Facilities Engineer

bp

83d • $95,000 - $135,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Archaea Energy, a bp company, is a leader in landfill gas to energy and the largest renewable natural gas (RNG) producer in the US. The Facilities Engineer will be responsible for providing engineering support to existing power generating plants at Archaea. This role requires working closely with Archaea’s Power Operations and Maintenance teams. Support will include evaluating production, maintenance, and financial data to uncover and develop opportunities to optimize and improve activities that support power generation. Support troubleshooting efforts requiring engineering participation. Support safety and environmental compliance teams as well as facilitate and support upgrade projects. This role will require collaboration with operating, maintenance, and contractor personnel to achieve runtime and power generation key performance indicators (KPI's). This role will also require collaboration with in-house engineering teams and third party engineering contractors and consultants to develop work packages for system modifications.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) in Mechanical engineering or an equivalent related field of study.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in relevant engineering roles.
• Knowledge and understanding of thermodynamics, fluid flow , heat transfer principles, thermal systems, mechanical design, and understanding of basic electrical and control concepts.
• Demonstrable experience in structured root cause failure analysis and problem solving methods.
• Demonstrable experience with engineering standards and practices for operating facilities (e.g. ASME, NFPA, API).
• Demonstrable experience with ISA symbols and interpreting/developing PFDs and P&IDs.
• Demonstrable experience reading and interpreting plant layout, piping, mechanical drawings.
• Demonstrable experience with designing & executing system modifications and/or overseeing complex repair scopes.
• Willing to travel domestically and work in operating plant sites.

Nice To Haves

• Professional Engineering (PE) license.
• Minimum of 6 years of experience in relevant engineering roles.
• Demonstrable experience and technical understanding of engineering, maintenance, and operation of gas handling equipment including control integration of that equipment.
• Demonstrable experience interpreting electrical single lines and electrical control schematics.
• Demonstrable experience in power generation especially LFGTE.
• Demonstrable experience with biogas facilities.
• Demonstrable proficiency in SolidWorks & PDM.
• Demonstrable experience with developing functional narratives / functional control descriptions.
• Fundamental understanding of welding and other general fabrication methods.
• Gas processing/treating, gas compression equipment, gas/water separation, waste gas flare systems.
• Knowledge and understanding of internal combustion engines such as fuel gas and fuel liquid systems, turbochargers, lubrication systems, exhaust systems, crankcase ventilation.

Responsibilities

• Support the continuing improvement of power generating systems including existing system retrofits.
• Create design basis for industrial piping, pumps, actuated valves, compressors, blowers, heat exchangers, other process equipment, and associated instrumentation.
• Work directly with third party engineering firms for engineering deliverables that are not internally generated and review and approve engineering submittments generated by third parties.
• Ensure changes in designs and processes have safety, maintainability, and reliability as the top importance.
• Create and submit management of change (MOC) requests that loop in key stakeholders and that manage, mitigate, and document risks associated with modifications and upgrades.
• As part of the MOC process, select the right level of risk assessment for changes, from a Hazard Checklist up to and including a HAZOP.
• Provide engineering input and/or develop as required the operating, maintenance, commissioning, and start-up procedures and strategies.
• Initiate and/or facilitate improvement projects through start-up and commissioning.
• Maintain site engineering drawings and documents following a document control process.
• Provide technical support for operation and maintenance personnel in support of Archaea's power generation facilities.

Benefits

• Paid vacation depending on your years of relevant industry experience and will range from 120 – 240 hours of vacation per year for full times employees (60 - 240 hours of vacation per year for part time employees).
• 9 paid holidays per year and 2 personal choice holidays.
• Parental leave policy, which offers up to 8 weeks’ paid leave for the birth or adoption of a child.
• Discretionary Annual Bonus Program
• 401K Program
• Quarterly Momentum Bonus
• Health, Vision, And Dental Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Short-Term Disability
• Long-Term Disability

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level