Turbine/Generator Engineer – PJM Fossil Plants

About the role

Talen Energy is seeking an experienced Engineer with working knowledge in Rotating Equipment – specifically Turbines and Generators for their fossil generation central engineering group. Candidate will support and Lead the LP Turbine and Generator work for the Baltimore plants. The position will be based out of the central engineering group in Allentown, but much of their time will be spent in the Baltimore area for the outages in the Fall of 2026 and/or Spring of 2027.

Responsibilities

• Support and lead the LP Turbine and Generator work for the Baltimore plants.
• Interface with management teams, project teams, and other disciplines within the engineering group to solve complex tasks.
• Support the plants with planning and implementation of maintenance outages.
• Monitor and assess the condition of critical plant equipment, track failures, perform root cause failure analysis, conduct field inspections, recommend repair or replacement approaches for equipment issues to the plants, develop short-term and long-term risk mitigation strategies, provide input into developing scoping and estimating plans for projects, prepare technical specifications, and provide technical guidance as requested to plant engineering, Contractors, and plant maintenance staff during outage and non-outage work.

Qualifications

• Senior Engineer:
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, engineering technology, or other related science discipline from a college or university accredited by ABET, or recognized by ABET as substantially equivalent.
  • Minimum 5 years’ related engineering experience.
• Principal Engineer:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, engineering technology, or other related science discipline from a college or university accredited by ABET, or recognized by ABET as substantially equivalent.
  • Minimum 10 years’ experience, with recognized expertise in power plant engineering.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in working with large rotating equipment (specifically turbines and generators).
• Experience in working with steam turbines and combustion turbines.
• Experience with predictive maintenance technologies such as vibration analysis, thermography, and lubrication monitoring.
• Professional Engineer registration in Pennsylvania (for principal engineer position).

Benefits

At Talen Energy, employees are eligible to participate in Talen Energy’s 401(k) plan. Talen Energy also provides competitive vacation and sick time to its employees. Talen Energy is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer dedicated to diversity and the strength it brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, sex, religion, national origin, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, disability, perceived disability or any other protected characteristic as may be defined by applicable law.