Lead Power Plant Engineer – Cogeneration & Ops Leader

## Principal Power Plant Engineer Solicitarlocations:
Estados Unidos, Oregon, Klamath Fallsposted on:
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Fecha final: 31 de julio de 2026 (Quedan más de 30 días para realizar la solicitud) job requisition :
R-29905

The base salary for this position is dependent upon experience and location.

Location:

Klamath Falls, ORSalary Range: $152,000 to $160,400
** Job Summary
** The Klamath Cogeneration Project is a 500 MW state-of-the-art gas-fired combined cycle cogeneration facility and a 100 MW Peaking Facility adjacent to the City of Klamath Falls, Oregon. These facilities operate as a flexible dispatch combined cycle merchant plant and a fast start peaking plant supplying power to California and the Pacific Northwest, as well as steam to the adjacent Collins Products manufacturing facility.
** Key Responsibilities*
* • Day-to-day operations management of the facility in a safe, environmentally compliant, and fuel-efficient manner.  
• Recruiting, testing, training, development and direct supervision of approximately 10 multi-skilled plant operations technicians.  
• Coordinates with Asset Management and Trading staff in Portland and Plant O&M staff in Klamath to implement daily and/or hourly production targets, and ensure these targets are achieved in a safe and environmentally compliant manner.  
• Ensures a continuous supply of steam is safely delivered to host Collins in the most economical method practicable.  
• Has a leadership role in plant safety program and at times participates in knowledge sharing with other operational groups such as the wind and gas storage businesses.  
• Ensures the plant-wide computerized maintenance management system is utilized by plant operations.  
• Coordinates plant staff, outside contractors and OEM's to minimize O&M costs and optimize plant availability and reliability.  
• Responsible for operations coordination of scheduled and unscheduled outages.  
• Assists in the planning and execution of the operations portion of the facility O&M budget and provides input to the plant maintenance budget.  
• Responsible for the monitoring of facility heat rate, operating performance of plant equipment, and taking action when necessary to optimize overall facility performance.  
• Responsible for identification and cost-benefit analyses of plant betterment projects that improve plant efficiency, reduce O & M costs, or both.  
• Provide input for modifications and alterations that are required to conform to new or unique demands by corporate, plant requirements or regulatory agencies.  
• Assist in the addition or modification of computer controls to improve operational functionality of the facility.  
• Plans, manages and executes the design, engineering, procurement and construction of new projects.  
• Takes manager on call duties on a rotating basis.  
• Additional Responsibilities  
• Perform as team leader and be responsible for the safe and proper operation of the plant. Some duties include: work order oversight, coordination of maintenance activity, efficient operation of the plant, maintaining proper water chemistry and supervising Operations Technicians.  
• Responsible for the operations activities for environmental permit compliance.  
• Continually evaluate and prioritize plant conditions (steady- state, transient, & upset) and act to control, contain, and restore plant operations in a safe, appropriate, and environmentally compliant manner.  
• Monitor and interpret plant emissions and discharges and act to maintain compliance with all applicable laws, permits, provisions and orders.  
• Responsible for analyzing individual performance of Operations Technicians and providing guidance and feedback.  
• Develop a fundamental understanding of the merchant power business, and utilize that knowledge in decision-making, suggesting changes, or improvements to the overall plant operation.  
• Communicate regularly with Avangrid Power energy and asset management representatives, and on-site staff to optimize plant generation and achieve heat rate targets.  
• Responsible for capturing, analyzing, validating, interpreting and reporting all production data and…