Senior Mechanical Design Plant Engineer

At PGE, our work involves dreaming about, planning for, and realizing a smarter, cleaner, more enduring Oregon neighborhood. Its core to our DNA and we haven't stopped since we started in 1888. We energize lives, strengthen communities and drive advancements in energy that promote social, economic and environmental progress.

We're always on the lookout for people passionate about leading and being a part of teams that are advancing innovative clean energy solutions that are also affordable and accessible to all.

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 Power 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 combustion turbines to the intricate steam turbine 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:

• 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 thermal 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.
• 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 thermal power plant systems and components.
• 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.
• Hands-On Involvement: This isn't just a desk job. You'll be rolling up your sleeves, providing on-site engineering support (typically a day trip, sometimes longer during Outage Season or Forced Outage), and ensuring our generation assets adhere to the highest industry standards, codes, and regulations. With a focus on combustion and steam turbine engineering, 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.
• Unleash Your Expertise: Specializing in combustion and steam turbine engineering, 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.
• 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.
• 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".

Your 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., ASME B31.1 Power Piping, ASME Boiler Pressure Vessel Code, 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 power boiler modifications, gas turbine overhauls and upgrades, steam turbine major maintenance, vibration analysis, lube oil analysis, bearing alignment, specification development and review, etc.

Analyzes, responds to, performs, and reviews complex technical studies; supports Root Cause Analyses (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.

Project Coordination

Actively coordinates with other internal/external team members on moderately complex projects, including representing the team to interdepartmental stakeholders. Reviews junior engineering work. 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.

Scopes, plans, schedules, and directs major project assignments or a number of minor project assignments with complex features associated with design, construction, operation, maintenance, or testing. Prepares project budget estimates and tracks project costs.

Knowledge Sharing

Serves as a technical specialist and provides consultation/guidance to project teams as it relates to steam and combustion turbine technology; actively fosters knowledge management and provides mentoring; implements resource-management strategy. Maintains a high level of engineering proficiency within the combustion and steam turbine technology.

Your Qualifications

Education: Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering. Preferred from ABET-accredited engineering program or program accredited by an equivalent agency.

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

Preferred

Advanced knowledge of combustion and steam turbine operations and maintenance. Advanced knowledge of engineering and economic principles and concepts. Advanced knowledge of other engineering disciplines and intermediate ability to interpret engineering deliverable content as assigned. Advanced knowledge and application of engineering processes and procedures. Advanced industry knowledge and technology trends.

Advanced knowledge of company QA/QC process and procedures. Aggressive issue resolution. Excellent communication and coordination skills. Working knowledge of construction feasibility. Working knowledge of procurement and contract administration. Advanced knowledge of process and procedures for project controls and estimates.

Advanced knowledge in design and maintenance of thermal power plant components to include power boilers, gas turbines, heat-recovery steam generators, steam turbines, condensers, cooling towers, pumping, pipes, valves, and other auxiliary equipment.

Competencies

Ability to adhere to set response times, deadlines, and time-sensitive tasks

Ability to follow accuracy standards

Ability to follow through on decision-making tasks

Ability to interact effectively and collaboratively within a team environment

Ability to communicate and problem solve when under stress

Ability to respond and adapt to frequent change

Ability to accept and demonstrate self-awareness when provided constructive feedback

Ability to discern feedback and acknowledge ownership of areas of improvement

Ability to avoid future mistakes by applying reasonable skills to new but similar work situations or tasks

Ability to successfully collaborate with peers, managers, and others within the organization

Demonstrates sound memory

Ability to process new information to be applied consistently to work tasks

Schedule/Attendance

Ability to adhere to pre-established schedule, including start/stop time and break/lunch schedule

Ability to work long hours

Ability to work a variable schedule

Ability to report to work and perform work during periods of severe inclement weather

Ability to consistently meet attendance standards for regular, reliable, predictable, full-time attendance

Ability to work shift schedule

Ability to work on-call schedule

Physical Capabilities

Does the job require a valid driver's license?

Yes

Driving/travel/commute

Daily within service territory

Frequently (at least once a week or more)

Overnight inside/outside the service territory

Occasionally (one to two times a month or less)

Computer use (use computer regularly for entire work shift)

Lifting/pushing/pulling (check appropriate weight)

Up to 10 lb.

Carrying (check appropriate weight)

Up to 10 lb.

Unstable surfaces requiring balance (i.e., moving equipment, boats); check all that apply:

Elevated areas (i.e., catwalks, roofs, and high buildings)

Confined spaces

Walking distances and surfaces (long distances and over rough, uneven, or rocky surfaces)

Stairs (over 10 steps)

Ladders (over 10 rungs)

Environment

Office environment

Plant environment

Field environment

Compensation Range

$100,350.00 - $167,250.00

Actual total compensation, including a performance-based incentive bonus, is commensurate with experience, skills, qualifications, education, training, and internal equity. While we anticipate the selected candidate for this position will fall towards the middle or entry point of the compensation range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis.

PGE believes in rewarding dedicated performance. We provide a total rewards package that is designed to reward your contributions to the company, and, at the same time, support your well-being and professional development, both now and into the future. To find out more, click here.

Join us today and power your potential!

Assisting with storms or other Company emergencies is a part of all positions at Portland General Electric.

PGE is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to fostering a workplace where employees feel connected, valued, and empowered to thrive. PGE will not discriminate against any employee or applicant

Skills

ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology), Alternative Energy, American National Standards Institute (ANSI), Analysis Skills, Calendar Management, Communication Skills, Construction, Construction Design, Content Delivery/Distribution, Contract Management, Corrective Action, Cross-Functional, DNA, Driver's License, Financial Projections, Follow Through, Industry Standards, Knowledge Management, Maintenance Services, Management Strategy, Mechanical Design, Mechanical Engineering, Memory Hardware, Mentoring, Multitasking, National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), On Call, On Site Support, Operations Planning, Organizational Skills, People Management, Piping, Plant Layout and Design, Power Engineering, Power Plant, Pressure Vessels, Problem Solving Skills, Procedure Development, Process Improvement, Professional Engineer, Project Control, Project Estimates, Project Tracking, Project/Program Coordination, Purchasing/Procurement, Quality Assurance Methodology, Quality Control, Quality Management, Regulations, Regulatory Compliance, Reliability Centered Maintenance, Reporting Skills, Requirements Management, Resource Management, Root Cause Analysis, Safety Compliance, Schedule Development, Software Engineering, Steam Generator, System Lifecycle, Systems Analysis, Team Player, Technical/Engineering Design, Time Management

About the Company

Portland General Electric Co