Facility Project Engineer

Facility Project Engineer

Location: Dresden, NY
Employment Type: Full-Time | Individual Contributor
Salary: $115,000–$140,000 + 10–15% Annual Bonus
Relocation: Relocation Assistance Available
Recruiting Partner: Sheridan HR, on behalf of Vulcan Infrastructure and Power

Sheridan HR is partnering with Vulcan Infrastructure and Power to identify an experienced Facility Project Engineer to support capital projects, facility improvements, maintenance initiatives, and carbon mitigation projects across its Dresden site.

This unique engineering opportunity spans both a 106 MW natural gas-fired steam (Rankine-cycle) power plant and a co-located data center operation
, providing exposure to complex power-generation, industrial, and mission-critical infrastructure.

Reporting to the Plant Manager, the Facility Project Engineer will take projects from initial concept through scoping, engineering, budgeting, procurement, execution, commissioning, and closeout. This individual will work closely with plant operations, maintenance, electrical engineering, data center teams, vendors, and contractors to deliver projects safely, on schedule, and within budget.

The ideal candidate is a hands‑on project engineer who combines strong technical and project‑management capabilities with sound business judgment. This role will also play an important part in identifying opportunities to improve plant efficiency, reliability, emissions performance, and overall site value.

• Develop and execute capital, improvement, maintenance, reliability, and carbon mitigation projects across the power plant and data center.
• Lead projects from initial concept and feasibility through engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and closeout.
• Develop project scopes, engineering requirements, cost estimates, schedules, budgets, and execution plans.
• Monitor project costs, schedules, risks, and performance and provide regular updates to site leadership.
• Coordinate internal resources and outside engineering firms, contractors, and vendors.
• Ensure projects are executed safely, efficiently, and in accordance with applicable specifications and requirements.

• Identify and evaluate opportunities for capital improvements, major equipment replacements, reliability upgrades, and facility improvements.
• Develop business cases and cost-benefit analyses to justify and prioritize capital investments.
• Apply reliability-centered approaches, including Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA), asset criticality assessments, and predictive data.
• Help develop and maintain a long-term capital project pipeline prioritized by value, risk, reliability, and emissions impact.
• Identify projects that improve site performance, reliability, compliance, efficiency, and operating economics.

• Develop and execute projects focused on emissions reduction, carbon mitigation, energy efficiency, and improved plant performance.
• Evaluate potential technologies and improvement opportunities that can reduce emissions and operating costs.
• Track project outcomes and measure progress against site carbon and emissions objectives.
• Incorporate emissions and energy performance into project prioritization and business cases.

• Serve as the site's heat rate and thermal performance leader
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• Act as the subject‑matter expert for the ETAPRO performance monitoring system
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• Monitor and analyze unit thermal performance and identify opportunities to improve efficiency.
• Use operational and performance data to identify potential equipment, process, and system improvements.
• Develop and support projects designed to improve heat rate, efficiency, reliability, and…