Plant Engineer (Power Generation)

Per Sé Group is hiring a Plant Engineer for one of our Fortune 500 client’s Power Plant in Linden, New Jersey. With 15,000 employees and 7.

3 million customers, our client is a leader in the energy space with a world-class reputation for innovation and commitment to achieving net zero CO2 emissions.

Responsibilities :

• Responsible for understanding the plant design basis and Management of Change (MOC) program.
• Investigate equipment failures and own Root Cause Analysis program.
• Develop and maintain relationships with original equipment manufacturer representatives.
• Make informed decisions on engineering issues and methods that are cost effective and of high quality.
• Supports the regulatory Compliance Specialist in all NERC, Regional Reliability Entity, and EIA issues impacting facility operations.
• Oversees contractor and vendor tasks and adherence to corporate programs.
• Develop and maintain plant performance and efficiency analysis tools and report’s findings to the Plant Manager.
• Maintain technical library and drawings to ensure that all necessary reference materials are available and up to date.
• Prepare capital project budgets for approval and administer the project budget.
• Plan and coordinates plant maintenance as required to maximize plant availability and optimize cost effectiveness.
• Prepares accurate plant documentation, to assure proper historical records and reporting of plant maintenance is completed.
• Promotes and works with others in a team environment.
• Performs plant maintenance tasks as required to support plant requirements.
• Assists with operations / maintenance training and qualification programs.
• Must make expeditious appropriate decision to non-routine plant maintenance situations.
• Maintains and optimizes the plant CMMS system, issues preventative / predictive and corrective work orders for completion.
• Provides support in development of work scopes associated with scheduled and non-scheduled outages.
• Provides emergency 24-hour on-call emergency support.
• Development of specifications for equipment and materials as required in support of facility projects.
• To engineer, design, and justify plant modifications and improvements and coordinate plant maintenance utilizing plant technicians and contract support to support achieving company and group goals.
• Other duties as assigned.

Preferred Skills & Expertise :

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field, or the equivalent in training or experience.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience in power plant operations and maintenance preferred.
• Past experience as a Field Engineer or TFA a plus.
• Extensive knowledge of gas and steam technologies preferred.
• Experience with operations and maintenance of gas turbine, steam turbine, generators, electronic controls, and monitoring devices.
• Proficiency with personal computers, including Excel. Prior experience with plant commissioning and start-up is preferred.
• Demonstrated experience indicating effective communication skills, analytic ability, detail orientation, and ability to make decisions and meet deadlines.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Performs repetitive and non-repetitive physical duties. Requiring lifts (up to 50 lbs), pushing, pulling, stretching, bending, climbing, and working in awkward positions.
30+ days ago