Engineer/Advanced Engineer-AQC

ABOUT THE COMPANY

FirstEnergy (www.firstenergycorp.com) is a diversified energy company headquartered in Akron, Ohio. A Fortune 250 company, its subsidiaries and affiliates are involved in the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity, as well as energy management and other energy-related services. Its seven electric utility operating companies comprise the nation’s fifth largest investor-owned electric system, based on 4.5 million customers served within a 36,100-square-mile area of Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jersey; and its generation subsidiaries control more than 14,000 megawatts of capacity. 

 

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

 Focus on responsibilities of AQCS Outage Engineer, including, providing technical direction of on-site repair and overhaul activities during scheduled and forced outages.  Work shall be mostly comprised of plant maintenance supervision, engineering personnel, outside craft labor, service engineers, and/or vendor representatives.  Completion of these projects within the Plant’s planned schedule and cost estimates shall be of dominant importance.

 

Provide technical direction for off-site shop activities. Maintain accurate an up-to-date information and records of shop activities, schedules, work loading, shop QA/QC issues, costs, and component transportation issues.  Frequently and effectively communicate shop progress and any technical concerns, including recommendations for appropriate corrective actions, to plant supervision and the appropriate outage management.

 

Maintain scheduled outage records of all internal and external AQCS equipment including inspection reports.  Recommendations of industry advisories concerning major reliability issues.  Issue reliability assessment reports on a unit basis that summarize industry and/or specific component concerns.

 

Maintain awareness of unit and component performance indices (vibration trending and diagnostics, lube oil analyses, thermography and other predictive maintenance analyses).  Provide recommendations to plant supervision for scheduled and forced maintenance activities.

 

Assist plant supervision with analyses and recommendations leading to effective decisions concerning operations and maintenance practices for the above equipment.  Focus will be on economically justifiable improvements in both reliability and efficiency.

 

Provide lead direction with needs assessment, alternative evaluation, specification development, cost estimating, bid evaluations, and follow-up performance analyses.

 

  KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

 

· Developing, planning, and executing outages and preparing outage reports and health status reports

· Responsible for continuous improvement of the outage process

· Assist in performing root cause analysis (CIR/CIA)

· Responsible for area budget development, tracking, and adherence

· Adheres to all pre-outage milestone due dates

 

QUALIFICATIONS

 Bachelor's of Science in Engineering from an ABET accredited college required. 5 to 8 years experience maintaining power boilers is preferred for the Engineer level.  For the Advanced Engineer level, at least 8 years experience is required.  Must possess a thorough working knowledge of operations and maintenance practices of Fossil power plants.  Be familiar with outage-related construction and maintenance tools and methodology's.  Must be knowledgeable in budget creation and reporting.  The candidate should also possess project experience and have the ability to analyze projects to identify and maximize benefits.  The candidate must possess strong oral and written communications skills as well as being proficient in PC applications including Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, and Access. Must have a positive attitude.

 

BENEFITS

At FirstEnergy, employees are key to our success. We depend on their talents to meet the challenges of our changing business environment. We are committed to rewarding individual and team efforts through our total rewards philosophy which includes competitive pay plus incentive compensation, a Company-sponsored pension plan, 401-(k) with matching and performance bonuses, a choice of medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, and life insurance programs, as well as skills development training with tuition reimbursement. Please visit our Web site at www.firstenergycorp.com to learn more about all of our employee rewards programs. "

 

*FirstEnergy Corp. proudly supports Affirmative Action. FirstEnergy Corp. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. FirstEnergy Corp. is committed to workforce diversity. M/F/D/V encouraged to apply. No recruiters or agencies without a previously signed contract. Relocation costs not covered by employer. Unable to sponsor or transfer H1 visas at this time