Instrumentation Controls & Electrical Technician (IC&E)

Join Our Team at Bayonne Energy Center!

Bayonne Energy Center, a modern simple-cycle natural gas power plant in Bayonne, NJ, is looking for a skilled Instrument & Controls Technician (IC&E) to join our dynamic team. This is an exciting opportunity for professionals who thrive in a fast-paced, high-performance environment. As an IC&E Technician, you’ll play a critical role in keeping our plant running safely and efficiently. Major responsibilities will include:

• Installing, operating, and maintaining power plant instrumentation and electrical devices.
• Calibrating and troubleshooting control systems to ensure optimal performance.
• Performing repairs and preventive maintenance to keep operations smooth.

You’ll work under the guidance of our O&M Manager and collaborate with a team committed to excellence.

What We’re Looking For:

Experience:
• Minimum of 3 years in power plants or similar industrial settings.
• Skills: Strong instrumentation and electrical knowledge; ability to demonstrate journeyman-level expertise.
• Education: Technical schooling or formal training preferred.

Why Join Us?

• Competitive pay: $40–$60 per hour, based on experience and education.
• Be part of a team that values safety, innovation, and professional growth.
• Work in a state-of-the-art facility that powers communities.

Job Responsibilities

• Performs diagnostics and executes repairs on a wide array of control system hardware and software, with demonstrated expertise in PLCs, DCS, and telemetry. This includes comprehensive servicing of instrument loops and their associated field devices and transmitters.
• Executes systematic root cause analysis to diagnose and resolve complex failures across integrated mechanical, electrical, and operational systems, specializing in electrical apparatus such as transformers, relays, generator controls, and high-voltage distribution networks.
• Installation of new electrical equipment or supervision of, as required.
• Utilize proper use of electrical test equipment and other similar tools in order to troubleshoot and solve problems.
• Conducts equipment maintenance (with assistance as required), including cleaning, adjusting, tightening, and performing preventive or corrective maintenance.
• Utilize facility operating procedures and equipment technical manuals to maintain and repair equipment, ensuring operation within specified ranges.
• Monitor critical plant parameters including temperature, vibration, pressure, level, voltage, current, and water chemistry to ensure optimal and safe operating conditions.
• Informs management of any unusual conditions and provides regular updates on job progress.
• Creates, submits, and closes preventative and corrective work orders in the Computerized Maintenance Management System in a thorough and timely fashion.
• Medium and high voltage switching of electrical systems, such as racking in and out of circuit breakers, opening and closing of disconnect switches.
• Perform routine electrical maintenance on low, medium and high voltage electrical systems to the extent qualified, or supervise a contractor as required.
• Perform routine electrical generator system tests and inspections to the extent qualified, or supervise a contractor as required.
• Implements management-approved capital projects, a process that includes conducting due diligence, submitting proposals, purchase orders and executing all related duties.
• Identify parts and labor for procurement subsequently creating and submitting purchase orders for approval.
• Reads, understands, and complies with all facility regulatory, environmental, health and safety procedures.
• Works overtime and/or irregular hours, including on-call duties, as required to ensure reliable facility operations.

Required Skills / Knowledge

• Strong written and verbal communication skills for documenting reports, and coordinating with team members, contractors, and vendors.
• Microsoft Excel for data analysis and reporting. Knowledge of Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) preferred.
• North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) standards, particularly those related to critical infrastructure protection (CIP) for GO’s and GOP’s in power plant operations.
• Cybersecurity principles related to industrial control systems, including securing PLCs, DCS, and network-connected devices.
• Deploying and maintaining industrial automation networks leveraging communication protocols such as Modbus, Profibus, Ethernet/IP, ControlNet, and DeviceNet.
• 40CFR Part 75 and Part 60 environmental regulations, as well as EPA Title V permits and other relevant environmental regulations.
• Battery chargers, inverters, battery management systems operation and maintenance.