Duties, Functions and Responsibilities: - Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned. - Performs specialized chemical analyses on samples to support environmental compliance for electric generating facilities, electric service delivery, and remediation projects. - Evaluates samples to determine appropriate analysis and/or methodology. - Maintains, troubleshoots and calibrates equipment and/or sterilizes equipment. - Collects and analyzes samples from power plant machinery in accordance with established preventative maintenance programs. - Operates, maintains and troubleshoots water treatment systems for the production of ultra-pure water, and closed loop cooling water systems and cooling towers. - Supports the startups of steam generation units insuring water production and boiler chemistry are within acceptable criteria to bring a power plant unit on line and achieve full pressure release. - Supports engineering and power plant facilities monitors, treats, prevents and removes biological and chemical fouling of water treatment systems condensers and cooling towers. - Develops and applies enhanced Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) procedures as appropriate to improve the quality of the results. - Performs laboratory tasks in accordance with laboratory standards documented in Quality Manual. - Verifies, interprets and/or approves data and develops reports. - Complies with applicable regulatory standards, policies, codes, regulations and industry and organizational safety guidelines. - Develops, implements, and maintains standard operating procedures. - Coordinates and/or assists in coordinating projects. - Responsibilities- Supervision and/or Leadership Exercised: None. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: - Must possess required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed. - Knowledge of local, state and federal law and city ordinances. - Knowledge of the electric utility business. - Knowledge of water quality analysis and operational / industry safety guidelines. - Knowledge of chemical principles and methods. - Knowledge of power plant lock out/tag out ( LOTO ) procedures. - Knowledge of safely working with hazardous chemicals. - Skill in oral and written communications. - Skill in handling conflict and uncertain situations. - Skill in collecting, analyzing and interpreting applicable research data. - Skill using appropriate mathematics for chemical analysis. - Ability to use appropriate database system to track lab information. - Ability to work with frequent interruptions and changes in priorities. - Ability to troubleshoot, maintain and repair various analytical instrumentation. - Ability to work in an industrial facility. - Ability to climb, crawl, crouch or assume other non-sitting positions to take samples, check equipment and chemical tank levels, and replace and repair equipment.