Consulting Engineer; Turbine - Oahu

Brief Posting Description

Position:
Senior Engineer Turbine – Manager (1 vacancy).

Location:

Pearl City – Oahu. The posting will remain open until filled. Early applications are highly encouraged.

Provides OEM-expert level field engineering and technical consulting services to the Hawaiian Electric Company’s generating plants’ older vintage steam turbines. Primary duties include identifying, troubleshooting, and resolving operational problems; optimizing maintenance and operational practices to enhance equipment performance, reliability, and remaining life; advising HECO maintenance crews and contractors on repair procedures; performing root‑cause analysis, specifying and evaluating NDT/NDE testing, maintaining QA/QC responsibilities;

specifying and overseeing local resources for mechanical and machining work; and ensuring compliance with all applicable codes and regulations. The Senior Engineer Turbine will be solely responsible for all turbine operational and mechanical activities, including repair schedules, that support an island electrical grid system.

• Provides advanced engineering expertise and develops strategies in the performance of steam turbine overhauls and equipment repairs to address cost‑effective maintenance.
• Leads, instructs, coordinates and directs assigned staff in the performance of steam turbine overhauls and equipment repairs to ensure appropriate cost‑effective maintenance.
• Assesses equipment condition, evaluates repair alternatives, and makes timely and appropriate recommendations.
• Plans and forecasts for critical steam turbine outage work, including maintenance recommendations, resource allocation, and vendor/consultant coordination.
• Researches, coordinates and directs complex technical assignments expected to result in new or improved steam turbine operational and/or maintenance practices and procedures.
• Develops, monitors and refines steam turbine condition assessment programs, using state‑of‑the‑art techniques where appropriate.
• Investigates steam turbine equipment failures and enlists support of other departments and/or consultants as needed to analyze and resolve the problem(s).
• Maintains appropriate department records and statistics, and makes timely distribution of the same.
• Provides training for department personnel as the need arises.
• Performs economic evaluations as necessary, including theoretical and actual cost/benefit analyses, and recommends cost‑effective equipment modifications and/or additions.
• Facilitates, coordinates, develops and supports various LEAN, reliability and continuous improvement initiatives/processes/programs.
• Promotes teamwork and a self‑directed workforce to support quality initiatives and Company values.
• Supports two‑way communications to ensure a focused and well‑informed workforce.
• Participates in Company emergency response activities as assigned.

• Thorough knowledge of engineering fundamentals in the appropriate specialty areas (e.g., physics, chemistry, thermodynamics, power, analog and digital electronics, vector analysis, materials), normally acquired through advanced, college‑level courses or equivalent experience.
• Thorough knowledge of specific equipment design, construction, operation and maintenance.
• Working knowledge of appropriate federal, state, industry and company regulations, codes and practices.
• Working knowledge of personal computers and related software applications (e.g., spreadsheets, word‑processing, project management).
• Working knowledge of LEAN concepts and processes.

• Demonstrated leadership skills, decision‑making, and the ability to work with a variety of individuals.
• Ability to perform, both as an individual contributor and as a leader or member of self‑directed work teams.
• Keeping abreast of latest industry developments for maintenance and/or operational optimization, evaluating the same, and applying those to satisfy HECO’s strategic and tactical objectives.
• General troubleshooting skills – ability to perform root‑cause analyses.
• In‑depth analytical, computational and organizing skills for technical writing, record keeping, statistical…