Mechanical Engineer

Energy Northwest•Richland, WA

10d•Onsite

About The Position

Provide independent engineering service and support to perform highly complex engineering tasks requiring specialized skills and broad experience in the application of engineering fundamentals in support of the design modification, operating, and independent assessment of Energy Northwest facilities. Serve as an advisor to others.

Requirements

Requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited college or university and seven years of engineering experience; OR a high school diploma or GED and PE license obtained by accredited examination plus eight years of engineering experience.

Nice To Haves

Work well with other engineers, architects, designers, and clients.
Have a good understanding of the processes to developing construction drawings and specifications adequate for public bidding and permit approvals.
Have a working knowledge of AutoCAD programs.
Develop and prepare complete and accurate mechanical design, specification and calculation packages.

Responsibilities

Perform highly complex engineering analyses and designs in support of operations, systems, programs, audit inspections, and assessments requiring skills and experience gained through application of engineering methods and analysis, codes, standards, and regulatory requirements.
Work with minimal supervision.
Serve as an advisor providing advice and counsel on assignments concerned with specialized or unique engineering requirements.
Solutions provided involve unconventional or innovative problem solving techniques.
Provide technical leadership and training on highly complex or extended projects.
Provide leadership of small groups to resolve complex issues.
Provide technical direction and leadership routinely to other engineers; serve as a mentor.
Provide training to others.
Identify need and initiate development of new policies, programs, plans, and procedures to meet strategic objectives.
Assure compliance with regulatory and industry guidance.
Provide interpretation of industry guidance for application.
Identify potential problems in design, quality, or operation and initiate corrective action.
Engineering employees are expected to be available and to support the following activities as a condition of employment with Energy Northwest: Emergency Response Organization (ERO) including being on-call (24/7) during your required team duty (2 weeks out of every 8 weeks).
12-hour work shifts during outages as part of our overall Outage support (24/7).
Engineering duty cycle support (24/7) including call-out availability during your responsible duty assignment. (This is a shared responsibility across all engineering positions).

Benefits

Washington State has no state income tax.
Substantial retirement benefits through three retirement programs including the Washington State Public Employees' Retirement System pension plan (PERS), a 401(k) savings plan with an employer match component, and a 457(b) savings plan.
Multiple options for medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance coverage.
Flexible spending accounts (FSAs).
Tuition reimbursement.
Student loan repayment.
Childcare subsides.
Health reimbursement arrangement (HRA VEBA).
Health savings account (HSA).
Supplemental life insurances.
Credit monitoring/identity theft insurance.
Personal time accrual rate of 160 hours per year.
Nine paid holidays throughout the calendar year.
Personal time accruals grow significantly at various service intervals.