Plant Engineer

The Selkirk Cogeneration Station is a 446 MW natural gas-fired facility in Selkirk, New York, featuring three GE 7EA combustion turbines, one steam turbine, and four auxiliary boilers. Owned by Gate City Capital and operated by NAES Corporation, the plant provides reliable combined heat and power generation. New Athens Generating, located 30 miles south of Albany, is a 1080 MW combined-cycle facility featuring three Siemens 501G combustion turbines.

The Plant Engineer provides engineering, reliability, and technical support for Selkirk Cogeneration Station and New Athens Generating, helping improve plant performance, equipment reliability, and operational efficiency. Based at Selkirk, this role also leads the facility’s NERC compliance program, overseeing regulatory requirements, internal controls, documentation, and audit readiness. This position offers a unique opportunity to combine hands-on power generation engineering with significant NERC compliance leadership across two natural gas-fired generating facilities.

• Monitor plant equipment and performance, including combustion turbines, steam turbines, HRSGs, and auxiliary systems, analyzing heat rate, efficiency, and operating trends to improve reliability and performance.
• Investigate forced outages, generation losses, equipment failures, and operational events; perform root cause analyses and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Evaluate and optimize DCS, PLC, instrumentation, and measurement systems to support reliable equipment operation and accurate plant performance data.
• Support predictive and condition-based maintenance programs, including vibration analysis, thermography, and oil analysis, to identify equipment issues and improve reliability.
• Develop and maintain engineering procedures, drawings, technical specifications, and configuration documentation to ensure accurate plant records and effective configuration control.
• Coordinate with plant personnel, OEMs, engineering firms, and contractors to troubleshoot technical issues, implement equipment modifications, and develop scopes of work.
• Perform equipment reliability studies and design reviews, recommending improvements that increase availability, efficiency, capacity, and long-term plant performance.
• Manage capital and engineering projects from development through implementation, ensuring adherence to approved budgets, schedules, and contractual requirements.
• Provide engineering and technical support to Selkirk Cogeneration Station and New Athens Generating for plant performance, reliability, troubleshooting, and project needs.

• Serve as Selkirk’s primary site lead for NERC compliance, overseeing applicable Operator and Owner compliance obligations and maintaining ongoing regulatory readiness.
• Manage Selkirk’s NERC Internal Control Program (ICP), including procedures, internal controls, compliance evidence, records, and required documentation.
• Monitor and interpret applicable NERC Reliability Standards and regulatory changes, assessing plant impacts and implementing necessary updates to programs, procedures, and controls.
• Manage NERC compliance documentation and reporting, including RSAWs, evidence packages, self-certifications, and other required records.
• Lead preparation for NERC audits, compliance reviews, and regulatory visits in coordination with NAES NERC personnel and other internal and external stakeholders.
• Identify compliance risks and gaps, manage corrective actions through completion, and maintain processes for tracking requirements, deadlines, and compliance…