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Hybrid Senior Engineer, Controls – Dispatchable Generation
Posted 2 months ago
About the role
- Senior Engineer providing technical support for Carolinas Dispatchable Generation Stations within Duke Energy. Responsibilities include project implementation, controls support, and technical resource management in engineering specialization.
Responsibilities
- Function as a technical resource for Carolinas Dispatchable Generation Stations.
- Serve as Engineer of Record for Controls Systems and Equipment.
- Provide technical support for Equipment Inspection, Testing, and Troubleshooting.
- Provide technical support for Project Implementation teams.
- Participate in field inspections and testing activities at appropriate frequencies to enhance construction, commissioning, and operational support of Station projects.
- Drive consistency and share best practices across the operating fleet by utilizing Technical Standards (i.e. procedures, design criteria, specifications, equipment standards, vendor lists, technical lessons learned, etc.).
- Provide input to these documents to reflect lessons learned, standardization, and changes to industry practice.
- Establish technical requirements for conducting reviews and gaining acceptance of design modifications of control systems and equipment.
- Drive the equipment reliability process by assessing equipment condition, health and developing long-term equipment strategies to optimize generating unit reliability.
- Offer ideas and suggestions to reduce costs while maintaining overall quality of the engineered solutions, including constructability and ease of operability and maintenance.
- Provide secondary technical support for generating station staff for equipment failures, malfunctions, and abnormal conditions.
- Serve as technical liaison between power generating fleet and Subject Matter Experts within Duke Energy for highly complex issues.
- Perform controls engineering activities including preparation of thorough and accurate technical reports, correspondence, documentation, calculations and sketches related to defined problems and analysis for assigned responsibilities with oversight from experienced engineers.
- Maintain relationships with plants, outside consulting engineering firms, maintenance shops, and equipment manufacturers.
- Develop positive working relationships to effectively coordinate work activities.
- Demonstrates effective oral and written communication skills.
- Maintains accurate records and files.
- Supports the company's goals and represents the company positively and professionally.
Requirements
- Graduation from a four-year college or university with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from an ABET accredited program or state registration as a Professional Engineer.
- A Master's degree in engineering will be considered in lieu of the B. S. engineering degree.
- Minimum of 6 years of engineering experience or 5 years of engineering experience with state registration as a Professional Engineer.
- Experience must have been attained at a "Fully Meets" performance level.
- Experience supporting generating facilities (coal, combined cycle, natural gas, and simple cycle).
- Experience in various DCS Platforms such as Emerson Ovation, Siemens T3000, etc.
- Experience with PLCs.
- Experience with various communication protocols such as MODBUS, TCP/IP, serial, etc.
- Experience with data links/interface devices such as MODBUS, PLCs, RTAC, TCP/IP, etc.
- Experience with Microsoft Windows and Windows Servers.
- Understanding of NERC Cyber requirements.
- Knowledge of various instrumentation.
- Ability to troubleshoot instrumentation malfunctions.
- Ability to review and implement controls logic changes.
- Working knowledge of Emerson Ovation Control System.
- Ability to tune control loops.
- Understanding of network management, database management, etc.
- Experience with datalink development and maintenance.
- Experience reading, interpreting, and using plant Process & Instrument Diagrams.
- Experience understanding of Station processes.
Benefits
- More than a career - a chance to make a difference in people's lives.
- Build an exciting, rewarding career with us – help us make a difference for millions of people every day.
- Friendly work environment.
- Opportunities for growth and development.
- Recognition for your work.
- Competitive pay and benefits.
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