Technical Executive

EPRI•Charlotte, NC

5d•$220,000 - $230,000•Onsite

About The Position

EPRI is looking for a Technical Executive to support advancing innovation in monitoring, process controls, process automation, advanced analytics, and machine learning with familiarity of cybersecurity needs to enable the digital systems used in energy supply. This role combines deep technical expertise, strong business acumen, and strategic vision to address current operational challenges while shaping the future of intelligent, data-driven energy systems. A critical aspect of this role is the ability and willingness to collaborate extensively with internal and external stakeholders across energy supply asset reliability, operations, engineering, condition-based maintenance, control systems, and cybersecurity domains. The role also requires engagement with emerging technology providers and ecosystem collaborators. The position is expected to support multiple areas within EPRI’s Energy Supply portfolio (e.g., thermal assets, renewable assets, nuclear assets, emerging fuels, etc.).

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in a technical field or equivalent experience required.
Demonstrate power generation industry experience and business acumen.
Demonstrate knowledge and success in aligning technical innovation with measurable member and societal value.
Highly effective communicator and collaborator with demonstrated ability, acumen, and willingness to partner across reliability, operations, control systems, engineering, condition-based maintenance, and cybersecurity functions.
Engage effectively with internal teams and external stakeholders.
Act as a trusted advisor to utilities and industry partners.
Works independently on technical activities without direct supervision.
Regularly demonstrates responsibility for highly specialized technical objectives or problems where the relationships between cause and effect are difficult to establish and little or no precedence exists, and the use of creative and imaginative thinking is required.
Assumes responsibility for highly specialized technical objectives or problems where the relationships between cause and effect are difficult to establish and little or no precedence exists, and the use of creative and imaginative thinking is required.
Works actively to identify research gaps in program technical portfolio.
Provides high-level engineering efforts to support requirements in development and design and provides guidance to junior staff.
Provides valuable insight in engineering aspects of the technical work.
Acts as technical specialist for projects or project tasks.
Has an established relationships with a network of primary advisors to a research area and helps establish new relationships.
Works alongside EPRI sales staff in Member Services and EPRI International to support member/client needs and identify and pursue new opportunities.
Beginning to work strategically with M&TS staff on business opportunities and support.
Effectively communicates complex strategies and results, expressing thoughts clearly and concisely both verbally and in writing, to subject matter experts, program members and advisors.
Adjusts communication content and format to capture attention and meet the needs of the intended audience through guidelines, reports, meetings, webcasts, workshops and conferences.
Regularly communicates and coordinates work activities outside of designated area to support and identify broader cross-program and cross-sector R&D opportunities.
May provide oversight of a project team to assure technical and financial milestones are met.
Organizes the external and interdepartmental activities ensuring completion of the project/product on schedule and within budget.
Leads the planning and execution of complex project work within the technical department to meet member/client objectives; prepares and presents research reports.
Significant customer interface component with ability to lead research programs.
Manages high level projects.
Leading efforts involving national and international technical networks (e.g, manufacturers, consultants, academia and research organizations).
Leads larger, more complex proposal efforts and new promotional work.
Develops research or services opportunities of value to EPRI members that fit EPRI’s mission and capabilities. This will include solving customer problems, producing insights and information vital to the members, and delivering information in a manner that members and customers can and will apply.
Continues to provide guidance and mentorship to junior staff.
Responsible for directing the work of a small team of contractors, students, or EPRI staff to assure technical and financial milestones are met.
Provides input for employee selection, performance management, and development planning.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity of cybersecurity needs to enable the digital systems used in energy supply.
Familiarity with monitoring, process controls, process automation, advanced analytics, and machine learning.

Responsibilities

Contribute to and help shape forward-looking technical strategies aligned with digitalization, advanced process control and automation, advanced and applied analytics for predictive maintenance and optimized asset management, and cyber-secure AI-enabled decision support.
Demonstrate power generation industry experience and business acumen.
Demonstrate knowledge and success in aligning technical innovation with measurable member and societal value.
Support development of technical strategies, research priorities, and growth through engagement and technical rigor.
Lead adoption of value realization through demonstrations and applications of advanced process control, advanced analytics, machine learning, and AI solutions across utility operations.
Lead efforts to communicate research results from activities, which can include organizing meetings/conferences, collaborating with staff across EPRI to facilitate project execution, and bringing value to EPRI’s members and the public.
Balance near-term operational needs with long-term transformation goals of members.
Highly effective communicator and collaborator with demonstrated ability, acumen, and willingness to partner across reliability, operations, control systems, engineering, condition-based maintenance, and cybersecurity functions.
Engage effectively with internal teams and external stakeholders.
Act as a trusted advisor to utilities and industry partners.
Participate in technical committees, standard association, workshops, and advisory forums.
Provides guidance and mentorship to team members.
Engage with technology providers, OEMs, startups, and digital solution vendors.
Evaluate emerging solutions in monitoring, process controls, and advanced equipment health analytics.
Support the adoption of future-focused technologies such as autonomous operations.
Contribute to pilot initiatives and validation of next-generation solutions.
Leads the development, planning, and execution of complex project work, including working across program areas to meet objectives.
Prepares and presents research reports.
Support continuous improvement in quality and growth of research portfolios.
Assist in shaping multidisciplinary project scopes, deliverables, and value propositions.
Collaborate with sector and program leadership to ensure alignment with industry priorities.
Works independently on technical activities without direct supervision.
Regularly demonstrates responsibility for highly specialized technical objectives or problems where the relationships between cause and effect are difficult to establish and little or no precedence exists, and the use of creative and imaginative thinking is required.
Assumes responsibility for highly specialized technical objectives or problems where the relationships between cause and effect are difficult to establish and little or no precedence exists, and the use of creative and imaginative thinking is required.
Works actively to identify research gaps in program technical portfolio.
Provides high-level engineering efforts to support requirements in development and design and provides guidance to junior staff.
Provides valuable insight in engineering aspects of the technical work.
Acts as technical specialist for projects or project tasks.
Has an established relationships with a network of primary advisors to a research area and helps establish new relationships.
Works alongside EPRI sales staff in Member Services and EPRI International to support member/client needs and identify and pursue new opportunities.
Beginning to work strategically with M&TS staff on business opportunities and support.
Effectively communicates complex strategies and results, expressing thoughts clearly and concisely both verbally and in writing, to subject matter experts, program members and advisors.
Adjusts communication content and format to capture attention and meet the needs of the intended audience through guidelines, reports, meetings, webcasts, workshops and conferences.
Regularly communicates and coordinates work activities outside of designated area to support and identify broader cross-program and cross-sector R&D opportunities.
May provide oversight of a project team to assure technical and financial milestones are met.
Organizes the external and interdepartmental activities ensuring completion of the project/product on schedule and within budget.
Leads the planning and execution of complex project work within the technical department to meet member/client objectives; prepares and presents research reports.
Significant customer interface component with ability to lead research programs.
Manages high level projects.
Leading efforts involving national and international technical networks (e.g, manufacturers, consultants, academia and research organizations).
Leads larger, more complex proposal efforts and new promotional work.
Develops research or services opportunities of value to EPRI members that fit EPRI’s mission and capabilities. This will include solving customer problems, producing insights and information vital to the members, and delivering information in a manner that members and customers can and will apply.
Continues to provide guidance and mentorship to junior staff.
Responsible for directing the work of a small team of contractors, students, or EPRI staff to assure technical and financial milestones are met.
Provides input for employee selection, performance management, and development planning.