Senior Specialist, Turbines & Rotating Equipment

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Capital Power (TSX: CPX) is powering change by changing power. This north star guides our ambitions, focus, and actions as we transform our energy system to power a net zero future. We're a growth-oriented North American energy transition company headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta. We deliver reliable, affordable and decarbonized electricity solutions that communities can depend on.

Our people are at the core of our journey to get to net zero by 2045 and are transforming the future of power generation as a collaborative team of experts and innovators. We provide purpose-driven work in a safe and inclusive environment, and we live by our values. With us, your contributions matter. We're here to partner with you so you can learn, innovate, and forge a career that's meaningful to you. Join us in powering a clean energy future!

Your Opportunity

One Permanent Full Time Position.   

At Capital Power, we are proud to power change by changing power.  Are you interested in working with an organization that is focused on sustainable growth, committed to a low carbon future and that believes in innovation.  We’re currently searching for a Senior Specialist, Turbines and Rotating Equipment to join our team in Phoenix. 

The Senior Specialist, Turbines and Rotating Equipment provides technical knowledge and performs Owner’s Engineer (OE) tasks for rotating equipment such as gas turbines, steam turbines and related equipment. This role covers the scope of responsibility from potential asset acquisition to the reliability, operations and maintenance of rotating equipment and associated assets across the fleet. This role ensures compliance with Capital Power and regulatory standards, and does thorough work in the optimization, sustainability, maintainability, design, construction, and commissioning phases of various works.

You will contribute to our team by:

• Providing subject matter expertise for all model Steam and Combustion Turbines across the Capital Power fleet, including operations, routine and outage maintenance, equipment upgrades or optimization, monitoring service bulletins and component repair recommendations.

• Interpreting codes, regulations, statutes and standards associated with mechanical engineering as required to execute assigned projects.

• Overseeing, implementing, and reviewing processes to ensure compliance with policies, standards, regulatory requirements and ensuring mitigation of risks.

• Providing detailed component repair Work Scopes, RFQ’s for component repairs; including all upgrades, repair procedure improvements, and providing recommendations to Plant Management and Senior Leadership to select Best Overall Bidder for each project.

• Providing on-site technical support for the outages, projects, equipment upgrades, component repairs either at the plant, or the various vendor repair facilities. 

• Developing and maintaining long term maintenance outage schedules and work scopes for Capital Power’s rotating equipment fleet, utilizing OEM standard recommendations, industry best practices, current unit condition and resources as guidelines.

• Preparing, negotiating, managing project specific contracts. 

• Proactively providing recommendations to Plant Managers and company Executives to address issues or threat to unit performance and proactively improve reliability of the asset.

• Leading due diligence reviews of rotating equipment assets during acquisition and major project processes.

• Reviewing the plant’s previous outage reports, operating, maintenance procedures and preventative maintenance work orders, and recommend process improvements as applicable.

• Developing or enhancing predictive and preventative maintenance programs to ensure the proper tasks are being performed at the proper frequencies reducing forced outages and decreasing outage durations.

• Leading technical evaluations of LTSAs and providing recommendations to the Plant Manager and operations.

• Providing leadership, mentoring and guidance to co-op students, engineers-in-training (EITs), and internal engineers.

• Collaborating cooperatively with other members of the engineering and operations leadership team, department and plant operations to meet business unit and corporate objectives.

What you will bring to the role:

Education:

• Completed Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering.

• Preference for Registered Professional Engineer PE in Arizona (or another state).

• Education equivalency may be considered.

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