Education/Experience:
- BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from an accredited college required
- Five (5) years of experience with Turbine Generators and Rotating Equipment is preferred
Certification/Licensure:
- Possession, or Pursuance of, a Professional Engineer License is preferred
Knowledge of:
- Rotating Equipment, Vibration Analysis, Machine Design, Bearings, Mechanical Seals
- Cranes, Hoists, and Rigging
- Precision alignment of rotating equipment trains
- Microsoft Office Suite, for preparation of presentations and reports.
Skills, abilities, and physical requirements:
- Ability to clearly communicate with co-workers, supervisors, and others.
- Ability to oversee and coordinate with craft labor to maintain quality control
- Ability to perform work with a high degree of accuracy
- Ability to read and understand maintenance procedures.
- Ability to establish and maintain a highly organized work environment
- Ability to work overtime as required.
- Ability to work unsupervised as required.
- Ability to sit, stand, reach, stoop, and lift boxes weighing as much as 25 pounds.
Work Environment:
The characteristics listed herein describe the work environment the employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this employment position. REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS MAY BE MADE TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES TO PERFORM THE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS. While performing the duties of this employment position, the employee:
- Must be able to walk distances of up to a quarter of a mile over rocky and uneven surfaces.
- Must be comfortable working in an industrial environment and around high-pressure steam.
- It is expected that a Power Plant Mechanical Engineer will be present for a majority of outages of assigned systems to coordinate repair activites with Operations, Maintenance, and Contractors. During planned outages or emergent repairs, this may include 12+ hour shifts that may land on days, nights, holidays, and / or weekends.