Staff - Principal Engineer - Oak Grove Plant

Posted 7 Days Ago
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Franklin, TX, USA
In-Office
Mid level
Energy
The Role
Provide plant engineering support for operations and maintenance (including outages); analyze operational and cost data; lead and manage assigned projects from scope through implementation; review designs/specs; support capital and O&M project budgeting and reporting; serve as plant interface to internal and third-party engineers; may work irregular hours and travel between facilities.
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Job Summary

This position works with occasional supervision or direction to perform assigned tasks and coordinate assigned initiatives through completion. The position will maintain effective working relationships with others.

Job Description

Key Accountabilities:

  • Performs assigned task with minimum guidance from supervision
  • Organize and analyze issue specific information and make appropriate recommendations
  • Coordinates assigned projects, studies and initiatives through completion
  • Comply with safety policy and procedures to ensure a safe working environment
  • Prepare and present routine reports
  • Participate in special project and committee assignments as requested
  • Lead routine problem - solving efforts

Education, Experience, and Skill Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Chemical, Industrial, Nuclear) from an accredited program.
  • Minimum 4 yrs. relevant job experience

**LEVEL OF POSITION WILL BE DETERMINED BY APPLICABLE SKILLS AND/OR EXPERIENCE.

Key Metrics:

  • Teamwork and collaboration skills across organizational boundaries.
  • Able to communicate routine issues effectively through written and verbal communication.
  • Maintain effective working relationships across organizational boundaries
  • Understanding of power generation equipment and system interrelationships.
  • Understanding of economic drivers to the business.
  • Able to apply problem solving processes to address routine issues.
 

Position Specific Job Duties and Skill Requirements

Plant Engineering Support

  • Provide engineering support as assigned to support day to day plant operational and maintenance needs (including forced and planned outages)
  • Provide engineering support and analysis as needed to identify and implement solutions to address plant operational and maintenance issues and improvement opportunities
  • Serve as plant interface with outside engineering resources: Generation Services engineering, 3rd party engineering firms
  • Provide design and specification review as assigned
  • Provide engineering input to maintenance and operational procedures as assigned
  • Collect and analyze plant operational and cost data to identify gaps in performance, develop potential solutions and gain consensus on path forward

Capital and O&M Special Projects Budget Support

  • Support identification and evaluation of capital and O&M special projects needed to support the site’s safety, environmental, operational and budget objectives
  • Collect and analyze plant operational and cost data to identify gaps in performance, develop potential solutions and gain consensus on path forward
  • Input and maintain project data and information for assigned capital and O&M special projects in project database
  • Develop stage 1 package documents for assigned projects
  • Run project database reports and provide analysis to support management of the site’s capital and O&M special projects budgets

Project Implementation and Execution

  • Serve as Project Manager for assigned projects
  • Serve as Implementation Manager for assigned projects
  • Provide engineering support for projects as assigned
  • Participate in and provide input to project brown paper exercises, scope meetings, kickoff meetings and design review meetings as assigned

Assignments may require:

  • Work on weekends and holidays
  • Work in both an office and field environment
  • Potentially inclement weather conditions

Work Environment

  • Occasional long, irregular hours including work in excess of 12-hour days for extended periods
  • Frequent travel between company facilities, and occasional overnight travel

Job Family

Engineering Services

Company

Oak Grove Management Co LLC

Locations

Franklin, Texas

Texas
We are a company of people committed to:  Exceeding Customer Expectations, Great People, Teamwork, Competitive Spirit and Effective Communication.  If this describes you, then apply today!

If you currently work for Vistra or its subsidiaries, please apply via the internal career site.

It is the policy of the Company to comply with all employment laws and to afford equal employment opportunity to individuals in all aspects of employment, including in selection for job opportunities, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military service, protected veteran status, or any other consideration protected by federal, state or local laws.

 

If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance submitting an application or would like to request an accommodation, please email us at [email protected] to make a request.

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Chemical, Industrial, Nuclear)
  • Minimum 4 years relevant job experience
  • Understanding of power generation equipment and system interrelationships
  • Ability to provide engineering support for plant operations and maintenance, including forced and planned outages
  • Project management and project implementation experience (serve as Project/Implementation Manager for assigned projects)
  • Ability to collect, analyze, and report plant operational and cost data to identify performance gaps and develop solutions
  • Compliance with safety policies and ability to work in office and field environments, including weekends, holidays, and long hours
  • Ability to communicate routine issues effectively in writing and verbally and maintain effective working relationships
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The Company
HQ: Causeway Bay
1,186 Employees

What We Do

Vistra is a premier, integrated, Fortune 300 energy company based in Irving, Texas, providing essential resources for customers, commerce, and communities. Vistra combines an innovative, customer-centric approach to retail with safe, reliable, diverse, and efficient power generation. The company brings its products and services to market in 20 states and the District of Columbia, including six of the seven competitive power markets in the U.S. and markets in Canada and Japan, as well.

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