Operations & Maintenance Technician (OMT)

Join Our Team as an Operations & Maintenance Technician (OMT) – Colorado Bend Power Plant, Wharton, TX. Are you ready to power up your career? EthosEnergy is looking for a skilled and motivated Operations and Maintenance Technician to join our dynamic team at the Colorado Bend Power Plant—a cutting-edge 1,143 MW combined-cycle facility utilizing both gas and steam turbine technology.

In this hands-on role, you’ll be at the heart of plant operations, ensuring the safe, efficient, and reliable performance of critical systems. Whether you're on shift or supporting the maintenance team, your expertise will help keep everything running smoothly—from turbines and generators to water treatment systems and fire suppression equipment.

What You’ll Do:

- Operate, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation systems.

- Work with advanced equipment including gas and steam turbines, heat recovery steam generators, compressors, pumps, motors, and more.

- Uphold the highest standards of safety and environmental compliance to protect our team and community.

What We’re Looking For:

- 2–4 years of relevant experience or equivalent training.

- Associate’s degree or technical school certification preferred.

- A proactive mindset, strong problem-solving skills, and a commitment to excellence.

Job Responsibilities

- Operate demineralizers, compressors, and turbine components.

- Perform Inspection of Watch (rounds) on each system within the plant.

- Maintains equipment by tightening fittings, replacing valve packing, gaskets, valves, and gauges.

- Cleaning, replacing, oiling and lubricating other component parts and equipment as required.

- Reads meters, gauges, or automatic devices to record data such as temperature of equipment, vibration of equipment, hours of operation, pressure, and fluid levels, water chemistry to verify operating conditions.

- Performs general housekeeping and continuous improvement of the appearance of the facility including painting projects as required. Maintains the cleanliness of all areas of the plant and control room.

- Performs capital project and/or major program responsibilities as assigned by Plant Management.

- Operate and maintains a Combined Cycle power generating facility equipment with minimal guidance or assistance as directed by and in coordination with the LOMT.

- Identify and resolve CEMS problems. Assist in calibrations and gas bottle change outs.

- Keeps O&M Manager and/or LOMT fully informed of unusual plant conditions and current job progress as the job relates to facility operations when assigned on- shift.

- Responsible for ordering chemicals through established vendors.

- Utilizes the facility’s computerized maintenance management system (CMMS).

- Works with the O&M Manager in managing the plant’s inventory, performing audits as needed.

- Responsible for opening and closing circuit breakers as required for proper system operation and electrical isolation.

- Outage planning and scheduling involvement

- Assist with development of Operations and Maintenance procedures

- Assist with administering the Operator training program

- Assist with performing Root Cause Analysis of failures.

- May operate heavy equipment such man lift and forklift.

- Perform water chemistry analysis on HRSG, auxiliary boiler, and cooling tower systems.

- Ensure water chemistry is within proper control ranges. Make adjustments to water chemistry, as needed, by controlling chemical feed and/or blowdown rates. Work with plant chemist, OMT’s and water treatment vendor to properly monitor overall chemistry program

- Operate demineralized water system in accordance with OEM and plant procedures and monitor demineralized water to ensure quality is within acceptable limits.

- Reads, understands and complies with all regulatory procedures and facility safety programs. Follow all plant environmental permits.

Required Skills / Knowledge

- Demonstrates knowledge of all facets of power plant operations.

- Demonstrates the ability to make competent decisions in emergency situations.

- Capable of writing operating procedures, work requests, written records.

- Demonstrate good verbal and written communication skills

- Proficient in Microsoft Office including Excel and Word

- Demonstrates the ability to read and interpret mechanical drawings, electrical one-lines, logic drawings, technical manuals and P&ID's.

- Will write routine reports, solve practical problems, and clearly communicate tasks and needs, and training of other personnel.

- Mechanical, instrumentation and electrical equipment knowledge is required.

- Proficient at Water Chemistry.

Experience

- Two-(2) to four-(4) years related experience and/or training; or a combination of experience and/or education preferred.

Education Requirements

- High School diploma or equivalent required. Associate's degree (AA) or equivalent from a two-year college to technical school preferred

Physical Requirements

- Ability to walk, reach, climb, and lift (up to 50 pounds).

- Must be willing to work a 12-hour rotating shift and be available to work for call-ins and work overload as needed.

What We Offer

- Supportive company culture that values its employees

- Excellent training opportunities

- Comprehensive Medical, Dental, Vision & 401 K Plan

- Paid Time Off & Holidays

- Extra money in your paycheck - Employee Referral Bonus!

- Personal Development & Career Succession Planning

- Company sponsored Perks & Discount programs

EthosEnergy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, citizenship, marital status, sex/gender, sexual preference/ orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, national origin, or any other status protected by law or regulation.