Hybrid Senior Power Plant Mechanical Engineer

at Puget Sound Energy

• Job title: Senior Power Plant Mechanical Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $104,500 - $174,100 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Bothell, United States

About the role

• Senior Engineer preparing engineering plans, designs, and specifications for energy projects at PSE. Analyzing equipment failures, overseeing repair work, and leading interdisciplinary engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Prepares complex engineering plans, designs, specifications, standards, evaluations and studies utilizing specialized analytical skills
• Analyzes equipment failures, performs root cause analyses, and provides technical recommendations to improve equipment reliability
• Provides technical input to equipment repair strategies, aids in contractor evaluation, manages repair work on site, oversees QA/QC work, and reviews repair reports
• Writes scope of work (SOW) and request for proposal (RFP) documents for large scale maintenance activities
• Provides design oversight, management for large scale, interdisciplinary projects
• Responsible for solving unique problems using advanced analytical techniques
• Communicates solutions to personnel possessing a wide variety of educational and employment backgrounds, including in public forums in both verbal and written forms
• Ensures compliance with codes, standards, and design, operation, and maintenance requirements
• Documents and shares work with others to strengthen the depth and breadth of skills within PSE’s engineering workforce
• Provides technical leadership to others in the department and throughout the company
• Ensure that problem solutions are tailored to PSE’s business environment
• Maintains knowledge of industry developments and best practices and their application at PSE to further business objectives
• Coordinate and review the work of engineers, field technicians, and others who assist in specific assignments (including contractors/consultants)
• Plans and schedules engineering resources to meet department needs
• Develop and execute department strategy to support overall business objectives
• Supports emergency response work as requested including immediate and extended restoration efforts driven by weather and other system failures
• Performs other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree or PE license in electrical, mechanical, civil or other appropriate engineering field
• Substantial experience in planning, design, specification preparation, technical field work, project cost estimating and scheduling (typically achieved after 5 or more years practice as a degreed engineer)
• Demonstrated organization, documentation, prioritization, and project management skills
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Experience working within the utility industry or a process plant environment
• Extensive field work at power plants or other heavy industrial sites
• Possession of a Professional Engineering License
• Experience supporting operations and maintenance activities on site at thermal, wind, and/or hydro power plants
• Knowledge of hydro turbines, steam turbines, gas turbines, heat recovery steam generators, and/or balance of plant equipment
• Knowledge of power piping, welding, and non-destructive examination techniques
• Knowledge ASME B31 and Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code
• Experience troubleshooting equipment and complex systems in a process plant environment
• Knowledge of predictive maintenance techniques and technologies
• Experience in maintenance planning practices including reliability centered maintenance (RCM), risk-based inspection (RBI), and failure mode effect analysis (FMEA)
• Ability to read and interpret P&ID’s, piping isometrics, and general arrangement drawings
• Willingness to travel to PSE power plants more than 50% of the time
• Ability to communicate and collaborate with a wide range of roles including management, 3rd party contractors, other engineering disciplines, and plant operations and maintenance personnel
• Knowledge of engineering economics and utility accounting practices
• Experience working on complex engineering projects.

Benefits

• medical, dental, vision, basic life, and short- and long-term disability insurance
• additional voluntary options of supplemental life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent daycare
• Employee assistance program (EAP)
• 401(k) investment option
• cash balance retirement plan
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Holidays throughout the calendar year