About The Position
The Principal Condition Monitoring Engineer leads condition monitoring and predictive maintenance for power plants and utility substation equipment to improve reliability, availability, and asset life. The role covers gas turbines, reciprocating generators, diesel and natural-gas generation, alternators, balance-of-plant systems, and substation assets. It combines field inspections, online monitoring, diagnostic testing, and operating-data analysis to detect deterioration, assess equipment health, and recommend timely maintenance. The engineer partners with operations, maintenance, electrical, mechanical, controls, reliability, and equipment manufacturers to support safe operation and prevent unplanned outages. This is a full-time, on-site position at Oracle’s Nashville, Tennessee offices. Candidates should expect at least 25% travel, with additional travel as business needs require. Relocation assistance may be available under Oracle’s relocation policies. The position requires a bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering or technical discipline and 6–10+ years of relevant experience. Oracle lists a U.S. hiring range of $126,200–$264,100 per annum. The role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Condition Monitoring, Electromechanical Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- 6–10+ years of relevant experience in power plant condition monitoring, predictive maintenance, or equipment diagnostics, including practical monitoring of gas turbines and diesel and natural-gas reciprocating generators.
- Demonstrated ability to perform condition monitoring of utility substation equipment, including transformers, circuit breakers, switchgear, bushings, cables, and associated auxiliary systems.
- Strong practical competence in vibration data collection and analysis, infrared thermography, lubricant analysis, ultrasound, and interpretation of operating and performance trends.
- Advanced expertise in interpreting transformer dissolved gas and insulating-oil analyses, electrical insulation diagnostics, partial-discharge measurements, and circuit-breaker condition indicators; ability to correlate results, identify developing failure modes, assess fault severity, and define specialist testing and corrective actions.
- High proficiency configuring and using Bently Nevada and other condition monitoring software for data acquisition, advanced vibration diagnostics, trend analysis, alarm configuration, and equipment health reporting.
- Hands-on competence with portable and online monitoring systems, plant historians, and maintenance management systems, including measurement validation, data integration, and reliable asset record management.
- Ability to interpret equipment drawings, single-line diagrams, P&IDs, manufacturer manuals, test reports, and maintenance history, and relate diagnostic findings to equipment failure modes.
- Strong fault diagnosis, root-cause analysis, technical reporting, and communication skills, including the ability to prioritize equipment risks and coordinate corrective actions across operations, maintenance, and manufacturers.
- Ability to work safely in operating power plants and substations and support site surveys, planned outages, maintenance windows, and urgent equipment assessments.
Nice To Haves
- Recognized vibration analyst certification at Category II or above; Category III preferred.
- Relevant thermography, ultrasound, or machinery lubrication and oil-analysis certification.
- Experience with advanced gas turbine and reciprocating-engine diagnostics, generator electrical condition assessment, borescope findings, and correlation of multiple diagnostic techniques.
- Experience with online transformer monitoring, bushing and partial-discharge monitoring, breaker diagnostics, substation asset health indexing, and risk-based maintenance planning.
Responsibilities
- Develop and manage condition monitoring programs, asset criticality assessments, inspection routes, monitoring frequencies, baseline measurements, and return-to-service activities for generation and utility substation assets.
- Perform vibration analysis using spectra, time waveforms, phase, envelope analysis, and operating trends to identify rotating-equipment faults.
- Establish monitoring priorities, baselines, alarm thresholds, and escalation criteria for power generation and utility substation assets.
- Monitor gas turbines, diesel and natural-gas reciprocating generators, alternators, and auxiliary equipment using vibration analysis, thermography, lubricant analysis, ultrasound, and operating trends.
- Assess transformers, bushings, circuit breakers, switchgear, cables, and other substation equipment using thermal surveys, oil and dissolved gas analysis, and applicable electrical diagnostic results.
- Interpret transformer dissolved gas and oil-quality results, moisture, temperature, cooling-system performance, and bushing and tap-changer condition, correlating trends with loading, operating history, and laboratory findings.
- Conduct infrared thermography and ultrasound surveys, and assess partial-discharge data, breaker operating times and contact resistance, insulating-medium condition, and insulation test results with electrical testing specialists.
- Review and maintain condition baselines, alarm thresholds, diagnostic rules, and escalation criteria using manufacturer guidance, operating context, equipment history, and applicable standards; coordinate changes through approved controls.
- Analyze alarms and abnormal trends, validate data, assess fault severity and progression, and provide actionable recommendations addressing urgency, operating implications, inspection needs, and maintenance priorities.
- Translate findings into maintenance work orders, outage scopes, repair and replacement recommendations, and asset-life assessments; track actions to closure and confirm equipment condition after maintenance.
- Support commissioning, acceptance testing, startup and shutdown monitoring, load testing, and return-to-service activities by establishing baselines and identifying abnormal equipment behavior.
- Maintain diagnostic reports, asset health dashboards, inspection records, and computerized maintenance management system data; report defect detection, monitoring coverage, action closure, and reliability improvement, and train site personnel.
- Work safely in operating power plants and substations and support site surveys, planned outages, maintenance windows, and urgent equipment assessments as operational needs require.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion.
- Short-term and long-term disability.
- Life insurance and AD&D.
- Supplemental life insurance for employees, spouses, and children.
- Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts.
- Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits.
- 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match.
- Paid time off, including flexible vacation for eligible salaried employees and accrued vacation for other eligible employees.
- 11 paid holidays.
- Paid sick leave.
- Paid parental leave.
- Adoption assistance.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- Financial planning and group legal benefits.
- Voluntary auto, homeowner, and pet insurance benefits.
- Relocation assistance may be available in accordance with Oracle’s relocation policies.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
