Technical Authority – Power & Water Plant Chemist

Responsibilities and Key Accountabilities:

-Manage the chemistry dashboard and issue reports to site, tracking actions as required.

-Ensure that plant instrumentation is adequate in order to effectively monitor asset integrity risks resulting from incorrect chemistry control.  

-Work & Collaborate with MPC to provide support on unexpected deviations in process parameters of a chemical nature.

-Provides guidance and interpretation regarding Boiler water/steam cycle chemistry, corrosion and corrosion product generation, transport, deposition and the effect on heat transfer for applicable power & water process equipment including - water and steam-touched surfaces; Cooling water systems; Desalination systems; Water treatment equipment such as demineralizers, membranes, condensate polishers, cooling towers, and on-line cycle water chemistry analysers.

-Support fossil fuel generation, CSP and water production plants by maintaining clear and consistent records of all analytical results. Providing leadership to the business concerning water quality control.

-Ensure the water quality is within EPRI POE guidelines for asset protection for fossil generating fleet (including CSP steam cycle).

-If not within EPRI POE guidelines, notify plant management. Also in conjunction with others develop actions and required timeframe for gap closure plan.

-Performs oversite for complex and routine chemical testing of products and processing materials.

-Advises based on quantitative evidence or advice from vendor/ experts or others.  Providing consultation and problem solving to Nomac personnel on chemicals/product quality problems and provide recommended course of action.

-Provide technical troubleshooting, data review and trend monitoring, historical trend reviews, event follow-up, root cause analysis, support plant maintenance strategies.

-Provide information and training for operations and sharing of lessons learned with internal peers.

-Provide support for chemical budget creation at plant sites and estimations for BD team during bid preparation phase.

-Work & Collaborate with other technical teams to address business challenges.

-Must leverage industry experience, equipment knowledge, software know-how, to support world class predictive analytics and monitoring solutions.

-Acts as a resource for others in solution design.

-Develop and implement policies, standards, and procedures for the chemistry monitoring.

-Demonstrate ability to develop and implement appropriate plans and solutions to drive ongoing improvement of asset/system reliability within power & water sites.

Technical Expertise

-Act as centre of expertise providing in-depth technical knowledge on power & water chemistry. Using that knowledge to design and implement solutions to improve the plant efficiency and reliability in the long term.

Policies, Processes, Systems & Procedures

-Develop the corporate procedures for monitoring chemistry levels in fossil fuel, (including CSP steam cycle) and sea water desalination plants.

Continuous Improvement

-Identify opportunities of improvement and contribute to organisational and departmental change initiatives, programmes and projects taking into account best practice and standards in the business environment.

Health, Safety, Security & Environment

-Ensure compliance to all relevant health, safety, security and environmental management policies, procedures and controls across the department to guarantee employee safety, legislative compliance and a responsible environmental attitude.

Related Assignments

-Perform any other duties which the line manager may require to be carried out.            

Minimum Qualifications:
 BA or B. S. Degree in chemistry studies,
Minimum Experience:
 10+ years of experience in the field with high focus on plant reliability.
Skills:
 Good communication skills (verbal and written)
 Ability to prioritize and manage multiple work tasks simultaneously
 Good interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively in a team setting
 Strong attention to details
 Strong analytical skills
 Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills
 Self-starter requiring moderate direction or supervision
 Good organizational skills, ability to organize and prioritize work
 Ability to work effectively on multiple assignments
 Flexible and able to adjust to changing priorities
 Willing and able to perform other unrelated duties as required and learn new processes and technologies
 Frequently interacts with management, staff and other departments throughout the system
 Knowledge of tracking and trending for historical data is required