Combustion Turbine Technician I-IV

Join Oglethorpe Power as a Combustion Turbine Technician (Levels I–IV) at our Walton Combustion Turbine Plant in Monroe, Georgia, where you will support the safe, reliable, and responsive operation of a critical peaking generation facility serving our member systems.

This role focuses on hands-on operation, maintenance, inspection, and troubleshooting of combustion turbines and balance-of-plant systems to ensure rapid start capability and operational readiness during periods of peak demand.

Technicians at Walton play a vital role in maintaining equipment reliability, adhering to strict safety and compliance standards, and supporting plant performance in a fast-paced, on-demand operating environment.

Whether you are building foundational turbine skills or bringing advanced combustion turbine experience, this position offers a structured progression path, strong team collaboration, and the opportunity to directly contribute to grid reliability across Oglethorpe Power's system.

• Responsible for the performance, operations, and maintenance of simple-cycle combustion turbine technologies and generating assets in a manner that optimizes reliability, availability, and O&M costs while maintaining the highest standards in safety, environmental, and NERC electrical reliability.
• A technician must understand and apply concepts to operate the equipment and perform plant systems analysis to take actions for identifying, resolving, and/or avoiding failure modes.
• In addition, the individual performs operator rounds, troubleshooting, preventive, corrective, and predictive maintenance on plant systems/equipment to ensure safe, efficient, and reliable plant operations, as well as enhance equipment longevity.
• The incumbent is responsible for continuous improvement and providing reliable and efficient electric power generation in compliance with corporate safety policies and procedures, environmental, mandatory electric reliability standards, FERC, EPA, EPD, OSHA, DOT, and all applicable governmental regulations.

• Daily activities include start-up and shutdown of the plant equipment, operator rounds, overseeing plant physical security, clearances, receiving materials/inventory, maintaining 3-part communications with GSOC, shift log communications, and issuing applicable Operational Advisory and Event Reports. Documenting and communicating operational or maintenance conditions and activities to allow the efficient and orderly transfer of information to others.