Lead Power Plant Technician

Location: Onsite at Vicinity Kendall, 265 1st St, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Rotating shift schedule required.

Salary: $67.42 per hour

Company

hirify.global provides district energy solutions and low-carbon energy to commercial buildings across major US cities, with a focus on decarbonization and reaching net zero.

What you will do

• Operate combined-cycle generating facilities, turbines, generators, boilers, and auxiliary power plant equipment through control room interfaces and locally.
• Monitor plant conditions, take readings, maintain logs, report equipment issues, and document maintenance actions.
• Coordinate shift operations, market-demand requirements, maintenance activities, work clearances, and interfaces with commercial operations and external entities.
• Troubleshoot plant control systems and operate valves, circuit breakers, generator breakers, and high-voltage disconnects as required.
• Direct employees and contractors, coordinate work sequences and safety briefings, and oversee contracting crews.
• Ensure compliance with operating procedures, environmental permits, regulatory requirements, and safety programs, including lockout/tagout and confined-space procedures.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Active Massachusetts Second Class Engineer's License required.
• Massachusetts Grade 2 Industrial Wastewater Treatment License must be obtained within the first six months.
• At least six years of experience operating gas turbines, steam turbines, generators, heat recovery steam generators, high-pressure boilers, air compressors, water treatment equipment, and auxiliary systems.
• Knowledge of the relationship between plant operations and energy markets, basic computer literacy, and a good safety record.
• Ability to work rotating shifts and perform physically demanding work in confined spaces, elevated areas, high-noise environments, temperature extremes, and around high-pressure and rotating equipment.

Nice to have

• Ability to read and interpret Process and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs).
• Experience instructing and directing the activities of others.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time hourly position represented by UWUA Local 369.
• Company-provided physical and drug screening is required before employment.
• PPE is required, including a hard hat, safety glasses, safety shoes, and hearing protection.
• Respirator qualification is required.
• Work supports low-carbon energy delivery and decarbonization initiatives.