Plant Operator - Ravenswood, NY

IHI Power Services Corp, 38-54 Vernon Blvd, Long Island City, New York, United States of America

Posted Wednesday, January 21, 2026 at 9:00 AM

Joining IHI Power Services Corporation (IPSC) means you’ll be joining a team in which employees are recognized as the backbone of the company. We offer a competitive benefits package that includes a 401K and provides a range of benefit options covering your wellness needs.

At IHI, Diversity, Respect, and Inclusion are not simply initiatives, they are a commitment from the entire organization, treating everyone with respect, valuing people’s differences, and empowering everyone to have a voice.

IPSC provides operations, maintenance, management, and power support services to the US Power Generation Industry across the United States. Our team is comprised of experts from diverse backgrounds of technical fields, including power operations, engineering, asset management, as well as finance, human resources, administration, safety and environmental. With this diverse background coupled with extensive years of employee experience, IPSC provides exceptional operations, maintenance, management, and development expertise to a variety of power assets.

IHI Power Services Corp. (IPSC) has a career opportunity for a Power Plant Operator at our Ravenswood, NY plant. The position is an Onsite role with no ability to work remote. The position will report to Operations Supervisor or Operations Manager. The starting pay range is between $48.65 - $53.18, depending on experience. Through additional training and advancement, pay can increase up to $65.77 within 2 years.

An Operator is considered a multi disciplined technician with skill sets to include working knowledge of the purpose and function of plant equipment and processes, the ability to use basic tools as well as having basic mechanical and electrical maintenance skills. The Operator reports to the Shift Supervisor and can expect to be given direction by the Control Room Operator. The Operator conducts inspection rounds on equipment, records and adjusts parameters as needed, performs basic maintenance while on watch, applies and removes LOTO, acts as a fire watch and confined space hole watch when needed as well as perform additional tasks as assigned by the shift supervisor.

This position involves working a rotating shift where the successful candidate will be expected to work days, nights, weekends, holidays. The successful candidate will be expected to report to work in all weather conditions without question.

• Perform “Operator” duties; assist or take the lead in starting, operating, and stopping the plant and responding to abnormal and emergency conditions in the most effective manner, complying with all safety and environmental requirements.
• Continuously monitor system and component conditions to determine plant and equipment performance.
• Operate all plant equipment to meet plant dispatch requirements and report issues or other anomalies of plant equipment and performance to Control Room Operator, Shift Supervisor, Maintenance or Direct Manager.
• Actively take the lead in conducting acceptance and performance tests on existing or new plant equipment.
• Perform emergency activities to maintain electric service and safeguard station equipment as required.
• Control all plant evolutions to ensure their safe and effective conduct and compliance with established policies and procedures.
• Plan and lead the performance of basic mechanical maintenance duties such as predictive and preventative maintenance, replacing basic parts (filters, gaskets, etc.), adjusting valve packing, changing oil and other minor maintenance tasks.
• Perform the tasks of opening, closing, racking, resetting, and routine maintenance on breakers and switch gear up to 345 kV.
• Provide direction and oversight to temporarily assigned personnel (including subcontractor personnel on matters pertaining to plant operations and maintenance).
• Conduct basic trouble shooting and analysis on indication and control equipment.
• Collect, analyze “trending” information, and provide recommendations on equipment performance and to forecast…