Operations & Maintenance Technician

The Operations & Maintenance Technician is responsible for the safe, reliable, and efficient operation and maintenance of the Signal Hill Plant. The role supports day-to-day plant operations, monitors equipment performance, performs routine inspection and maintenance activities, responds to operating conditions, and helps maintain compliance with safety, environmental, and reliability requirements.

Responsibilities

Monitor control panels, DCS screens, meters, local gauges, alarms, and plant equipment to confirm safe and reliable operation. Control plant output as directed, including load adjustments, turbine shutdowns, plant shutdowns, and synchronization to the grid when required. Maintain timely oral and electronic communications with the Qualified Scheduling Entity or other dispatch/control counterpart, including heightened communication during emergency or abnormal operating conditions.

Perform outside operator/rover duties, including rounds, equipment checks, readings, housekeeping observations, and identification of unsafe or abnormal conditions. Assist with preventive, corrective, and predictive maintenance on turbines, HRSGs, balance-of-plant equipment, water treatment systems, auxiliary systems, valves, pumps, motors, and related equipment.

Perform water and steam system testing, maintain proper treatment residuals, and escalate conditions that could create scale, corrosion, or equipment reliability issues. Maintain accurate control-room logs, rover logs, DCS-generated logs, maintenance records, PM records, testing records, and repair documentation. Support compliance with air permit, wastewater discharge, safety, environmental, and applicable reliability requirements.

Identify opportunities to improve plant reliability, safety, efficiency, and maintainability, and communicate recommendations to supervision. Participate in outage work, equipment isolation, lockout/tagout, startup and shutdown activities, and emergency response drills as assigned.

Qualifications

High school diploma or GED required; technical degree, military technical training, power plant technician certification, or equivalent industrial experience preferred.1 Ability to read and understand technical manuals, P&IDs, blueprints, schematics, operating procedures, and maintenance documentation. Working knowledge of combustion turbine, steam cycle, cooling water, demineralizer, water treatment, natural gas/LP, electrical, and balance-of-plant systems.

Ability to monitor turbine panels, DCS displays, alarms, trends, and local instrumentation. Basic computer skills, including ability to enter data, complete logs, use email, and work within maintenance or document-control systems. Demonstrated commitment to safety, procedural compliance, environmental stewardship, teamwork, and clear communication.

Follow all CCI and site safety policies, procedures, and work practices. Working Conditions & Physical Requirements Work around mechanical systems, high-speed rotating equipment, high-pressure natural gas, high-pressure and high-temperature steam, electrical equipment, and hazardous chemicals.1 Work in adverse temperatures, outdoor weather conditions, elevated areas, confined spaces, and noisy industrial environments while wearing required PPE.

Ability to stand or sit for extended periods; lift, bend, stoop, twist, turn, reach, kneel, climb, grasp, push, pull, and perform strenuous work as required. Ability to lift objects up to 100 pounds, with appropriate assistance or mechanical aids where required by safe work practices. Position is expected to support a standard 40-hour work week, with flexibility for overtime, extended shifts, outage work, callouts, and peak demand periods.

Reasonable accommodations will be considered to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.