Chief Engineer

IHI Power Services Corp. (IPSC) has a career opportunity for Chief Engineer .Our corporate office is located in Aliso Viejo, CA.

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Joining IPSC means you’ll be joining a team in which employees are recognized as the backbone of the company. We offer a competitive benefits package that includes a 401K and provides a range of benefit options that will cover your wellness needs.

IPSC provides operations, maintenance, management, and power support services to the US Power Generation Industry across the United States.

Our team is comprised of experts from diverse backgrounds of technical fields, including power operations, engineering, asset management, as well as finance, human resources, administration, safety and environmental.

With this diverse background coupled with extensive years of employee experience, IPSC provides exceptional operations, maintenance, management, and development expertise to a variety of power assets.

Job Summary

The Chief Engineer will provide engineering and technical support to oversee the engineering function at our O&M facilities and any contracted engineers assigned to projects.

Job Functions

• Provide necessary technical support for all related work for bid specification, evaluation of vendor / contractor bid proposals, monitoring of contractor work performance to assure contract compliance, plant troubleshooting of mechanical, electrical, electronic, and control equipment, programs, and issues.
• Provide leadership and mentorship for the fleet management and engineering teams to empower and develop future company engineering leaders.

Network with consultants and vendors to leverage industry expertise to be shared with the fleet.

• Evaluate safety to improve safeguards and processes for employees and equipment. Will work closely with the Plant Operations Teams to ensure a Safety-First culture.
• Provide solutions to help reduce costs across the fleet, contributing your engineering expertise to operating teams, especially emphasizing the teams responsibilities for design, application, and inspection of existing assets;
• deployment of the right materials, sizing of equipment, operating parameters, life expectancy, life extension; and / or plant configurations;

root cause analysis process, evaluation of design and future operating challenges associated with existing plants and potential acquisition targets, etc.

• Support financial reporting through management of plant generation models along with assisting in the preparation of annual budgets, long-range forecasts, and input for lender reports.
• Work cross-functionally and proactively to increase value; for example, partner with O&M teams for better outage planning and scheduling, leverage qualified contractors, develop component and system specifications, and remove any process bottlenecks.
• Other duties as assigned.
30+ days ago