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Operating Engineer-Cogeneration

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Operating Engineer-Cogeneration

Salary

Depends on Qualifications

Location

Ruston, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

216244

Department

LA Tech University

Opening Date

01/08/2026

Closing Date

1/20/2026 11:59 PM Central

+ Description

+ Benefits

About this Job

As a selective-admissions, comprehensive public university, Louisiana Tech is committed to quality in teaching, research, creative activity and scholarship, public service, and workforce/economic development. Louisiana Tech maintains as its highest priority the education and development of its students in a challenging environment within a safe and supportive, diverse community of learners.

At Louisiana Tech, our mission relies on a stable and resilient foundation. As anOperating Engineer-Cogeneration, you are the guardian of that foundation. You don’t just work in a utility plant; you manage the "heart" of the campus. This role is essential to our success—without your expertise, groundbreaking research halts, classrooms go dark, and the residential community loses its comfort. You provide the 13,800V pulse that keeps the Bulldog spirit alive and ensures our students can thrive in a safe, supportive, and uninterrupted environment.

This isn't your standard maintenance job; it is a high-level technical command position. You will be at the helm of a sophisticated Combined Heat and Power (CHP) facility, utilizing advanced computer-based distributed control systems (DCS) to manage massive gas and steam turbines. This is a rare opportunity to operate a "micro-grid" environment where you are responsible for the generation and distribution of power on a massive scale. It is high-stakes, highly technical, and deeply rewarding work for a professional who loves mechanical complexity and takes pride in being the "go-to" expert for critical infrastructure.

Louisiana Tech is more than a workplace; it’s a community dedicated to the development of the next generation. If you are a skilled technician looking for a career where your work is visible every time the lights come on, we want you in Ruston.

Minimum Qualifications

Two years of experience in the operation or maintenance of a high-voltage power generation facility; OR

Three years of experience in the operation or maintenance of chemical, pulp, and paper, or oil or gas processing facilities; OR

Four years of experience or training in the operation or maintenance of large stationary engines or mechanical equipment.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be foundhere.

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

As an Operating Engineer-Cogeneration, you will:

+ Operate and maintain gas turbine generator.

+ Operate and maintain power and heat recovery boilers.

+ Operate and monitor electrical power distribution system.

+ Perform water chemical analysis and adjust chemical treatment systems.

+ Operate and monitor building management computer system.

+ Call out appropriate personnel for after hours work orders.

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type: This position will be filled as a Probationary Appointment.

Work Schedule:The typical work schedule for this position is 12 hour days and night shifts. May be required to work some overtime, weekends, or holidays.

Annual Salary:Depends on Qualifications

Benefits: Louisiana Tech offers outstanding perks and benefits to eligible employees that include a variety of health insurance plans and retirement options, paid time off for vacation and sick leave, paid holidays, substantially reduced-rate tuition for employees and their dependents, discounted memberships at the university’s sports and wellness center, professional development training, and promotional opportunities. In addition, market adjustment salary increases are awarded annually (pending funding availability) for eligible classified employee.

How To Apply:

No Civil Service test scoreis required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, clickhere. (https://ulsltu.wd503.myworkdayjobs.com/LATECHCareers)

*Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumeswill notbe accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

Contact Information:

Louisiana Tech University, Office of Human Resources

Ruston, LA 71272

Phone: 318-257-2235

Fax: 318-257-2482

Louisiana Tech University is an AA/ADA/EEO employer. Louisiana Tech recruits, selects, employs and promotes without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, political affiliation, age, disability, veteran status, or genetic information in its admission and recruitment of students, educational programs, and activities, or employment policies.

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

+ New Year's Day

+ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

+ Mardi Gras,

+ Good Friday,

+ Memorial Day,

+ Independence Day,

+ Labor Day,

+ Veteran's Day,

+ Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

+ Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your\_Retirement\_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

+ Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

+ Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

Employer

State of Louisiana

Address

For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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