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Company

Dartmouth College
Address , Hanover, Nh
Employment type FULL_TIME
Salary $35.06 an hour
Expires 2023-06-24
Posted at 1 year ago
Job Description

Position Purpose
The Instrument Control Technician is responsible for the daily calibration, maintenance, and data collection of the College’s power plant continuous emissions monitors.

Description

Required Qualifications - Education and Yrs Exp
High School plus 5+ years' experience or equivalent combination of education and experience

Required Qualifications - Skills, Knowledge and Abilities
  • Five + years of relevant experience.
  • Must hold a valid driver’s license and be able to qualify as a Dartmouth Approved Driver.
  • High School graduate with technical school degree in electronics preferred.



Preferred Qualifications
  • Must have successfully completed the following training prior to performing work to which the training relates:
  • Technical school degree in electronics preferred.
– Hazardous Waste Storage and Handling
– Spill Prevention Controls and Countermeasures
– Driver Safety
– Hazard Communication
– Lock-out/tag-out
– Respirator Training, Fit, and Physical Examination
– Working in confined spaces
– CPR Training to include AED training
– Fire Fighting Training
– Fork Truck Operations
– Hazardous Chemical Handling

Department Contact for Recruitment Inquiries
William Riehl

Department Contact Phone Number

Department Contact for Cover Letter and Title
William Riehl

Department Contact's Phone Number

Equal Opportunity Employer
Dartmouth College is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer with a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion. We prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other legally protected status. Applications by members of all underrepresented groups are encouraged.

Background Check
Employment in this position is contingent upon consent to and successful completion of a pre-employment background check, which may include a criminal background check, reference checks, verification of work history, and verification of any required academic credentials, licenses, and/or certifications, with results acceptable to Dartmouth College. A criminal conviction will not automatically disqualify an applicant from employment. Background check information will be used in a confidential, non-discriminatory manner consistent with state and federal law.

Is driving a vehicle (e.g. Dartmouth vehicle or off road vehicle, rental car, personal car) an essential function of this job?
Yes

Special Instructions to Applicants
UNION POSITIONS ARE AVAILABLE TO SEIU UNION MEMBERS ONLY DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF POSTING. AFTER ONE WEEK OF POSTING, IF THE POSITION HAS NOT BEEN FILLED INTERNALLY, IT IS OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE DARTMOUTH COMMUNITY.
OPEN TO UNION MEMBERS ONLY FROM (9/26/2022) THROUGH (10/2/2022).
Dartmouth College has a Tobacco-Free Policy. Smoking and the use of tobacco-based products (including smokeless tobacco) are prohibited in all facilities, grounds, vehicles or other areas owned, operated or occupied by Dartmouth College with no exceptions. For details, please see our policy. https://policies.dartmouth.edu/policy/tobacco-free-policy

Additional Instructions
Schedule: Monday through Friday – 7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.


Key Accountabilities

Description
Maintenance
  • Troubleshoots and repairs plant boiler burner management systems and boiler air-fuel-water controls of pneumatic and electronic types.
  • Communicates with external contacts/vendors for repair and replacement parts.
  • Maintains, troubleshoots, and reconfigures the plant distributed control systems, including the management of 3500 tags on both primary and backup servers.
  • Coordinates schedules with plant supervisor and Lead-man in order to participate in scheduled and emergency boiler maintenance and repair efforts.
  • Conducts maintenance on plant UPS systems including battery testing and monitoring to provide historical trending for predictive analysis.
  • Performs preventative maintenance on complex systems and equipment, requiring state of the art techniques and testing procedures.
  • Maintains and checks operation of the Continuous Emissions Monitor on a daily basis.
  • Repairs, troubleshoots, and replaces as necessary pneumatic and electronic devices used to measure, indicate, or control various systems.
  • Provides routine and preventative maintenance on equipment and control systems.

Calibration and Installation
  • Calibrates and maintains in good working order all plant transmitters, gauges, Distributed control systems, control valves and actuators.
  • Performs turnkey installation of new equipment (wiring, piping, calibration and start up).
  • Calibrates indicators, gauges and transmitters.
  • Installs, maintains, programs, and tunes all VFD/VSDs and soft starts associated with plant equipment.
Data Collection and Reporting
  • Conducts root cause analysis when process control issues arise through the use of DCS historical trends.
  • Conducts Quarterly Audits of CEM equipment. As required by Federal regulations, records calibrations made, parts and components used, and inventory of parts on hand.
  • As directed by Chief Engineer, reports regular emission results from data collected on a quarterly basis to state and federal agencies.
  • Conducts thermal imaging of all electrical motors and cabinets to provide historical trending for predictive analysis.
  • Collects emissions data and performs statistical analyses in order to prepare required reports.
  • Maintains and catalogs historical data, populates databases for plant daily, monthly, quarterly, and annual usage and efficiency reports.
Other
  • Develops, implements, and improves control schemes and system logic (software and hardware), including user interface applications.
  • Assists with other mechanical and electrical maintenance activities in the power plant.
  • Demonstrates a commitment to diversity, inclusion, and cultural awareness through actions, interactions, and communications with others.
  • Updates existing DCS graphics and/or design new graphics per user and/or technology demand.

Percentage Of Time

Description
Working Conditions:
  • Work involves exposure to extreme high temperatures and noise levels.
  • Working in stretched, cramped or awkward positions.
  • Work may require employee to wear protective clothing and a breathing apparatus in order to shut down equipment under conditions of extreme high temperature where fumes and thick smoke are present.
  • Work involves regular lifting, carrying or holding objects weighing up to 70 pounds.
  • Work is performed indoors, outdoors, in bad weather, and in areas that are dirty, or smoky or where fumes and steam are present.
  • Works from ladders, scaffolds, and platforms.
  • Work involves wearing special or protective clothing such as: overalls, gloves, goggles, ear plugs or protectors, and hard hat.
  • Work requires bending, kneeling, standing, climbing.

Percentage Of Time

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Demonstrates a commitment to diversity, inclusion, and cultural awareness through actions, interactions, and communications with others.
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Performs other duties as assigned