Job Description

Basic Purpose

Provides engineering support services for the electronics and software required to control and manage power generation, automatic generation control and real time energy management. Provides technical direction and project support to plant or control center staff on controls matters.

Responsibilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Provides control system software and hardware support to ensure safe, optimal and reliable operations. Works with Operations and corporate technical staff to assist with troubleshooting, determining solutions, and supporting corrective actions for instrumentation and programming logic issues.

Learns and observes generating equipment and process conditions and participates in forward projections of operating and maintenance requirements to optimize production.

Participates in providing training to operating, maintenance, and engineering staff as needed for power generation fleet.

Assists in the implementation of operating and maintenance standards to improve operating reliability, flexibility, and efficiency of generating facilities.

Assists in the development of the business cases, scoping documents, budgets, and schedules, as well as the testing, installation and commissioning for control system projects. Communicates with project managers and attend meetings to keep up-to-date information about upcoming projects, process improvement and root cause analysis teams. Performs the routine aspects of assignments requiring knowledge and application of basic engineering principles. Provides after-hours support on call basis. Provides outage support.

Ensures all compliance aspects of position are known and followed; understands and complies with all policies, codes, and regulations applicable to position and company.

Performs related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education and Work Experience
Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university in engineering.

Specialized Knowledge and Skills

Demonstrated knowledge of:

• Major power plant components, controls, and protection systems.
• Root cause and risk analysis.

Demonstrated skills such as:

• Analytical
• Self-starting
• Interpersonal communication
• Time management
• Organizational

Equipment and Applications
PCs, word processing, spreadsheet, and database software.

Work Environment and Physical Demands
General office environment. May require work near moving parts, in outdoor weather conditions, and near extreme heat. Some exposure to loud noises is required. Some overnight travel is required.