Drive improved business results by providing operation and maintenance support; mechanical analysis and design services for the Centralia power generation facilities with a focus on rotating equipment.  The main areas of equipment responsibility include providing sound technical guidance for rotating equipment including steam turbines, gas turbines, generators, pumps, motors, compressors and draft fans.

• Provide engineering expertise in the design, application, operation, inspection and maintenance of plant systems and rotating equipment normally associated with a coal fired power plant and a gas fired combined cycle plant.
• Drive business operation excellence by application of engineering principles, practices and technical standards to achieve operational integrity and productivity.
• Provide detailed equipment/program performance measurement for evaluation of operational effectiveness and prioritization of capital deployment and plant resources.
• Support Root-cause Failure Analysis of key equipment/process failures.
• Maintain a high profile safety focus.
• Identify opportunities for plant productivity, reliability, safety, and environmental performance.
• Perform condition assessments of critical equipment to minimize downtime or unexpected forced outage using latest on line monitoring and predictive technologies such as vibration analysis, thermal scans, process control limits with excursion information.
• Provide technical direction into the development of preventative maintenance and inspection programs with specific scopes and frequencies followed by implementation and assessment of effectiveness.
• Optimize equipment performance and costs through improved maintenance operating procedures and design improvements following on site management of change standards.
• Provide input to production and maintenance annual plans, budgets as well as to capital replacement and upgrade projects in order to attain required future availability and reliability levels.
• Review designs of new proposed facilities or alterations to existing equipment to identify risks to performance that are inherent in the design concept using analytical tools such as HAZOP or RCM.
• Provide responsive and quality technical support to Maintenance and Operation on a daily basis.
• Produce technical scopes and technical oversight for large or complex overhaul, shutdown, or turnaround maintenance tasks.
• Maintain a broad knowledge of state-of the-art technology, equipment and project management.
• Perform risk assessments of new technologies.

• Other duties as assigned.

• Degree or diploma in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or Technology is preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in an industrial environment is recommended with preference given to applicants with a power industry background.
• Experience with Computerized Maintenance Management Systems, with preference given to applicants with SAP knowledge.
• Must possess a strong business aptitude and demonstrated skills in effectively balancing 'needs' with 'value'.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively prioritize workload and commitments.
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and technical skills.
• Excellent team building, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience in equipment diagnostic methods and analysis, equipment monitoring and use of statistical analysis will be strong assets.
• Strong interest in applying their engineering knowledge to understand how plant equipment works and fails.