Director Hydropower Engineering
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Job Location:
White Plains, NY - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 166000 - 208000
Posted on:
14 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Summary
Leads Hydropower Engineering group supporting NYPA operations maintenance capital project portfolio and regulatory compliance. Ensures coordination of project planning design execution and emergent project support with the Engineering department in preparation of design drawings specifications calculations. Applies engineering knowledge and technology industry standards and practices to solve project operational or regulatory objectives. This includes deep knowledge and experience of hydropower unit design operation upgrades and repairs.
Responsibilities
- Promote a culture of safety throughout the entire organization.
- Lead and manage a centralized engineering team responsible for the engineering of upgrades and major maintenance of mechanical systems at NYPAs power projects transmission and support facilities or NYPAs Customer Facilities including approval of engineering designs calculations and specifications.
- Responsible for discipline design authority and serve as engineer of record for all mechanical engineering design drawings and specifications. Provide professional signature and seal and ensure adherence to configuration management policies.
- Responsible for the development and maintenance of design and construction standards applicable to NYPAs mechanical systems.
- Lead Engineering support for projects to maintain NYPAs position in hydropower and renewable generation projects (NYPA or Customer sites) develop transmission and leverage new technology to support integration of renewable generation sources.
- Perform engineering analyses related to mechanical systems such as fire protection generation assets HVAC and high energy piping systems.
- Oversee engineering consultants in preparation of design specifications inspections and evaluations of NYPAs power projects transmission and support facilities.
- Develop equipment and construction specifications (site-based) and associated calculations.
- Work closely with other engineering staff or generation facilities (site-based) or customer facilities (customer-based) to develop solutions and responses to customer needs.
- Represent the Authority on internal technical committees and at industry conferences committees or task forces.
- Develop staff expertise to ensure succession planning and critical core competencies are maintained within NYPA.
- Collaborate with other engineering disciplines site personnel project management project development & licensing emergency management regulatory agencies external stakeholders and other business units.
- Procure and maintain a depth and breadth of on-call engineering consulting firms who can provide supplemental technical services develop clear and concise scope of services documents and ensure timely high quality designs are delivered within budget.
- Perform occasional emergency response including outside of normal business hours.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities
- Expert knowledge of mechanical engineering related design standards advanced modeling practices and techniques.
- Thorough understanding of IEC ASME and other codes standards regulations and construction processes within the utility industry.
- Strong project collaboration and effective communication skills.
- Strong leadership ability and technical background to develop staff and maintain a highly skilled workforce.
- Broad knowledge of NYPAs mission policies and procedures and the interaction and responsibilities of the various NYPA business units.
- Ability to produce clear and concise reports presentations and other documentation.
- Ability to apply technical and theoretical knowledge to data and observations to generate complete solutions using accepted standards.
- Strong platform skills and ability to tailor presentation to the technical understanding of any audience.
- Ability to respond and adapt to emergent and changing priorities.
- Capability to build teams and foster teamwork across departments.
- Strong collaboration and negotiation skills to influence senior management peers outside policy makers and other NYPA personnel.
Education Experience and Certifications
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent from an accredited college or university.
- Masters Degree preferred.
- Minimum -7 years of applicable mechanical engineering management experience preferred
- Electric utility or related experience.
- Licensed Professional Engineer in NYS.
- Minimum 3 years experience managing employees / leading a team.
Physical Requirements
- Approximately 10% travel primarily within NY State.
- Ability to access all areas of the plant and conduct physical evaluations of grounds and equipment including ability to work at high elevations
Military Occupational Specialty Codes
MOS - Army:12A 12B 12P 18C 24A 24Z 51S
MOS - Marines:
MOS- Navy:EA MME UT80 7273
The New York Power Authority is committed to providing fair competitive and market-informed compensation. The estimated salary range for this position is: $166000 - $208000. The salary offered will be determined based on the successful candidates relevant experience knowledge skills and abilities.
The New York Power Authority and Canal Corporation believes that diversity equity and inclusion drive our success and we encourage women people of color LGBTQIA individuals people with disabilities members of ethnic minorities foreign-born residents and veterans to apply. As an equal opportunity employer NYPA/Canals is committed to building inclusive innovative work environments with employees who reflect communities across New York and enthusiastically serve them. We proudly celebrate diversity and do not discriminate based on race/color creed/religion national origin citizenship or immigration status age disability military status gender/sex sexual orientation gender identity/expression pregnancy and related conditions familial/marital status domestic violence victim status predisposing genetic characteristics arrest/criminal conviction record or any other category protected by law.
NYPA/Canals will also provide reasonable accommodations during the hiring process related to candidates disabilities pregnancy-related conditions religious observances/practices and/or domestic violence concerns. To request an accommodation please email.
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Director
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