Are you ready to make a real impact in the world of engineering? At Portland General Electric, we're looking for top-tier talent to take on an exciting role that combines innovation, hands-on experience, and the opportunity to drive positive change. As a Senior level Hydro Plant Mechanical Engineer, you'll be the driving force behind our mission. Your expertise will extend to the very heart of our operations, from the intense turbines to the intricate Fish Facilities, Wicket Gates and turbine shutoff Valve (TSVs) systems.
Your Mission: Elevate Engineering Excellence
You're not just another cog in the wheel. You're the visionary behind the engineering marvels that power our world. Here's what you can expect:
1. Forge the Future: In this role, you won't just be an engineer; you'll be a visionary, an innovator, and a change-maker. You'll be the one who plans, designs, and orchestrates the maintenance of hydro power plant systems, ensuring they operate at peak efficiency. Your work will blaze a trail in the industry, establishing new standards and procedures that create cost-effective, sustainable solutions.
2. Power the World: Ever dreamt of working on projects that have a global impact? As part of our team, you'll be at the forefront of planning, designing, and maintaining renewable energy systems and components.
3. Lead with Innovation: We're not just about maintaining the status quo; we're committed to pushing the envelope. Expect to pioneer new standards and procedures, creating cost-effective solutions that shape the industry.
4. Hands-On Involvement: This isn't just a desk job. You'll be rolling up your sleeves, providing on-site engineering support, and ensuring our generation assets adhere to the highest industry standards, codes, and regulations. With a focus on renewable energy, you'll take the lead in major maintenance projects and component upgrades. You will shape the specifications, coordinate fabrication, and oversee every aspect of these critical systems' life cycles, from installation to operation, application, maintenance, and repair.
5. Unleash Your Expertise: Specializing in Hydro Power, you'll be at the forefront of major maintenance activities and component upgrades. You'll be responsible for developing specifications, coordinating fabrication, and driving the success of these critical systems.
6. Quality Matters: Your work will be the cornerstone of maintaining and elevating quality levels and industry standards. You'll be the one to ensure that excellence is the norm, not the exception.
7. Always Learning: We're not just addressing today's problems, but the future as well. This requires you to continue to grow and develop. At PGE, we believe in investing in our best assets, Our People. Few examples, continuing education for professional licensure or certification, membership to industry partner conferences, or further education; we are "Always learning".
*This position can be hired at the Senior P3 or Intermediate P2 level depending on meeting qualifications below. Only 1 position available. See determining qualifications below. Posted at Senior.
Responsibilities
- Engineering Standards Maintains currency in state-of-the-art engineering practices and provides guidance and direction on engineering processes and standards to colleagues as requested. Utilizes thorough understanding and interpretation of applicable codes (i.e., American National Standards Institute, National Fire Protection Association Codes and Standards, etc.) and serves as a resource, providing guidance to other engineers.
- Engineering Production Prepares a variety of complex engineering deliverables for larger or multiple projects; coordinates multiple- discipline activity. Analyzes and recommends overall design enhancements to the operation, reliability, safety and regulatory compliance of PGE's generating resources; reviews calculations completed by other engineers; project work may include project work may include Turbine repower, general modifications, vibration analysis, lube oil analysis, bearing alignment, specification development and review, etc.
- Analyzes, responds to, performs and reviews complex technical studies; supports RCAs; prepares reports and design packages and provides data and recommendations on complex technical matters to company personnel and management.
- Investigates and analyzes complex system construction, maintenance and operational problems. Develops solutions and initiates corrective actions.
- Provides design direction to other engineers, technicians, draftsmen and designers within functional area.
- Lead the design of mechanical systems for hydroelectric power plants, including turbines, generators, valves, pumps, and other equipment.
- Analyze and evaluate site conditions to create mechanical designs that optimize energy production and minimize downtime.
- Work with multidisciplinary teams to integrate mechanical systems with electrical, civil, and control systems.
- Develop design specifications and standards for mechanical equipment and systems used in hydroelectric plants.
- Use simulation software (e.g., CFD, Bluebeam, etc) to optimize designs and performance.
- Provide troubleshooting of mechanical systems in existing hydro plants to ensure ongoing operational efficiency.
- Recommend upgrades, modifications, and retrofits for equipment to improve efficiency, reduce maintenance costs, or extend operational life.
- Project Coordination Actively coordinates with other internal/external team members on moderately complex projects, including representing the team to interdepartmental stakeholders.
- Oversee the mechanical engineering aspects of multiple projects, ensuring timely completion within budget and scope.
- Coordinate with project managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to ensure project milestones are met.
- Develop and track project schedules and budgets and identify potential risks and mitigation strategies.
- Mentor junior engineers, providing guidance on design best practices, problem-solving, and project execution.
- Selects design methodologies and solutions to apply; leads work with other engineering departments, plant staff, environmental services, nondestructive examination team and reliability-centered maintenance team.
- Knowledge Sharing Serves as a technical specialist and provides consultation/guidance to project teams in a particular practice area; actively fosters knowledge management and provides mentoring; implements resource-management strategy. Maintains a high level of engineering proficiency within a field of specialization.
Qualifications
Required:
Senior -P3 Level
- Education Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering. ABET accredited engineering program or program accredited by an equivalent agency preferred.
- Experience Typically, five or more years in engineering, or four or more years in a related field with PE license.
- Certifications, Licenses and Training Professional Engineering (PE) license strongly preferred; may be required based upon role.
- Valid Driver's License required
P2 Level
- Education Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering. ABET accredited engineering program or program accredited by an equivalent agency preferred.
- Experience Typically, two or more years in engineering.
- Certifications, Licenses and Training Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam strongly preferred; maybe be required based upon role.
- Valid Driver's License required
Portland General Electric Company
121 SW Salmon St
Portland
Oregon United States
www.portlandgeneral.com
