  • Proficient in the use of hand tools, power tools and test equipment normally used in a power plant environment.
  • Thorough knowledge of plant hazards and safety requirements.
  • Thorough knowledge of computer based preventive maintenance programs.
  • Computer literate in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel and various other programs.
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills.
  • Must possess at any time a valid driver’s license with a driving record acceptable to ORMAT’s auto insurance carrier.
  • Ability to make effective long term and instantaneous decisions.
  • Ability to solve problems.
  • Attention to detail.
  • Use discretion to balance competing priorities.
  • Familiarity with standard power plant PPE and its proper use.
  • Available for off shift call in.
  • Will often work independently and be the only company person on site.
  • May be called upon to travel to other company sites.

Job title

Operations & Maintenance Technician

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

$41,300 - $51,620 per hour

Degree requirement

High School Diploma

Location requirements

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