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General Plant Operator (Plant McDonough)

Company: 
Southern Company
City: 
Smyrna
State: 
Georgia
Employment type: 
Full time
Remote Position: 
No
Required degree level: 
Other
Company: Southern Company, Posted: April 23, 2024

General Plant Operator

Georgia Power Company - Plant McDonough Combined Cycle

JOB SUMMARY:

Plant McDonough Combined Cycle is currently seeking highly skilled multidiscipline candidates for a General Plant Operator (GPO) position to operate & maintain our combined cycle power plant in Atlanta, GA. The duties of a General Plant Operator include operating, monitoring, troubleshooting, and repairing the electrical and mechanical equipment utilized in operating a combined cycle power plant. This position helps maintain plant equipment in optimum operational condition and documents maintenance records in a computer-based work order system, Maximo. Other duties include equipment ownership and various tasks associated with operations and maintenance.

Job Requirements: (Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills)

Job Experience:

  1. Must have a HS Diploma or Equivalent
  2. Must pass the Georgia Power GPO qualification test at the CC level
  3. Previous Power Plant experience preferred
  4. Combined Cycle Power Plant operations experience preferred
  5. Experience in industrial electrical/mechanical/I&C or certified training desired



Knowledge, skills and abilities:

  1. Strong mechanical and electrical aptitude required
  2. Strong mechanical and electrical troubleshooting skills required
  3. Previous Operations experience a plus
  4. Instrumentation and Controls experience a plus



Other Attributes:

  • Excellent communications, problem solving, and team skills required
  • Demonstrate Our Values
  • Ability to handle complex, high pressure situations and be adaptable to a changing work environment
  • Ability to support a 24/7-365 work schedule including holidays
  • Basic computer skills and familiarity with work management software preferred
  • Must be a Self-starter, be highly motivated, and require minimal supervision


Major Job Responsibilities:

  • Operate and maintain three 2 on 1 Combined Cycle units and 2 Pratt-Whitney FT4 twin pack units
  • Comply with all laws, regulations and policies applicable to operating a power generating facility
  • Electrical and mechanical maintenance of all plant equipment to include Gas and Steam turbines, Heat Recovery Steam Generators, Electrical Generators, Electrical breakers, switches and other devices as well as motors, valves and pumps
  • Utilizing control system logic interface to troubleshoot operational issues
  • Ability to make sound decisions under pressure
  • Function as an SME for your system/equipment in the Equipment Owner role
  • Clearly communicate complex issues to management, vendors and external personnel in order to resolve problems quickly and effectively

Together with our subsidiaries, we deliver clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy to our 9 million customers. Our focus is doing so with service excellence.

That means we are leaders who take action to meet our customers’ and communities’ needs while advancing our commitment to net zero emissions by 2050. We create community value through energy, social, economic, and environmental progress.

We do this through electric operating companies in three states and natural gas distribution companies in four. Our family of companies draw on diverse energy sources to create the best mix for our service areas, including electricity, natural gas, solar power, carbon-free nuclear, and other sustainable sources.

We leverage our leading distributed energy infrastructure company and other innovative technology to better serve every customer. Our competitive, national generation company serves wholesale customers, and our family includes a fiber optics network, and telecommunications services.

We have positioned diversity and inclusion as critical to our success enabling us to put the needs and well-being of the people we serve at the center of all that we do.

Southern Company believes all employees should feel welcome, valued, respected and heard. Our goal is a workplace in which all employees contribute to their fullest and a workforce that reflects our customers and communities. We accomplish this by valuing and leveraging the full range of differences and similarities we bring to our teams, customers and communities.

Workplace Awards

  • 2023 100% Corporate Equality Index Score - Human Rights Campaign (7th consecutive year)
  • 2023 America's Best-In-State Employers – Forbes
    • Southern Company (No. 1 in Alabama, No. 5 in Georgia)
  • 2023 Best Employers for Women (No. 9) - Forbes
  • 2023 America’s Greatest Workplaces – Newsweek
  • 2023 Best Companies for Multicultural Women – Seramount
  • 2023 Top 50 Companies for Diversity - DiversityInc (8th consecutive year)
    • No. 1 Top Company for Black executives
    • No. 3 Top Company for Veterans
    • No. 5 Top Company for Supplier Diversity
    • No. 14 - Top Company for Executive Diversity Councils
  • 2022 Global 200 – Forbes
  • 2022 Best Employers for Women - Forbes
  • 2023 America’s Best Employers for Diversity - Forbes
  • 2023 America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity - Newsweek
  • 2023 America’s Best Large Employers – Forbes
    • No. 15 overall, top utility
  • 2023 Top 100 Military-Friendly Employer (No. 2) - GI Jobs magazine
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