Senior Mechanical Engineer

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering oversight of major maintenance and process enhancement projects, predictive maintenance monitoring, outage management, equipment inspections, and specialized testing
• Conceptualize design and provide engineering to support cost/benefit analysis justification for facility enhancement projects
• Support and work with all stakeholders to develop actionable intel to resolve operational issues, design enhancements, and maintenance projects
• Develop condition-based maintenance initiatives that maximize reliability and availability of the fleet
• Provide engineering support for root cause analysis (RCA) of forced outage or equipment failure events
• Project Management of consultants providing services to the facilities and ensure technical obligations and performance requirements meet corporate objectives
• Grow relationships with facility teams, OEMs, key equipment suppliers, and corporate management
• Participate in fleet maintenance programs, fleet operating manuals, predictive maintenance programs and procedure improvement initiatives
• Support performance monitoring, data collection, and data analysis of power plant systems and equipment
• Develop detailed request for proposals for major maintenance and process enhancement projects, evaluate proposals, and manage suppliers
• Aid management and plant managers on budgets for responsible projects
• Attend conferences to maintain comprehensive knowledge of industry and equipment developments
• Prioritize and execute responsibilities under limited supervision
• Participate and promote a strong safety culture

Requirements

• Bachelor’s of Science degree in an Engineering discipline from an accredited college or university, or equivalent applicable experience
• 8 years of experience preferred in power plant maintenance engineering, controls engineering, design engineering, or services engineering for thermal power plants
• Experience with fluid system design and specification, vibration dynamics, material failure analysis, thermodynamics, or logic programming preferred
• Experience with aeroderivative and frame combustion turbines, steam turbines, distributed control systems, and heat recovery steam generators is desired
• Experience with equipment overhauls and outage management is desired
• Experience with OSISoft PI is preferred
• Knowledge of EHS related regulations and comprehensive safety programs is preferred
• Keen multi-tasking capabilities, flexibility, and organizational skills; attention to detail
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills. Strong, creative problem solving and analytical skills
• Ability to work well both independently and as part of a cross-functional team

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to accomplish physical requirements with or without reasonable accommodation
• Ability to stand, walk, talk, hear, and close and distance vision capability
• Ability to sit, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, and/or crouch
• Ability to perform inspections in permitted confined spaces from elevated platforms with grating accessed by ladders and stairs
• Ability to comply with all site specific personal protective equipment including, but not limited to, safety glasses, hard hats, hearing protection, and FR clothing
• Ability to lift and/or move up to 20 pounds
• Ability to travel up to 30%
• Travel is frequently outside the local area and overnight