Role
AI for Power Plant Operators
Founder, Automation Squad
Control, operate, or maintain machinery to generate electric power. Includes auxiliary equipment operators.
Power Plant Operators · O*NET 51-8013.00 · Job Zone 2 · sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor occupation database
Automation coverage
10 of 26tools on this list have an AI solution available today
Counted by matching the tools this occupation is documented as using against a corpus of 226,452 AI products, MCP servers, skills and connectors. Where a tool has no match, we say so rather than inventing one.
AI you can use for this job
26 matched to the tools power plant operators use. Showing 24.
Microsoft Outlook
MCP serverMicrosoft Outlook is a web-based suite of webmail, contacts, tasks, and calendaring services.
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Excel
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Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Word
MCP serverOffice Powerpoint
MCP serverPowerpoint
MCP serverMake (make.com)
AMCS Fleet Maintenance software helps surface vital information for transportation and operations managers to control and manage costs and operational readiness of fleets and other assets.
Email Security
SkillEmail Server
MCP serverEmail Systems
SkillEmailr
AppExcel
SkillExcel
MCP serverMaintastic
AppMaintastic is the AI-driven, collaborative Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) that streamlines maintenance processes by digitizing, structuring, and enabling mobile access. It supports both reactive and preventive maintenance across machinery, equipment, and buildi
Maintenance Care
MCP serverMaintenance Care is a CMMS software for work orders, preventive maintenance and asset management.
Maintenance Care
Make (make.com)
PowerOffice
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Programacion Siemens
MCP serverSAP S/4HANA
MCP serverSAP S/4HANA is an intelligent ERP suite that helps businesses manage finance, supply chain, manufacturing, and operations in real time.
SAP S/4HANA
SAP S/4HANA
AppMake (make.com)
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Skill
The tools this job actually uses
26 documented for this occupation. Showing 26, hot technologies first. A filled dot means an AI solution exists for it.
- Microsoft Accesshot
- Microsoft Excelhot
- Microsoft Office softwarehot
- Microsoft Outlookhot
- Microsoft PowerPointhot
- Microsoft Wordhot
- SAP softwarehot
- Computerized maintenance management system CMMS
- Continuous emissions monitoring systems CEMS
- Distributed control system DCS
- Email software
- Emerson Ovation
- Gas field monitoring system software
- General Electric Mark VI Distributed Control System DCS
- General Electric Mark VI Integrated Control System ICS
- Interlock shutdown systems
- Landfill gas analysis software
- Landtec System Software LFG Pro
- Operational Data Store ODS software
- Safety instrumented system SIS software
- Siemens Power Plant Automation SPPA
- Siemens Teleperm
- Supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA software
- Teknik Segala OSI Plant Information PI System
- Web browser software
- Yokogawa FAST/TOOLS
What this job involves
30 documented tasks, most important first. Showing 24.
- Control generator output to match the phase, frequency, or voltage of electricity supplied to panels.
- Take regulatory action, based on readings from charts, meters and gauges, at established intervals.
- Control power generating equipment, including boilers, turbines, generators, or reactors, using control boards or semi-automatic equipment.
- Start or stop generators, auxiliary pumping equipment, turbines, or other power plant equipment as necessary.
- Monitor power plant equipment and indicators to detect evidence of operating problems.
- Operate or maintain distributed power generation equipment, including fuel cells or microturbines, to produce energy on-site for manufacturing or other commercial purposes.
- Adjust controls to generate specified electrical power or to regulate the flow of power between generating stations and substations.
- Open and close valves and switches in sequence to start or shut down auxiliary units.
- Control or maintain auxiliary equipment, such as pumps, fans, compressors, condensers, feedwater heaters, filters, or chlorinators, to supply water, fuel, lubricants, air, or auxiliary power.
- Operate, control, or monitor equipment, such as acid or gas carbon dioxide removal units, carbon dioxide compressors, or pipelines, to capture, store, or transport carbon dioxide exhaust.
- Regulate equipment operations and conditions, such as water levels, based on instrument data or from computers.
- Operate, control, or monitor gasifiers or related equipment, such as coolers, water quenches, water gas shifts reactors, or sulfur recovery units, to produce syngas or electricity from coal.
- Inspect records or log book entries or communicate with plant personnel to assess equipment operating status.
- Clean, lubricate, or maintain equipment, such as generators, turbines, pumps, or compressors, to prevent failure or deterioration.
- Communicate with systems operators to regulate and coordinate line voltages and transmission loads and frequencies.
- Record and compile operational data by completing and maintaining forms, logs, or reports.
- Operate, control, or monitor integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) or related equipment, such as air separation units, to generate electricity from coal.
- Receive outage calls and request necessary personnel during power outages or emergencies.
- Collect oil, water, or electrolyte samples for laboratory analysis.
- Examine and test electrical power distribution machinery and equipment, using testing devices.
- Place standby emergency electrical generators on line in emergencies and monitor the temperature, output, and lubrication of the system.
- Make adjustments or minor repairs, such as tightening leaking gland or pipe joints.
- Analyze the layout, instrumentation, or function of electrical generation or transmission facilities.
- Diagnose or troubleshoot problems with gas collection systems.
