Rotating Equipment Reliability Engineer 117484

Job Title:Rotating Equipment Reliability Engineer

Work Place Flexibility: Onsite

Legal Entity:Entergy Services LLC

Please note:Authorization to work in the United States is a precondition to employment in this position. Entergy will not sponsor candidates for work visas for this position.

***This position is an onsite roll based out of our offices in The Woodlands TX. Those outside the area would be required to relocate. Relocation assistance is available for this posting***

*This position can be filled as an Engineer III Senior or Senior Lead depending on the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate. *

At Entergy weve been planning for the future for more than 100 years. Weve experienced a lot of change generating power first from sawdust to splitting atoms harnessing sunlight and using abundant clean and efficient natural gas. We are leading the clean energy transformation for the utility industry and continue to explore alternative technologies.

We are on the verge of a monumental technology convergence where reality swiftly catches up to possibility. The utility of the future does much more than keep the lights on and the gas flowing. Its knowledgeable and skillful workforce will solve challenges and fuel a brighter smarter cleaner and more prosperous future for everyone.

Having the lowest retail electricity rates of any utility in the United States drives economic growth within Entergys region a key ingredient to sustained growth for any utility. We also believe a diverse workforce committed to personal and professional growth is critical to our success. We place a high priority on developing talent to meet current and future needs giving employees opportunities to grow their careers their way. Weve committed over the next three decades to reduce our carbon emissions from our operations to netzero by 2050.

Entergys Power Generation group operates a fleet of more than 30 owned leased or operated natural gas coal oil hydro and solar plants with a total engineering capacity exceeding 20000 megawatts. Entergy continues to build or acquire megawatts from new hydrogen capable natural gas units solar and other technologies to complement its existing megawatts of nuclear natural gas coal oil hydroelectric and solar facilities.

Job Summary/Purpose:

The Rotating Equipment Reliability Engineer will work within the Performance Monitoring and Analytics Center (PMAC) and is responsible for identifying and supporting the optimization of Entergys generating assets along with the integration of emerging new technologies into the PMACs portfolio of responsibilities.

The PMAC organization is responsible for gathering tracking and utilizing realtime analytics that centrally monitors fleetwide performance maintenance reliability and operations. The objective of the team is to improve operations and drive efficient maintenance practices in support of key fleet initiatives which include lower production costs continuous improvement and an increase in unit reliability and asset availability. The Rotating Equipment Reliability Engineer will assist in the development of a Reliability Centered Maintenance program approach utilizing traditional PdM technologies as well as data analytics and industry best practices. Participate in rootcause analysis (RCAs) for plant failures. Participate in equipment assessment process to determine the condition of equipment. Provide equipment diagnostic support and recommendations. This role works with all programs work processes training and communication required to support the overall monitoring of Entergys various generation resources. This position will be based in the Woodlands Texas. The PMAC is part of the Power Generations SMART Operations Center (SOC) that also includes remote operations commercial asset management and Engineering & Technical Services.

JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and implement maintenance strategies including preventive and predictive maintenance plans.
• Monitor equipment performance through data analysis and condition monitoring techniques (e.g. vibration analysis oil analysis thermography etc..
• Utilizes data to improve maintenance budget planning and avoided costs by detecting and preventing equipment failures that might have been unforeseen without the methodical gathering and understanding of data.
• This person will be leading projects and analyses that help operating conditions equipment health generation capability etc.
• Communicate and investigate issues with data quality instrumentation and operating equipment.
• Develop maintain and support inhouse tool development for analysis of Power Generation business and operational initiatives.
• Contribute to the development of processes and procedures for data management tool development testing and delivery.
• The candidate should be able to operate in a team environment with other personnel departments and organizations help on various tasks that fall under the Smart Operations umbrella of responsibility. The candidate must be able to learn new processes and programs quickly and seek opportunities to improve their efficiency and effectiveness. The candidate should also have strong analytical abilities as well as time management and organizational skills.
• The position requires interface with Power Generation leadership plant management and other operational personnel as well as other business units including Finance Supply Chain and System Planning Organization (SPO). The candidate should have the ability to interact at all levels.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Minimum education required of the position:

Bachelors degree in Engineering (Mechanical Electrical Control Systems or similar).

Minimum experience required of the position:

• Engineer III: 4 years of professional experience. 3 years with a BS with a FE or a MS).
• Engineer Sr: 6 years of professional experience. 5 years with a BS with a FE or a MS with a PE or PMP).
• Engineer Sr Lead: 10 years of professional experience 8 years with a BS with a PE or PEP or MS).

Minimum knowledge skills and abilities required of the position:

• Analytical skill set with advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office: Word Excel PowerPoint
• Knowledge of condition monitoring techniques including vibration analysis lubrication analysis and thermography
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience with vibration data collection and analysis of FFT and waveform data.
• Minimum ISO Category II Vibration Analyst

Any certificates licenses etc. required for the position:

None

Preferred:

• 6 years in Power Generation operations and/or maintenance experience in CCGT or Legacy (drum type supercritical)
• Experience working in remote monitoring & diagnostics centers central control centers fleet management centers etc.
• Experience with OIS PI PI Vision Predictive Analytics
• Experience with GE Smart Signal software or other advanced pattern recognition tools
• Experience with Predictive Maintenance technologies (vibration analysis Thermography oil analysis motor testing)
• Experience with CMS (condition monitoring systems) function system troubleshooting and vibration analysis of gas and steam turbines BOP equipment etc.
• ISO Category III Vibration Analyst or higher
• Certified Reliability Leader Certified Reliability Engineer Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional certification a plus
• Ability to perform complex analysis from a large volume of data and deliver superior results.
• Strong computer skills with proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite of applications in particular Excel and PowerBI and some proficiency in SQL (Visual Studio and/or VBA programming knowledge beneficial)
• Experience with coding language and application development or interest in learning. VB & Python
• Basic understanding of competitive power markets (e.g. MISO SPP)

Primary Location: TexasThe WoodlandsTexas : The Woodlands
Job Function: Engineering
FLSA Status: Professional
Relocation Option: Level II
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT
Number of Openings: 1
Req ID: 117484
Travel Percentage:Up to 25

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EEO Statement:The Entergy System of Companies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color religion sex gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression national origin age disability genetic information marital status amnesty or status as a protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal state and local laws. The Entergy System of Companies complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including but not limited to recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.

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Additional Responsibilities:As a provider of essential services Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours to work in alternate locations and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms outages emergencies or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.

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EEI Testing:

One way that Entergy has found to identify and assess the abilities and skills needed for certain jobs is through preemployment testing. If this position does require an EEI test the type of test will be located under the qualifications section of the job posting. If you are invited to a test session we strongly recommend you review and complete the practice test as well as review the testing brochure for your respective test. The test brochure will give you critical information on the test such as time allocated and numberof questions. Also keep in mind that the actual test is timed; you should practice timing yourself while doing the practice tests. The practice test information and test brochures can be located by going to the EEI website Logon ID: entergy password: practice test 2 words).Travel expenses incurred in connection with EEI testing are nonreimbursable.

In addition to EEI testing there is also FitforDuty testing which will identify and assess the abilities and skills needed for certain jobs. If this position does require FitforDuty testing the type of test will be located under the qualifications section of the job posting.

WORKING CONDITIONS:
As a provider of essential services Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours to work in alternate locations and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms outages emergencies or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.

Please note: Authorization to work in the United States is a precondition to employment in this position. Entergy will not sponsor candidates for work visas for this position.