Plant Engineer

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Under the general direction of the Plant Manager and in coordination with the Operations & Maintenance Managers, the Plant Engineer serves as the site's technical engineering specialist. The position supports continuous improvement of equipment performance, reliability, efficiency, and plant processes while providing technical support for applicable NERC and other regulatory compliance activities.

The Plant Engineer independently analyzes equipment changes, failures, testing activities, operating data, and performance trends; identifies potential reliability or compliance impacts; and develops or recommends corrective actions within established policies and delegated authority.

This is a technical engineering and compliance support role and does not directly manage Operations or Maintenance personnel. Final regulatory applicability determinations, formal external submissions and communications, and commercial PJM market functions remain with the designated management, owner, corporate compliance, or Energy Manager organizations.

• Provide technical support, assistance, and evaluation when operating, maintenance, performance, or reliability problems occur; facilitate timely resolution and improved plant operation.
• Analyze plant performance, availability, reliability, equipment condition, and operating data; prepare calculations and trend reviews; and recommend actions that improve efficiency, output, and long-term equipment performance.
• Review proposed plant changes, modifications, and projects - including generators, GSUs, protective relays, AVR/excitation systems, governors, DCS/PLC logic, and related settings - for technical adequacy and potential NERC or regulatory impacts.
• Coordinate and support implementation of applicable NERC Reliability Standards and associated compliance programs, and serve as a site technical compliance resource for Operations and Maintenance personnel.
• Maintain compliance evidence, technical records, settings, test reports, calculations, maintenance documentation, operating data, OEM/vendor reports, and other supporting documentation in accordance with applicable retention requirements.
• Support preparation, technical review, validation, and timely submission of regulatory reports, questionnaires, certifications, and data requests to NERC, Reliability First, PJM, FERC, and other applicable organizations, including GADS/eGADS outage and derate data.
• Coordinate site activities for compliance monitoring engagements, spot checks, self-certifications, audits, data requests, and regulatory inquiries; track obligations, corrective actions, mitigation plans, and due dates through completion.
• Support development, review, and periodic revision of operating procedures, maintenance procedures, compliance documentation, routine maintenance scopes and schedules, and plant standards; periodically review records and activities for consistency with OEM and regulatory requirements.
• Participate in event evaluations, root cause analyses, mis operation investigations, disturbance reviews, and technical re-views of trips, derates, protection operations, and equipment failures; identify reliability impacts and recommend corrective actions.
• Support generator model validation, MOD-025/026/027 activities, applicable PRC testing or studies, equipment performance testing, maintenance documentation, and technical data verification; coordinate as…