Description
Responsible for general engineering requirements associated with operations, maintenance, construction activities, and new specialty equipment. Responsible for equipment performance testing, fuel analysis, and materials inventory.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Directs and/or coordinates special maintenance projects or operational problems.
- Performs studies to evaluate the most economical changes for equipment or procedures.
- Evaluates the need, develops specifications, and/or coordinates the installation or repair of unusual and specialty equipment.
- Prepares or supervises the preparation of reports on plant performance/condition, environmental issues, economical analysis, and governmental requirements.
- Functions as the liaison for problems and changes with the plant's computer system. These problems and changes are on the staff PCs, the material inventory system, the work request/preventative maintenance system, the plant LAN, and the drawing index.
- Writes and/or coordinates the writing of special programs on the computer systems to benefit the staff or monitor the plant equipment.
- Performs minor maintenance, changes, and additions to the plant's DCS and Connoisseur systems.
- Assists with any unusual performance testing methods, testing problems, environmental problems, plant performance reporting, and heat rate improvement projects.
- Ensures that plant is in compliance with all local, state, and federal environmental regulations. These regulations include: air, storm water, drinking water, discharge water, nuclear sources, hazardous waste, hazardous materials, solid waste, asbestos handling, accidental spills, and emergency response.
- Ensures that the plant drawings are organized for quick retrieval, maintained, and revised.
- Inspects equipment, tanks, ponds, ducts, stack, cooling towers, building roofs, roadways, plant compressed air system, etc. for maintenance needs.
- Coordinates the preventive maintenance and major maintenance projects. Directs contractors if any are involved with the project.
- Tracks special preventative maintenance items such as turbine oil analysis, EHC oil analysis, air compressor oil analysis, and air dryer desiccant analysis.
- Writes contracts and specifications for miscellaneous equipment additions, repairs or studies.
- Responsible for maintaining up-to-date plant equipment maintenance and technical records by writing detailed inspection/repair/failure/modification/addition/replacement reports.
- Prepares the major maintenance and capital budgets associated with any assigned project.
- Develops Job Hazard Analysis and/or Safe Work Plans and conducts tool box safety meetings as needed to accomplish tasks.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree Mechanical Engineering or
- Bachelor's Degree Electrical Engineering
Experience:
- 5 years Electric Power Generation Engineering Experience
Certification and Licensures:
- Valid Mississippi Driver's License Required
- PE License Preferred
- Successfully pass a security sensitive background screening. Required
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Requirements
- Thorough working knowledge and understanding of power plant systems and equipment.
- Understanding of the plant role in operating the system in a safe, reliable, and economic manner.
- Working knowledge of relevant codes, environmental and OSHA regulations, and safety rules relating to the operation and maintenance of the facility.
- Ability to learn, test, analyze and troubleshoot all the major plant equipment and systems for performance problems.
- Ability to plan, assign, instruct and direct work responsibilities of others.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization, contractors, and environmental agencies.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Basic computer skills including familiarity with Microsoft Office applications including Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
Contact
Cooperative Energy
Missouri United States
www.CooperativeEnergy.com
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25 Jul, 2024
25 Jul, 2024
