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Extended Power Uprate Mechanical/Civil Engineer - Principal/ Senior/ Staff

Energy Northwest
Columbia Generating Station, United States, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 5 May 2025
💰 $178,661/yr($90,048/yr$178,661/yr)

About the role

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Columbia Generating Station is undergoing an Extended Power Uprate project to increase the electrical output to the grid. This position will assist the team as a responsible engineer to complete Modifications, Evaluations and provide general engineering support to the EPU project and subprojects. This position will work with internal and external stakeholders and contractors to provide engineering support and oversight for the projects.

GENERAL SUMMARY

Provide independent engineering service and support to perform highly complex engineering tasks requiring specialized skills and broad experience in the application of engineering fundamentals in support of the design modification, operating, and independent assessment of Energy Northwest facilities. Serve as an advisor to others.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

  • Perform highly complex engineering analyses and designs in support of operations, systems, programs, audit inspections, and assessments requiring skills and experience gained through application of engineering methods and analysis, codes, standards, and regulatory requirements.

  • Work with minimal supervision.

  • Serve as an advisor providing advice and counsel on assignments concerned with specialized or unique engineering requirements.  Solutions provided involve unconventional or innovative problem solving techniques.

  • Provide technical leadership and training on highly complex or extended projects.

  • Provide leadership of small groups to resolve complex issues.

  • Provide technical direction and leadership routinely to other engineers; serve as a mentor. Provide training to others.

  • Identify need and initiate development of new policies, programs, plans, and procedures to meet strategic objectives.

  • Assure compliance with regulatory and industry guidance. Provide interpretation of industry guidance for application.

  • Identify potential problems in design, quality, or operation and initiate corrective action

Engineering employees are expected to be available and to support the following activities as a condition of employment with Energy Northwest:

  • Emergency Response Organization (ERO) including being on-call (24/7) during your required team duty (2 weeks out of every 8 weeks). 

  • 12-hour work shifts during outages as part of our overall Outage support (24/7)

  • Engineering duty cycle support (24/7) including call-out availability during your responsible duty assignment. (This is a shared responsibility across all engineering positions).


REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Engineer Principal
Requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited college or university and seven years of engineering experience; OR a high school diploma or GED and PE license obtained by accredited examination plus eight years of engineering experience.

Engineer Senior

Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited college or university and three years of discipline specific engineering experience; OR a PE license obtained by an accredited examination and five years of discipline specific engineering experience. High school diploma or GED is required.

Staff Engineer

Requires a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from an accredited college or university and at least one year of engineering experience; OR a PE license obtained by accredited examination and at least one year of engineering experience. A high school diploma or GED is required.

This position is open until filled.

Pay Range:

Engineer Principal Salary: $119,107 - $178,661

Midpoint: $148,884

Engineer Senior Salary: $103,563 - $155,345

Midpoint: $129,454

Staff Engineer Salary: $90,048 - $135,072

Midpoint: $112,560

Typically, selected candidates are hired between the minimum and midpoint of the range, based on applicable experience and qualifications, market rate, internal equity, and budgetary allowances.

Offers will be negotiated based on each candidate's qualifications.

Incentive Compensation

This role is eligible to participate in our annual incentive plan. Incentives are earned based on employee performance against defined metrics and company goals.

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