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Instrument & Controls Technician

East Kentucky Power Cooperative -
Somerset, KY

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Job Details

Full-time

Benefits

Health insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance

Qualifications

PLC-based control system operation
Computer operation
Controlling experience
Ladder use

Full Job Description

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.

For more information on our plentiful benefits package visit our website at https://www.ekpc.coop/work-ekpc

EKPC is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

No Expiration Date

This posting will remain open until the position is filled. We encourage you to apply early as we will review and consider candidates as they are received.

Considering Different Levels

All skill levels are being considered and the person chosen for the position will be placed in the level in which they are experienced. Please see below for description of all levels.

Key Roles

Ensures the reliability and integrity of all plant processes and equipment through proper implementation and communication of troubleshooting and maintenance procedures.

Key Responsibilities

Maintains all automatic controls.
Calibrates, maintains, and repairs all pneumatic, hydraulic, mechanical, electronic, and electrical peripheral devices.
Designs, installs, tests, modifies, and calibrates instruments, control systems and control loops.
Utilizes and understands various types of testing equipment, computer functions, schematic drawing symbols, technical manuals, system logic, and blueprints for analog and digital control systems.
Performs hardware and software modifications and ensures operations and performance of all plant computer systems.
Maintains waste management system, control systems, and coal weighing equipment.
Performs programming techniques to generate troubleshooting programs and control software modifications for power plant controls and writes programs as needed.
Troubleshoots and tests accuracy of instrument components and repairs/replaces defective parts, modules and systems.
Removes, dismantles, cleans, maintains and calibrates all instrumentation.
Tests and installs all steam and water instruments and apparatus.
Performs various tests as required by regulatory agencies.
Instructs and assists all plant departments on all projects involving current and new systems
Assists plant operators and maintenance mechanics in performing preventive or scheduled maintenance and major/minor repairs on all Plant Equipment, which may require strenuous lifting, moving or use of tools or machines.

Instrument & Controls Technician Level 1

Program or revise transmitter program
Change ranges on electronic transmitters
Test electronic transmitters
Perform preventive maintenance on pneumatic transmitters
Test pneumatic transformers
Perform preventive maintenance on feeder controls instrumentation
Perform preventive maintenance on solenoids
Replace, test, troubleshoot, or repair solenoids
Perform preventive maintenance on positioners
Perform preventive maintenance on signal converters
Replace signal converters
Test signal converters
Perform preventive maintenance on controllers
Adjust switches
Perform preventive maintenance on switches
Perform preventive maintenance on combustion controls instrumentation
Change O-rings on general hydraulic equipment
Isolate general hydraulic equipment
Perform preventive maintenance on general hydraulic equipment
Check operation of solenoid valve instrumentation for coal mills
Replace thermocouple instrumentation for coal mills
Repair thermocouple instrumentation for coal mills
Change filters on lighter packages
Check operation of thermocouple instrumentation for coal mills
Isolate lighter packages
Isolate pressure switch instrumentation on coal mills
Perform preventive maintenance on boiler scanners
Perform preventive maintenance on coal feeder equipment
Perform preventive maintenance on lighter packages
Perform preventive maintenance on pressure switch instrumentation for coal mills
Perform preventive maintenance on transmitter instrumentation for coal mills
Replace solenoid valve instrumentation for coal mills
Replace thermocouple instrumentation for coal mills
Replace boiler scanners
Replace pressure switch instrumentation on coal mills
Repair solenoid valve instrumentation for coal mills
Repair thermocouple instrumentation for coal mills
Repair transmitter instrumentation on coal mills
Test lighter packages
Test and replace alarms and annunciators
Perform preventive maintenance on lube oil system instrumentation
Perform preventive maintenance on dampers and drives
Perform preventive maintenance
Replace recorders
Calibrate recorders
Inspect and use ladder equipment
Inspect scaffolding equipment
Wire a circuit
Troubleshoot motor starters
Maintain thermocouple
RTD
Troubleshoot RTD
Perform preventative maintenance on indicators (digital, analog)
Replace indicator
Troubleshoot indicator
Repair indicator
Calibrate indicator
Remove and replace gauges
Troubleshoot gauges
Repair gauges
Calibrate gauges
Call up screens on DCS
Remove and replace pressure or vacuum regulators
Remove and replace pressure or vacuum regulator gauges
Troubleshoot pressure or vacuum regulators
Calibrate pressure or vacuum regulators
Remove and replace actuators
Troubleshoot hydraulic actuators
Troubleshoot electric actuators
Troubleshoot pneumatic actuators
Overhaul actuators
Fabricate and run tubing
Perform basic rosin core and silver soldering
Repair air and gas leaks in pneumatic instrumentation and controls
Repair general wiring
Repair hydraulic fluid leaks in hydraulic instrumentation and controls
Repair tubing
Replace ignitor transformers

