Utilities Technician

Start free →

Or apply yourself on the official page →

About the role

YOUR TASKS ​​​​​​​HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT • Possess strong mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and HVAC experience and education • Must have extensive knowledge of troubleshooting techniques, electronic, building controls, and computer skills • Have awareness and understanding of local, state, and federal safety and environment regulations required to safely operate all utility systems and equipment associated with the entire Sumter plant, including the powerhouse building, central media building, and associated site utility support equipment • Maintain and operate chillers, cooling towers, heat exchangers, chilled and process water pumps, valves, controllers, sensors, and distribution piping and water treatment testing procedures • Maintain and operate steam boilers, hot water boilers, feed water pumps, deaerator tank, RO system, hot water pumps, valves, controllers and sensors, and distribution piping up to drop points for individual equipment in the plant. In addition, understand natural gas delivery systems • Maintain and operate air compressors, air dryers, automatic control systems, oil/water separators, valves, controllers and sensors, and distribution piping up to drop points for individual equipment in the plant • Maintain and monitor plant medium voltage distribution involving 13,800V, 4160V, and 480 voltage along with distribution transformers, bus tie switches, load centers, and breakers, meters and monitoring software. Understanding of 480V 3 phase electrical systems and wiring. Ability to measure and troubleshoot basic low voltage wiring circuits and control wiring circuits. In addition, basic knowledge of Variable Speed Drives (VSD) and motor control centers • Maintain and perform equipment PM’s on fire pumps, jockey pumps, emergency generators, capable of resetting and disable/enable fire alarm points. Understand NFPA and insurance company required testing procedures and data collection. In addition, work with and support sprinkler and fire alarm contractors • Use of maintenance PM work order system in SAP. Perform predictive maintenance tasks such as compressed air leak detection; lube oil analysis and trending, vibration analysis and trending and daily equipment logging Understand basic concepts of Total Plant Maintenance (TPM) • Johnson Controls Metasys Building Automation System (Introduction Level) • Ability to use BAS computer to view graphics and alarms in the plant • Locations of controllers, sensors, field controllers, and systems served • JCI Metasys Controller system architecture and data communication • Basic understanding of digital inputs/outputs and analog inputs/outputs • Data monitoring, extraction, and reports for all systems and plant areas • Maintain and operate both chilled/hot water air handlers, direct expansion units, fan coil units, heat pumps, VAV boxes and exhaust fans along with associated valves, controllers and sensors.  This does not include small refrigeration systems on production equipment • Must be able to work independently, and use lift equipment such as forklifts, scissor lifts, man lifts, etc.), and utilize equipment problem solving skills • Total Plant Maintenance (TPM) and Lean Manufacturing Concepts • Electrical aptitude • Building Management Systems (BAS) and energy monitoring systems • Alertness/safety, arc flash electrical safety • Follow the internal ESH work instructions in the daily work  • Demonstrate exemplary personal behavior in ESH and motivate others  • Ensure immediate notification and response, and initiate preventive measures in case of unsafe or polluting hazards  • Other duties as assigned BASIC QUALIFICATIONS • HVAC experience • Electrical Experience • Mechanical Experience • Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is requi

View the official posting →