Mechanical Engineer

Description

General Summary:  

Provides engineering and project management requirements for engineers maintaining and improving Rainbow Energy Center generation facilities.  

Key Responsibilities:  

• Creates and develops concepts, plans and specifications for proper design, construction, and operation of new and existing plant equipment or other assigned projects. Manage projects by working directly with scheduling, purchasing, and contractors to ensure accurate, economic, and timely completion.  
• Investigates and evaluates equipment failures and system changes to maintenance and operational procedures and practices to achieve optimum system and equipment performance.  
• Provides technical support services, including researching specific requirements, preparing cost estimates, contributing to design decision, determining procedures for obtaining qualified contractors and awarding contracts, obtaining field measurements, and performing calculations as needed to support engineering activities.  
• Assists with equipment inspections during unit outages to provide analysis and technical assessments.  
• Performs work involving complex or novel assignments requiring the development of new or improved techniques and procedures to develop new or refined equipment, materials, processes, products, or methods.  
• Develops and evaluate plans and criteria for a variety of projects and activities to be carried out by others to maintain engineering quality assurances and controls. Act as staff advisor and consultant in technical specialty to provide engineering expertise while seeking solutions to operational problems.  
• Completes detailed planning of project needs and outage maintenance for up to one year in the future and general planning of programs implementation for up to five years in the future which supports company mission and vision.  
• Provides project management on complex modification projects requiring unconventional or novel approaches and sophisticated research techniques to monitor and control project expenditures against the established budget and to prepare and maintain schedules.  
• Performs work involving several projects of major scope and importance. Conceive, plan and conduct research in problem areas of considerable scope and complexity and develop new designs or techniques to improve optimum plant efficiencies.  
• Studies new scientific methods and developments affecting the organization. Act as a technical specialist in the application of advanced theories, concepts, principles and processes for assigned area of responsibility while seeking to improve plant efficiencies. 
• Ensures compliance with safety policies and procedures, procedures, laws and regulations. Report and investigate accidents, maintain safety awareness, and promote all aspects of Rainbow Energy Center’s (REC’s) safety program. Report all noncompliance and endorse all aspects of REC’s environmental management programs.  

Requirements

Education & Experience 

Knowledge typically acquired through a bachelor’s degree in engineering is required with a preferred one (1) to three (3) years' experience in an engineering or science-related position within the utility or a related industry.  

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities 

• Ability and responsibility to work safely alone and with others while following REC safety rules, certifications, and procedures.  
• Ability and responsibility to ensure security procedures are followed including immediate notification of potential incidents. 
• Proficiency in engineering and science principles and their application within a technical area.  
• Ability to effectively plan, direct and coordinate work activities using approved management, and project management principles.  
• Must possess strong computer skills.  
• Ability to research, analyze, and make recommendations related to engineering decisions.  
• Navigate interdepartmental relationships.  
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.  

Working Conditions 

(The mental and physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.) 

Working conditions will be indoors and outdoors, sometimes in inclement weather conditions of extreme cold or heat. Must be able to travel to various locations throughout the plant and facility grounds. Conditions in the plant and facility grounds may include extreme temperatures, noise levels, and heights. There will be overtime, and/or working weekends and infrequent overnight travel.   

This position requires the ability to occasionally to frequently sit, stand, walk, and lift up to 20-50 lbs. frequently and bilateral carry up to 100 lbs. on rare occasion. The ability to climb, balance, work at heights and work with arms above your head occasionally up to frequently. Ability to occasionally up to frequently stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, twist and squat, work on even and uneven surfaces and ability to work occasionally in confined space areas. Ability to frequently push, pull, carry, grasp and finger objects. Subject to frequent vibration and hazards and on occasion exposed to fumes, dust or mist. Must wear protective equipment when required. Must be able to differentiate colors, have vision ability to encompass close-up and distant work, and the ability to speak and hear.