Mechanical Plant Project Engineer - Generation & Outage

Position: Mechanical Plant Project Engineer - Generation & Outage Support
At PGE, our work involves dreaming about, planning for, and realizing a smarter, cleaner, more enduring Oregon neighborhood. Its core to our DNA and we haven’t stopped since we started in 1888. We energize lives, strengthen communities and drive advancements in energy that promote social, economic and environmental progress. We’re always on the lookout for people passionate about leading and being a part of teams that are advancing innovative clean energy solutions that are also affordable and accessible to all.

Help keep Oregon powered.

Portland General Electric is building a pipeline of talented Mechanical Engineers to support our power generation fleet. We regularly hire engineers to lead capital projects, support planned and forced outages, improve equipment reliability, solve complex technical problems, and provide engineering support across thermal, hydro and renewable generation assets.

This pipeline posting allows us to connect with experienced engineers as opportunities become available throughout the year. Multiple openings may be filled from this posting.

Assignments vary depending on business needs and may support:

Major capital projects

Planned and forced outages

Plant reliability improvements

Mechanical design

Equipment life extension

Asset management

Root cause investigations

Engineering studies

Field engineering support

Project management

What You'll DoCandidates may:

Lead mechanical engineering activities supporting maintenance, capital improvement and modernization projects.

Develop engineering packages, specifications, calculations and technical evaluations.

Provide engineering support during planned outages and emergent equipment failures.

Evaluate equipment condition and recommend repair, replacement or life-extension strategies.

Perform diverse engineering analyses that improve reliability, safety, regulatory compliance and plant performance.

Support Root Cause Analyses and implement corrective actions.

Review vendor drawings, engineering calculations and construction packages.

Manage technical scope, budgets, schedules and engineering deliverables for assigned projects.

Areas of Technical Experience We welcome engineers with experience in one or more of the following:

Power generation, hydroelectric, thermal, nuclear, wind, battery, solar

Utility engineering

Heavy/Industrial facilities with rotating equipment

Title V industries

Refineries

Pulp & paper

Oil & gas Combined cycle plants

Large rotating equipment

Experience with any of the following is preferred:

Turbines (gas fired, steam)
Reciprocating Engines Aeroderivative enginesHRSGsAuxiliary Boilers Pressure vessels

High-energy piping

Pumps Valves Heat  exchangers

Rotating equipment

Structural systems

Outage planning

Asset integrity

Minimum Qualifications Required Bachelor 's degree in Mechanical Engineering. Preferred from ABET – accredited engineering program or program accredited by an equivalent agency

Experience supporting engineering, maintenance, design or capital projects in an industrial or utility environment.

Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications and applicable industry codes.

Valid driver's license.

Preferred Professional Engineer (PE) license or ability to obtain.

Experience with ASME (ie, B31.1), API, ANSI, NBIC or other applicable industry standards.

Experience supporting outage execution or major maintenance.

Knowledge of project management principles and capital project delivery.

Experience performing root cause analysis or reliability engineering.#LI-SB1, #LI-Hybrid, #LI-Onsite PGE supports hybrid flexible work arrangements; and will have a combination of in-the-office and working offsite. However, these arrangements may change due to business needs or changes in responsibility. This NOT a remote position.

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