Control Room Operator - Tamworth, NH

NE Renewable Power is made up of 7 Biomass electric generating power stations located in Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. These stations play a crucial role in supplying locally sourced renewable energy to the people of New England.

Sprague brings over 150 years of energy operating experience to the operations of these facilities, and we’re hiring a Control Room Operator for the Tamworth, NH location.

Who we are:

Sprague takes a collaborative, customer-centric approach to providing best-in-class energy products and related services throughout the Northeast. Founded in 1870, we pride ourselves on offering customers the expert solutions and high-quality service that help their businesses thrive in any market landscape. Sprague values innovation, safety, integrity and people. We know that our people are what set us apart from our competition, and we work hard to make sure each employee across our 20+ locations knows how important they are to our community.

We offer great benefits! Medical benefits and retirement contributions start on your first day!

Our Control Room Operator (CRO) is the shift lead and is responsible for the safe and efficient, day-to-day operation of the power plant. This includes the daily operation, monitoring and documentation of the various plant process components, instrumentation and other feedback to the Control Room control interfaces in order to access proper operational function. A heightened level of safety awareness and process awareness is required to be able to determine when to call in appropriate support from the plant maintenance and management team when needed. The CRO monitors and documents all process variables that pertain to plant performance and system/component reliability and capacity and therefore must be qualified and capable of understanding the correct operation of plant system’s mechanical, electrical and instrumentation/controls components and process flow, and be able to perform corrective action when appropriate. The CRO must be proficient in clear communication with plant personnel, including the shift team and other onsite personnel during process upset situations, and be comfortable with making decisions that will affect the plant process. The CRO must be able to operate the PLC-based control system as well as some of the control room’s older analog systems.

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Physical requirements commonly associated with the performance of the functions of this job: The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Sprague is an EEO/AA employer. We strongly encourage minorities, females, Vets and individuals with disabilities to apply.

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