Plant Specialist

🔥 12 hours ago

🌽 Illinois – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote

💵 $30 - $44 / hour

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

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Ameresco

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2000

⚡ Energy

🏛️ Government

Energy • Utilities • Government

Ameresco is a leading comprehensive cleantech integrator and renewable energy asset developer, owner, and operator. It is involved in implementing energy efficiency measures and infrastructure upgrades while constructing and operating distributed energy resources. The company partners with various sectors including federal, state, and local governments, utilities, healthcare, educational institutions, housing authorities, and commercial and industrial clients to provide sustainable energy solutions. With operations in the US, Canada, the UK, and Europe, Ameresco focuses on advancing the clean energy transition with its array of smart, energy-efficient technologies and financial solutions.

📋 Description

• Develop a team culture that makes safety the first consideration and highest priority in all tasks; • Understand and adhere to DOT program requirements and the plant and pipeline operating manual; • Prevent accidents through job planning and strict adherence to company safety policies. • Drive continuous improvement of safety at the site and throughout the organization by fostering a team environment that rewards ideas that improve safety. • Report any near miss incidents and provide support for root cause investigations that lead to actions. • Operation and maintenance of the facility in strict compliance with all applicable permits and program requirements; • Reporting any compliance deviations or near misses and assist in any investigation required to identify root causes. • Help build a team that understands the importance of compliance and works to reduce the site’s impact on the environment. • Ameresco is a company that takes pride in having a positive impact on our environment and environmental compliance is considered second only to safety. • Develop, implement, and maintain a proactive maintenance plan for all plant equipment based on OEM recommendations; • Review and revise maintenance procedures as necessary to increase plant availability. • Preform maintenance activities including coordination with any subcontracted maintenance; • Plan and oversee all planned maintenance outages. • Create and manage records of all maintenance performed. • Work positively and diligently as part of the team to achieve the plant production goals; • Serve as a positive interface with client and customers on production and fuel supply issues. • Work with the site team and both internal and external resources to provide root cause solutions to improve plant reliability; • Identify plant upgrades and modifications designed to enhance safety or improve the reliability of the facility. • Build a team that prides itself on improving the overall reliability of the plant over time. • Be readily available to respond to, and manage the resolution of, plant issues outside of the normal work hours. • Support the Plant Manager in the development of annual operating budgets and maintain plant costs within that budget; • Make monthly forecast adjustments to both cost and revenue. • Identify and propose cost reductions that do not reduce safety, production or reliability. • Assist the team shift schedule to ensure coverage. • Maintain plant operator qualification and training programs. • Maintain, revise, and where necessary develop, plant standard operating procedures. • Order material and equipment, schedule deliveries, approve invoices, and maintain site logbooks and records; • Build positive working relationships with customers, clients, site personnel and internal resources. • Review automated reports for accuracy. • Support the Plant Manager on special projects. • Perform other duties as required.

🎯 Requirements

• High School graduate or GED. • Minimum of 5 years of direct experience with operation and maintenance in an industrial setting strongly recommended. • Valid US driver’s license required. • Formal and relevant technical training through military service, trade school, industrial experience, or technical training schools desired. • Bachelor of Science degree in an engineering or technical discipline a plus. • Applicable military and merchant marine experience is highly valued. • Must have a working knowledge of reading and interpreting system drawings and/or P&IDs. • Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook a plus. • Demonstrated organizational and leadership skills are required.

🏖️ Benefits

• health insurance • retirement plans • paid time off