Instrument & Controls Technician Level 2

Remove and replace transmitter
Troubleshoot transmitter
Calibrate transmitter
Calibrate coal belt scales
Calibrate feeder controls instrumentation
Test feeder controls instrumentation
Replace feeder controls instrumentation
Troubleshoot feeder controls instrumentation
Change ranges on feeder controls instrumentation
Reprogram electronic feeder controls instrumentation
Repair electronic feeder controls instrumentation
Interpret logic diagrams
Interpret P&IDS
Calibrate analyzer
Repair analyzer
Troubleshoot analyzer (e.g. pH, conductivity, sodium)
Set up analyzer
Operate analyzer
Remove and replace positioners
Troubleshoot positioners
Overhaul positioners
Calibrate positioners
SIGNAL CONVERTERS
Remove and replace A/D converter
Troubleshoot A/D converter
Calibrate A/D converter
Troubleshoot signal converters
Test valves
Verify operation of valves
Stroke valves
Remove and replace valve
Remove and replace controller
Troubleshoot controller
Repair controller
Replace flow controller internals
Calibrate controller
Tune controller
Verify overspeed trips
Remove and replace pressure, temperature, level, flow switches
Troubleshoot pressure, temperature, level, flow switches
Calibrate pressure, temperature, level, flow switches
Repair pressure, temperature, level, flow switches
Remove and replace limit switches
Repair limit switches
Set limit switches
COMBUSTION CONTROLS
Isolate, repair, replace, and test combustion controls instrumentation
Troubleshoot combustion controls instrumentation
Check, repair, replace, test, and isolate burner management system
Operate burner management system
Check inputs, outputs, and power supplies for burner management system
Isolate, test, repair, and calibrate boiler scanners
Test, repair, and calibrate coal feeder equipment
Test and calibrate pressure switch instrumentation on coal mills
Modify coal feeder equipment
Repair lighter packages
Test transmitters on coal mills
Troubleshoot air cylinder instrumentation for coal mills
Troubleshoot boiler scanners
Troubleshoot coal feeder equipment
Troubleshoot lighter packages
Troubleshoot temperature switch instrumentation on coal mills
Troubleshoot transmitter instrumentation on coal mills
Clean, isolate, calibrate, repair, and test lube oil system instrumentation
Troubleshoot lube oil instrumentation
Perform preventive maintenance on sealing steam system instrumentation
Remove and replace sealing steam system instrumentation
Calibrate and test sealing steam system instrumentation
Calibrate and test hydrogen sealing system instrumentation
Clean hydrogen sealing system instrumentation
Replace or repair hydrogen sealing system instrumentation
Clean, test, calibrate, and repair hydrogen sealing system
Repair EHC system
Isolate, calibrate, repair, and test dampers and drives
Troubleshoot dampers and drives
Remove and replace printer
Clean and service printer
Calibrate timing of printer
Check/set printer alarms
Calibrate printer power supply
Replace motherboards
Replace power supply
Replace drives
Troubleshoot PC problems
Replace and repair monitor
Troubleshoot monitor
Calibrate monitor
Verify computer inputs
Troubleshoot computer inputs
Troubleshoot recorder
Overhaul recorder
Change ranges on recorder
Reprogram electronic recorders
Calibrate oxygen system instrumentation
Test O2 analyzer
Remove and replace cabling/wiring
Troubleshoot cabling/wiring
Repair cabling/wiring
Cut and splice wire
Crimp connectors on wiring
Remove and replace primary sensor element
Troubleshoot primary sensor element
Remove and replace flow meter
Troubleshoot flow meter
Calibrate flow meter
Remove and replace thermocouple
Troubleshoot thermocouple
Fabricate thermocouple
Remove and replace RTD
Troubleshoot RTD
Fabricate RTD
Remove and replace Vibration Monitoring Systems
Troubleshoot Vibration Monitoring Systems
Repair Vibration Monitoring Systems
Calibrate Vibration Monitoring Systems
Remove and replace dew point monitor
Troubleshoot dew point monitor
Overhaul dew point monitor
Maintain Polisher and Condensate System
Maintain RO & Pretreatment System
Remove and replace printed circuit boards
Troubleshoot DCIS system
Overhaul DCIS system
Calibrate DCIS system
Program DCIS system
Call up screens
Remove and replace process control system components
Troubleshoot process control system
Repair process control system
Perform loop calibrations on process control systems
Call up screens on PLCs
Connect signal, control & power wiring on PLCs
Troubleshoot using ladder logic
Overhaul PLC circuit boards
Remove and replace relays
Troubleshoot relays
Remove and replace speed pickups
Troubleshoot speed pickups
Repair speed pickups
Remove and replace signal conditioner
Troubleshoot signal conditioner
Calibrate signal conditioner
Remove and replace timers
Troubleshoot timers
Overhaul timers
Remove and replace totalizer
Troubleshoot totalizer
Calibrate totalizer
Remove and replace DC power supply
Troubleshoot DC power supply
Repair DC power supply
Remove and replace probe
Troubleshoot probe
Check gap of probe
Check for corrosion on probe
Calibrate electronic receiver module
Remove and replace transducer
Troubleshoot transducer
Repair transducer
Remove and replace amplifiers
Troubleshoot amplifiers
Repair amplifiers
Remove and replace printed circuit boards
Troubleshoot printed circuit boards
Perform diagnostics on printed circuit boards
Repair printed circuit boards
Calibrate printed circuit boards
Disconnect/connect tubing to instrumentation
Sketch needed tubing runs
Cut tubing
Bend tubing to desired angles with proper benders
Install/replace tubing runs
Install tubing trays
Install/replace compression fittings
Remove/return system from/to service
Perform indicator readings
Inspect Floats and displacers
Conduct Turbine Trip Test
Conduct Governor Trip Test
Maintain I/O devices
Perform continuity checks
Clean circuit board connectors
Clean contactors on equipment
Perform inspect and clean activities on field-mounted devices
Maintain hydraulic pump controls
Maintain relief valves
Maintain final control elements
Maintain H2 Purity Analyzer/Generator Condition Monitor
Check overload settings

