Generator Engineer (Lead) - Florida

Duke Energy Corporation•St. Petersburg, FL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Lead Generator Engineer provides specialist-level engineering leadership and frontline technical support for utility-scale generators, exciters, and associated auxiliary systems. The role is responsible for the reliable performance of these assets and supports equipment condition assessment, operational and maintenance data analysis, troubleshooting, root cause investigations, outage planning, generator repairs, and reliability improvements. The engineer works with plant operations, engineering and technical support groups, original equipment manufacturers, vendors, repair shops, and other resources. The position can be located anywhere within Duke Energy’s Florida service territory and involves work at multiple facilities or field locations, as well as in a power plant or office environment. The role is expected to work independently with minimal direction and have fleet-level impact while supporting assets in the Carolinas region.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Engineering from an ABET-accredited program and a Professional Engineer (PE) license; a master's degree in Engineering may be considered in lieu of the B.S. Engineering degree.
At least 8 years of engineering experience.
Ability to apply engineering theories and principles and research engineering and design issues, evaluate alternatives, and prepare and present recommendations.
Ability to work independently with minimal direction and manage multiple projects across multiple locations.
Ability to build positive working relationships and collaborate effectively, including in challenging or high-pressure situations.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Ability to work with individuals from varied socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds.
Experience using OSI PI Vision or PI Process Book and Microsoft Office software utilities.
Must live within a reasonable commute of the posted reporting location, no greater than 50 miles one way.
Ability to work lawfully in the United States without employment-based immigration sponsorship, now or in the future.

Responsibilities

Provide frontline engineering support for generator centerline equipment and coordinate with plant operations, engineering, technical support organizations, OEMs, vendors, and repair shops.
Coordinate major generator maintenance to ensure work is prioritized and scheduled appropriately, meets outage goals and applicable requirements, uses approved parts and repair or assembly techniques, complies with inspections and hold points, follows the correct task sequence, and is accurately documented.
Develop detailed outage work scopes and documentation and provide engineering support for operations, maintenance, and reliability improvement.
Provide an onsite engineering presence during planned and emergent outages and other significant events involving generator centerline assets.
Perform planning, research, reviews, root cause analysis, and documentation to support availability, reliability, and major maintenance planning.
Monitor computer trends to assess equipment condition and inform future work plans.
Evaluate Monitoring & Diagnostic Center notifications and recommend actions to stations.
Conduct station walkdowns to identify reliability risks and recommend actions to resolve them.
Support stations during emergent events and operational questions or challenges.
Write procurement specifications for major work and evaluate and rank bids.
Provide onsite technical oversight of outage work and technical oversight at vendor shops.
Write technical papers to justify major work needs and budget requirements.
Maintain accurate records and files and represent the company positively and professionally.