Plant Maintenance Engineer - onsite Boardman, Oregon
Portland General Electric · Boardman, OR · 2 mo ago
ManagementFull-time
Summary
As a Plant Maintenance Engineer, you will play a key role in solving complex operational challenges, supporting capital improvements, and driving engineering solutions that ensure safe, efficient, and compliant plant operations. This is a high-impact role where your expertise directly supports grid reliability and long-term asset health.
Provide Functional and Economical Engineering Solutions
- Resolve plant operations and maintenance engineering problems through the improvement and maintenance of plant safety, reliability, efficiency, and regulatory compliance in a responsible and progressive manner.
- Prepare a variety of moderately complex engineering deliverables; lead smaller project teams.
- Develop maintenance engineering solutions that meet technical requirements, all applicable codes, regulatory requirements, and follow sound engineering practice.
- Maintain and improve the operation, reliability, safety, and regulatory compliance of the company’s generating resources.
- Maintain and review plant design basis documents.
Plant Maintenance Engineering
- Maintain currency in state-of-the-art engineering practices and independently apply professional knowledge of engineering processes and standards to assignments/projects.
- Apply knowledge of engineering solutions to resolve plant operations and maintenance engineering problems.
- Apply knowledge of the plant and plant control systems and processes.
- Apply knowledge of codes and standards and apply engineering theories and concepts in expanding professional knowledge of plant operations and maintenance engineering principles.
Project Coordination
- Assigns tasks and coordinates with other internal/external team members on assigned projects; shares information and provides professional guidance in executing project tasks.
- Provides complex design, construction, operation, maintenance or testing elements in support of plant maintenance engineering needs; contributes to capital budget and job estimates.
Education / Experience / Certifications
- P2 & P3: Requires a bachelor’s degree in any applicable engineering discipline. ABET accredited engineering program or program accredited by an equivalent agency preferred.
- P2: Typically two or more years in engineering.
- P3: Typically five or more years in engineering, or four or more years in related field with PE license.
- P2: Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam a plus; may be required based upon role.
- P3: Professional Engineering (PE) license a plus; may be required based upon role.