Electrical & Instrumentation Technician (Waste-to-Energy)

Location: Niagara Falls, New York, United States; on-site power plant role

Salary: $33.22–$44.18 per hour

Company

hirify.global provides sustainable waste management and waste-to-energy solutions designed to reduce, reuse, recycle, and recover value from waste streams.

What you will do

• Maintain, test, diagnose, and repair low-, medium-, and high-voltage switchgear, circuit breakers, motor starters, transformers, generators, and motor control centers.
• Maintain electrical systems for waste-to-energy boilers, pumps, fans, motors, conveyors, refuse cranes, and air pollution control systems.
• Troubleshoot and repair CEMS equipment and flow, pressure, temperature, level, and flue gas instrumentation.
• Diagnose, adjust, and repair distributed control systems, historian devices, PLC-related equipment, and field controllers.
• Perform preventive maintenance, including calibration, thermography, ultrasonic testing, and maintenance record completion.
• Support plant shutdowns, equipment inspections, outage work, housekeeping, safety compliance, and required training.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Experience with motor starters, PLCs, and high-power electrical systems.
• Ability to walk, stand, sit, climb, lift and carry up to 50 pounds, work at heights and in confined spaces, wear a full-face respirator, and work in varying weather conditions.
• Ability to work an 8- or 10-hour Monday–Friday schedule after training, with rotating on-call coverage and additional outage-related hours.

Nice to have

• Formal technical, military, or apprentice training.

Culture & Benefits

• Commitment to a safe and inclusive workplace and accountable work practices.
• Day-one health insurance options, paid time off, retirement savings, and a 401(k) match of up to 7%.
• Additional benefits include medical, prescription, dental, vision, FSA, HSA, disability, life and AD&D insurance, paid parental leave, employee assistance, and educational assistance.
• Night support may be required during planned or unplanned outages.