Plant Project Engineer/Engineering Analyst (Generation) - GPC Plant Yates/Wansley

This posting serves to fill two roles for plant engineer/engineering analyst positions at Georgia Power facilities: one at Plant Yates (Newnan, Ga.) and another at Plant Wansley (Franklin, Ga.). Each site is building new generation to meet customer load growth with advanced class generation technology.

About the Role

This engineer/engineering analyst role will be responsible for engineering-related activities at a power generating plant. The position provides technical support and develops long-term plans and budgets to maintain and improve plant equipment performance. Responsibilities include managing capital and O&M projects, following prescribed procedures, providing input on procedure improvements, and conducting analyses to review design options or recommendations for structures, systems, and components. The role also provides technical direction and troubleshooting for plant electrical and mechanical systems, ongoing inspection and evaluation of equipment, and serves as a troubleshooting resource for operations and maintenance with system ownership assignments.

This role may also include Long-Term Service Agreement (LTSA) administration/engineer responsibilities, engaging with Mitsubishi Power Americas/Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for performance of the service contract. Duties include tracking equipment performance and reliability, ensuring vendor compliance with technical bulletins, managing parts and maintenance activities, outage/maintenance intervals, budget tracking, and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Provide outage/project management, project budget management, long-term maintenance strategies, and technical support to the plant.
• Develop 5- and 10-year capital budgets and justification for associated capital projects.
• Provide monthly accruals and budget variance explanations to the Financial Analyst.
• Monitor plant performance and make recommendations to improve heat rate and unit reliability.
• Serve as a system owner of assigned systems.
• Coordinate project work, including contract administrator training.
• Utilize computer business tools to monitor equipment operating performance, develop and justify budgets, plan project scope, develop project schedules, use Maximo work order management system, and prepare reporting on equipment and projects.
• Initiate, troubleshoot, and review root cause analyses for system equipment failures.
• Work with Southern Company Services (Technical Shared Services), OEMs, and system owners at other plants to stay current on upgrades or concerns, and communicate these needs to plant management, corporate management, and peer groups.

Requirements

• B.S. in Engineering or Engineering Technology from an ABET-accredited program/institution is required.
• Experience in an industrial facility with a mechanical/electrical project or design focus involving maintenance of pumps/motors, air/motor-operated valves, fans, condensers, boilers, turbines, PLCs, distributed control systems, and industrial electrical switchgear, circuit breakers, and transformers.
• Demonstrated project management experience.
• Strong technical expertise and problem-solving abilities.

Skills

• Strong organizational, administrative, time management, project management, facilitation, and analytical skills.
• Knowledge and experience utilizing computer applications, with the ability to learn new systems quickly.
• Self-motivation and demonstrated initiative.
• Ability to interface with vendors and contractors while representing the best interests of Southern Company.
• Ability to network and utilize subject matter experts at both corporate and regional levels.
• Interpersonal skills demonstrating the ability to handle conflict and work effectively within a diverse team.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities and requirements.
• Flexibility to work across primary position boundaries by willingly accepting multiple roles to support plant needs.

Additional Details

• Must be available to work nights, weekends, and/or holidays as needed.
• May require extended work hours.
• Must be able to be on call for the plant as needed.
• Minimal travel required (up to 25%).

Benefits

• Competitive pay.
• Medical and dental coverage.
• Defined Benefit Cash Balance Pension plan.
• Performance-sharing plan.
• 401(k) plan with a generous company match.
• Bonus opportunities.
• Tuition reimbursement.

If this job is determined to be a critical job, limitations for transferring internally within the Company may apply for a set period of time. Details will be shared during the selection process.