Instrument & Controls Technician Level 3

Build electronic transmitter test fixtures
Design new electronic transmitter loops
Calibrate transmitters using transmation
Troubleshoot analyzers (O2)
Adjust derivative on rate controllers
Adjust integral settings on controllers
Adjust proportional band or gain on controllers
Modify existing controller loops
Remove and replace servo amplifier
Repair servo amplifier
Calibrate servo amplifier for characterizing governor and throttle valves
Design graphics
Design new recorder loops
Design new wiring loops
Manages and secures the IT and Operational Technology (OT) infrastructure
Operate ABB S+ DCS Engineering Work Station (EWS)
Troubleshoot oxygen system instrumentation
Calibrate, replace, and reprogram O2 analyzer
Troubleshoot the Bailey Infi90 (DCS)
Configure input on the ABB S800/Bailey Infi90 (DCS)
Configure input on the GE Mark VIe
Program DCS system
Calibrate Vibration Monitoring Systems
Maintain CE Flame Safeguard Monitoring System
Maintain water conductivity monitoring and hydrogen leak detection equipment
Install test equipment for loop calibration
Troubleshoot system loop
Repair system loop
Tune loop
Test plant interlock systems
Test process permissives
Test output devices
Perform PLC Ladder Logic Programming
Troubleshoot hydraulic actuators

Key Requirements

Education:

High School diploma or equivalent. Two (2) years of technical training or Associate degree in electronics, industrial maintenance, or related field preferred.
Instrument & Controls Foreman ¿ Associate¿s degree or two year technical degree in related area. Any equivalent combination of education and experience may substitute.

Experience:

Three (3) years of electronic experience with background in digital and analog techniques preferred. Additional technical training may substitute for a portion of experience.
Experience in hydraulic and pneumatic systems and in the use of computers and various programming techniques preferred.
Instrument & Controls Foreman ¿ Five (5) years of related experience. Experience working in a leadership capacity is preferred.

Skills and Abilities:

Knowledge of power plant processes preferred.
Must have a thorough knowledge of electronic troubleshooting techniques and be able to read and understand computer functions, schematic drawing symbols, technical manuals, system logic, and blueprints for both analog and digital control systems.
Must be able to perform physically demanding operations and maintenance tasks.
Must be able to utilize and understand various testing equipment.
Must be knowledgeable of hexadecimal, binary, and octal numbering systems and an understanding of integrated circuits, operational amplifiers, transistors, and diode logic necessary.
Must have a thorough knowledge of steam power principles and how they relate throughout the control system.
Must be familiar with various types of automated controls (Digital, Microprocessor based, or operational amplifier designs).
Must be able to work alone and make quick and accurate decisions concerning all controls.
Must be skilled in safety related to working around high voltage applications
Must have effective communication skills.

Competencies

Technical/Professional Knowledge & Skills
Safety Awareness
Contributing to Team Success
Decision Making
Continuous Learning

Working Conditions

Must maintain a valid driver¿s license and live within one and a half (1.5) hours of the Plant.
This is an on-call position; must have a telephone and carry a pager; non-scheduled overtime is a normal part of the job.
Must pass an aptitude test, physical ability test and follow procedures for wearing a respirator and other protective equipment.
Must be medically certified to wear respiratory protection.
Must be able to appropriately don a respirator which would include no facial hair at the sealing surface.
Regular lifting up to 50 lbs. and occasional lifting over 50 lbs. Regular climbing and work at heights on ladders and stairs required, as well as above-ground grating and platforms. Work conditions include: noise, heat in excess of 100 degrees, gas emissions, chemical vapors, dust, high-pressure lines and high voltage equipment.

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