Plant Engineer

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Management and technical oversight as needed as owner of complex, large capital projects.
• Own, Coordinate, and execute planned capital and O&M projects by interfacing with plant personnel, contract personnel, and other stakeholders to ensure the plant modification process is followed.
• Provide engineering guidance for ongoing projects and maintenance troubleshooting of equipment to address issues in a timely manner.
• Provide oversight of engineering activities of external firms, including development of work scopes, and solicitation and evaluation of proposals, project planning and controls, review of deliverables, installation support, and start-up assistance.
• Assist plant on KPI criteria/Improvement; support plant staff to track action plans and Root Cause Analysis
• Provide interface with equipment OEMs; Consults with and assists power plant personnel on maintenance, troubleshooting, and operations of systems and equipment.
• Monitors health of major equipment and assists plant personnel with the development and execution of maintenance and testing programs for such equipment.
• Inspects home and satellite facilities, and reviews design and installation of equipment to ensure safe and reliable operation.
• Coordinates with plant personnel to provide engineering designs, equipment specifications, and other work package documentation to support reliability improvement projects for existing plant systems.
• Manages vendor coordination, procurement of materials and services, work execution and closeout of plant projects as required.
• Keeps abreast of related current scientific developments and governmental regulations and uses every opportunity to become better qualified in this area of responsibility.
• The ability to handle stress and work well with others are essential functions of this position.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical or mechanical engineering from an ABET accredited program.
• Driver's License.
• Qualified to work in USA

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Minimum Experience Required:

• Engineer I: No experience required.

• Engineer II: Minimum 2 years’ experience required.

• Engineer III: Minimum 4 years’ experience required.

• Sr Engineer: Minimum 8 years’ experience required.

PREFERRED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

• Professional Engineer (PE) License
• Engineering Intern (EI) license
• Experience as a plant/maintenance engineer, maintenance planner, or supervisor in a combined cycle power plant is preferred.
• Project/outage management experience with an emphasis in electrical and/or controls.
• Experience with T3000 and/or DCS integration of plant process equipment
• Adept at troubleshooting and resolving power plant-related issues and have strong interpersonal skills.

Benefits

Retirement Plans
Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
9 Paid holidays
Educational assistance
Paid time off accrual
Short-term disability
Long-term disability
Free & confidential Employee Assistance Program

EEO/AA/M/F/VETS/DISABLED

Should you elect to apply for this position, AECC/AECI will review your qualifications. If after reviewing the qualifications and experience of all applicants, your skills and credentials meet our needs, someone from our organization may contact you. Please be advised that the time required to complete the applicant review process typically takes between 30 and 90 days, but could extend beyond that. Once the position has been filled, all applicants will be notified via email.

Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation and Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc. are Equal Opportunity Workplace and an Affirmative Action Employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age or any other protected category.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)