Sr. Field Engineer (Cambridge, WI or Elwood, IL)

PURPOSE

Serve as a senior technical resource responsible for leading complex engineering work supporting the operation, maintenance, repair, and long-term asset management of Dairyland Power’s gas turbine plant equipment and auxiliary systems.

Essential Job Functions

• Serve as senior/resident engineering lead for assigned gas turbine facilities as directed, providing strategic and day-to-day engineering support and ensuring effective communication and alignment between Operations, Plant Engineering, and plant leadership.
• Lead technical direction, planning, and execution strategy for major gas turbine maintenance outages (Combustion, Hot Gas Path, Major Inspection, Generator, etc.), including scope development, risk identification/mitigation, and post-outage lessons learned.
• Produce and/or approve high-quality outage and investigation reports, including repair/replace recommendations, technical justification, and lifecycle impacts.
• Lead evaluation of OEM/service bulletins and fleet-wide recommendations; define compliance and implementation strategy and ensure technical consistency across facilities.
• Develop, optimize, and standardize maintenance management and reliability programs/best practices for dual-fuel gas turbine operations; drive continuous improvement using performance and reliability metrics.
• Lead troubleshooting and root cause analysis of complex turbine and auxiliary system issues, integrating multi-discipline input; develop corrective action plans and prevent recurrence.
• Provide senior-level technical specifications and procurement support; evaluate vendor proposals and technical deviations; support selection decisions and contract technical requirements.
• Lead documentation for major engineered and special maintenance projects (project requests, estimates, schedules, procurement documents, progress/completion reporting) and ensure documentation quality and completeness.
• Ensure cooperative resources are used in a cost-effective manner; provide technical input that supports long-term cost optimization and reliability goals.
• Direct and coordinate the activities of A/Es, consultants, business partners, OEMs, and DPC personnel for successful completion of complex projects; ensure quality, schedule, and safety expectations are met.
• Lead data collection, analysis, and trending (performance, reliability, failure modes) to identify issues and improvement opportunities; recommend and justify operational and equipment changes.
• Provide senior technical support in communications with regulatory agencies at federal, state, and local levels as needed; ensure technical accuracy and completeness of engineering-related responses.
• Maintain and expand professional expertise through industry engagement, conferences, and professional networks; bring forward relevant innovations and lessons learned to improve fleet performance.
• Lead feasibility studies, surveys, and engineering investigations; lead/approve engineering design reviews and provide technical authority input into contract documents.
• Establish expectations for project recordkeeping and documentation; ensure accurate and timely administrative control of technical records, drawings, photos, and project documentation.
• Lead evaluation and use of computer programs/models to assess operational changes and unit modifications; validate assumptions and results; guide others in model use as appropriate.
• Provide senior technical support and consultation to other Operations division engineers; act as a go-to technical resource for gas turbine engineering issues.
• Lead and/or chair multi-department projects or committees and drive alignment across stakeholders.
• Make safety a priority in all duties; promote and reinforce safe work practices and hazard awareness across internal and external work teams.

Minimum Qualifications

• B.S. Degree in engineering or physical sciences.
• Minimum 7 years relevant experience (including turbine field engineering and/or technical field advisor experience).
• Strong preference for GE Frame 6B and 7FA dual fuel experience.

Skills

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Advanced professional communication skills, including technical report writing, executive-ready summaries, and presentations.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical work and influence cross-functional outcomes.

Physical Demands

• 25% office environment with minimal exertion.
• 75% fieldwork with medium strenuous activity.
• Requires near vision and fingering for computer work.
• Fieldwork requires walking, standing, stooping/crouching, bending, kneeling, climbing hand-over-hand, crawling, twisting upper body, reaching/stretching, and object maneuvering; near/far vision and hearing required.

Environmental Demands

• May work on uneven terrain, significant heights, and in hot or inclement weather.
• Occasional exposure to noise, high voltage/amperage equipment, high pressure/high temperature equipment, high-speed rotating equipment, hazardous air quality near/within generating stations, rotating machinery, high decibel noise, ionizing radiation, fumes and chemical hazards.

Other Job Characteristics

• Team and independent worker;
• fast paced and high pressure;
• routine and variable tasks;
• strong attention to detail.
• Interaction with public, business partners, manufacturers, consultants, and regulators as needed.
• Occasional travel and weekend work.
• Provides guidance, coaching, and technical leadership to other employees within technical area; may lead technical projects requiring delegation and review of others’ work product.

Dairyland Benefits

• Health & disability benefits (medical, dental, vision, short & long-term disability)
• Life insurance
• Generous 401(k) and Pension Plans
• Paid Time Off
• Robust Wellness Program
• New Flexible Work Program
• Tuition Reimbursement

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are committed to providing our greatest asset, our People, with as many perks and benefits as possible. Some benefits of working with us include:

• Health & disability benefits (medical, dental, vision, short & long-term disability)
• Life insurance
• Generous 401(k) and Pension Plans
• Paid Time Off
• Robust Wellness Program
• New Flexible Work Program
• Tuition Reimbursement

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