Description
Summary:
Provide support for process improvements, performance monitoring, root cause analysis, engineering, and construction activities, and operating and maintenance functions to ensure safe and efficient plant operation.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide direction to operations and maintenance departments to ensure that plant equipment remains reliable. This includes both technical and financial decisions which impact the overall unit availability and cost control.
- Provide technical support, testing and inspection expertise within their assigned process areas to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient plant operation.
- Optimize station equipment operation to meet key performance indicators.
- Develop O&M and Capital budgets for the process equipment. Assemble ten-year plans and budgets for projects to establish accurate projected cash flows out into the future.
- Develop strategic plans for equipment overhauls to optimize equipment life and time between overhauls.
- Develop outage schedules, coordinate, and perform outage inspections for all process equipment.
- Utilize predictive and preventative maintenance (PM/PDM) techniques to monitor and improve equipment. Evaluate and analyze process variables to identify status and trending of key operating parameters.
- Conduct root cause analysis of equipment problems and provide recommendations to prevent future incidents. Assemble all equipment failure reports.
- Develop, review & revise station procedures & technical instructions and documentation of equipment testing and inspections.
- Provide engineering, design, economic justification, and specify parts and materials for projects and modifications. Implement projects and process modifications.
- Conduct or procure training as required within their process.
- Interface with outside engineering resources on an "as-needed" basis.
- Work effectively in a team environment as a leader, member and/or facilitator.
- Perform other duties and assignments as required.
Essential Functions for Emphasis:
- Experience with Siemens and/or WDPF Digital Control Systems (DCS).
- Experience with Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC).
- Experience with OPC interfaces and graphic design.
- Knowledgeable in process controls, control system configurations, and design within a power plant environment.
- Experience managing small to large control projects, including installations, system upgrades, and maintenance.
Required:
Engineering or Technical Degree with a minimum of five years' experience in technical support of power plant processes. Extensive work-related experience may be substituted for Engineering or technical degree.
Knowledge/Skills & Abilities:
- Thorough understanding of Power Plant processes and equipment and the interrelationships between them.
- Overall understanding of Power Plant operations and maintenance requirements.
- Ability to effectively supervise, train and direct others (peers, employees, contractors/vendors) in an understandable, clear and consistent manner.
- Ability to read and understand technical information, prints and engineering data, interpret charts, graphs, and gauge scales. Ability to troubleshoot and repair equipment and systems.
- Risk management - able to make good judgment on utilization of sometimes limited resources.
- General to thorough knowledge in root cause analysis and proficient in technical report writing.
- Proficient in the use of PC, and Windows & Microsoft Office applications with particular emphasis on spreadsheet, scheduling, equipment performance and word processing programs.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Contact
NRG Energy, Inc.
1201 Fannin Street
Houston
Texas United States
www.nrg.com/home.html
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