Regional Operations Support Specialist

EDL owns and operates a global portfolio of power stations in Australia, North America and Europe. Our vision is to be the leading global producer of sustainable distributed energy. At EDL, we are playing a key role in the world’s transition from traditional energy sources to decarbonized solutions.

Key Areas of Responsibility

- Working and communicating cooperatively in a team environment such that all facilities within the assigned region can benefit from the successes, failures and lessons learned company-wide.

- Assisting the Operations Technicians at all facilities within the assigned region with preventive maintenance, emergency maintenance, safety/compliance and physical plant improvement activities.

- Working with the Operations and Maintenance Manager to schedule, plan, implement and perform quality control of top end overhauls of engine-generators within the assigned region.

- Assisting with the development and drafting of standard operating procedures (SOPs) and best management practices (BMPs).

- Acting as regular liaison with Operations Technicians at all facilities within the assigned region to facilitate continuous education and certification consistent with SOPs and BMPs.

- Training new and existing Operations Technicians on SOPs and BMPs.

- Traveling to out-of-state locations as needed.

- Responding quickly to assigned plants.

Qualifications and Experience

- High School Diploma.

- Two-year post high school graduation technical degree in mechanical and/or electrical engineering technologies or comparable experience.

- Strong knowledge of landfill gas-fueled engine-generator operations, mechanical and electrical systems and maintenance/troubleshooting.

- Ability to identify, quantify, plan and implement opportunities that create value EDL.

- Solid written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write routine reports, SOP drafts and correspondence.

- Cooperative and able to readily share information with co-workers.

- Good math skills, including the ability to compute rate, ratio and percent; to interpret graphs; and to calculate figures and amounts such as proportions, percentages, area and volume.

- Ability to solve practical problems and interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.

- Spreadsheet, word processing and Internet skills.

- Ability to use current and any future preventive maintenance and inventory tracking computer software.

- Self-motivated with the ability to reprioritize activities based on unplanned operations support for Operations Technicians.

- Good working knowledge of methods, materials, tools and techniques used in the repair of engines.

- Intimate knowledge of engines, mechanical and electrical systems.

- Good skills in operating vehicles.

- Must have a valid State Driver’s License

- Solid written and verbal communication skills.

- Good math skills.

- Ability to solve practical problems and interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

- Spreadsheet, word processing, and web skills helpful.

Working Environment

- Occasionally required to sit, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and smell.

- Regularly lift parts and materials.

- Must have normal close/distance vision, color/depth/peripheral vision and ability to adjust focus.

- Occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions, moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and risk of electrical shock.

- Noise level in the work environment is usually very loud.