Project Engineer Principal Engineer

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Job Summary

Job Description

Key Accountabilities:

• Identify develop justify and execute capital and major maintenance projects supporting Vistras fossil generation fleet.
• Own projects from identification/justification through execution and closeout and develop/maintain standardized project plans templates playbooks and fleet standards for recurring work across sites.
• Develop project scopes conceptual designs cost estimates schedules risk evaluations and business justifications for LRP and other approval processes; apply the Project Life Cycle Procedure and fleet governance requirements.
• Prepare and maintain bid packages technical specifications and project documentation for fleet applications such as gas turbines steam turbines generators pumps fans control systems and heavy-duty steam valves.
• Support fleet-significant projects such as gas turbine conversions from black start to dispatchable market operation plant control system upgrades plant winterization projects gas turbine upgrade balance of plant projects and steam turbine or gas turbine overhauls/inspections.
• Develop and maintain standardized playbooks for recurring work such as gas turbine and steam turbine overhauls/inspections cooling tower rebuilds and similar fleet-wide projects.
• Develop project schedules incorporating regulatory safety and environmental requirements milestone timing for long-lead equipment/materials workforce plans hold points construction and installation sequencing schedule risks and contingency plans startup and closeout and project turnover.
• Use asset operating history and reference data including starts operating hours outage history and inspection findings and incorporate industry operating experience OEM recommendations technical advisories and vendor bulletins in scope development justification planning and bid preparation.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders including plant personnel fleet engineering operations maintenance supply chain and environmental and interface with external engineering firms contractors OEMs and suppliers to support evaluations outage planning and issue resolution.
• Communicate project status risks financial justification execution strategy technical decisions and lessons learned; support site visits project meetings outage planning and field execution as needed.
• Up to 50% travel is required.

**Level of position will be determined by applicable skills and experience.

Education and Skill Requirements:

• 8 years of related experience in project engineering project development project execution major maintenance or capital project management in power generation or similar heavy industrial environments.
• Bachelor of Science in an engineering field relevant to the power generation industry such as mechanical electrical civil or similar from an ABET-accredited university OR a licensed professional engineer (within the U.S.).
• Experience developing and executing projects for fossil generation assets major plant systems or comparable industrial facilities.
• Preferred technical knowledge or experience in one or more of the following: mechanical rotating equipment including gas turbines steam turbines pumps and fans; plant control systems; or heavy-duty steam valves.
• Ability to develop project scopes schedules cost estimates and business justifications; working knowledge of stage-gated project development design reviews risk identification outage coordination procurement support and project closeout.
• Experience preparing bid specifications reviewing vendor proposals and supporting contractor and supplier selection.
• Ability to evaluate technical operational and financial data; familiarity with OEM guidance operating experience technical bulletins inspection findings and asset history.
• Ability to develop repeatable templates playbooks and standards for multi-site use; strong communication and organizational skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and standard estimating scheduling and project management tools.

Key Metrics for Success:

• Execute projects that improve fleet reliability safety environmental performance and commercial capability.
• Deliver complete well-supported scopes cost estimates schedules and justifications for LRP and other approval processes.
• Execute projects to approved scope schedule and budget and improve consistency and efficiency through high-value templates playbooks standards and timely stakeholder communication.

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