Rotating Equipment Reliability Engineer

Location:
Texas, United Kingdom
Salary:
Competitive
Type:
Permanent
Main Industry:
Search Information Technology Jobs
Other Industries & Skills:
Manufacturing, Purchasing & Supply Chain
Advertiser:
Entergy
Job ID:
131766403
Posted On:
06 April 2025

Job Title: 
Rotating Equipment Reliability Engineer

Work Place Flexibility:
Onsite 

Legal Entity:
 Entergy Services, LLC 

Please note: Authorization to work in the United States is a precondition to employment in this position. Entergy will not sponsor candidates for work visas for this position.

 

*This position is an onsite roll based out of our offices in The Woodlands, TX.  Those outside the area would be required to relocate. Relocation assistance is available for this posting *

*This position can be filled as an Engineer III, Senior, or Senior Lead depending on the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate. *

At Entergy, we’ve been planning for the future for more than 100 years. We’ve experienced a lot of change, generating power first from sawdust to splitting atoms, harnessing sunlight, and using abundant, clean, and efficient natural gas. We are leading the clean energy transformation for the utility industry and continue to explore alternative technologies. 

We are on the verge of a monumental technology convergence, where reality swiftly catches up to possibility. The utility of the future does much more than keep the lights on and the gas flowing. It’s knowledgeable and skillful workforce will solve challenges and fuel a brighter, smarter, cleaner, and more prosperous future for everyone.  

Having the lowest retail electricity rates of any utility in the United States drives economic growth within Entergy’s region, a key ingredient to sustained growth for any utility. We also believe a diverse workforce committed to personal and professional growth is critical to our success. We place a high priority on developing talent to meet current and future needs, giving employees opportunities to grow their careers their way. We’ve committed over the next three decades to reduce our carbon emissions from our operations to net-zero by 2050.   

Entergy’s Power Generation group operates a fleet of more than 30 owned, leased, or operated natural gas, coal, oil hydro, and solar plants, with a total engineering capacity exceeding 20,000 megawatts. Entergy continues to build or acquire megawatts from new hydrogen capable natural gas units, solar, and other technologies to complement its existing megawatts of nuclear, natural gas, coal, oil, hydroelectric, and solar facilities.  

Job Summary/Purpose:

The Rotating Equipment Reliability Engineer will work within the Performance Monitoring and Analytics Center (PMAC) and is responsible for identifying and supporting the optimization of Entergy’s generating assets along with the integration of emerging new technologies into the PMAC’s portfolio of responsibilities.

The PMAC organization is responsible for gathering, tracking, and utilizing real-time analytics that centrally monitors fleet-wide performance, maintenance, reliability, and operations. The objective of the team is to improve operations and drive efficient maintenance practices in support of key fleet initiatives, which include  lower production costs, continuous improvement, and an increase in unit reliability and asset availability. The Rotating Equipment Reliability Engineer will assist in the development of a Reliability Centered Maintenance program approach utilizing traditional PdM technologies as well as data analytics and industry best practices. Participate in root-cause analysis (RCAs) for plant failures. Participate in equipment assessment process to determine the condition of equipment. Provide equipment diagnostic support and recommendations. This role works with all programs, work processes, training, and communication required to support the overall monitoring of Entergy’s various generation resources. This position will be based in the Woodlands, Texas. The PMAC is part of the Power Generation’s SMART Operations Center (SOC) that also includes remote operations, commercial asset management, and Engineering & Technical Services.

JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

-Develop and implement maintenance strategies, including preventive and predictive maintenance plans.
-Monitor equipment performance through data analysis and condition monitoring techniques (e.g., vibration analysis, oil analysis, thermography, etc.).
-Utilizes data to improve maintenance, budget, planning and avoided costs by detecting and preventing equipment failures that might have been unforeseen without the methodical gathering and understanding of data.
-This person will be leading projects and analyses that help operating conditions, equipment health, generation capability, etc.
-Communicate and investigate issues with data quality, instrumentation, and operating equipment.
-Develop, maintain, and support in-house tool development for analysis of Power Generation business and operational initiatives.
-Contribute to the development of processes and procedures for data management, tool development, testing, and delivery.
-The candidate should be able to operate in a team environment with other personnel, departments, and organizations, help on various tasks that fall under the Smart Operations umbrella of responsibility.  The candidate must be able to learn new processes and programs quickly and seek opportunities to improve their efficiency and effectiveness.  The candidate should also have strong analytical abilities, as well as time management and organizational skills.
-The position requires interface with Power Generation leadership, plant management and other operational personnel, as well as other business units, including Finance, Supply Chain and System Planning Organization (SPO).  The candidate should have the ability to interact at all levels.
 

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Minimum education required of the position:

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Control Systems, or similar).

Minimum experience required of the position:

-Engineer III: 4+ years of professional experience. (3+ years with a BS with a FE, or a MS).
-Engineer Sr: 6+ years of professional experience. (5+ years with a BS with a FE, or a MS with a PE or PMP).
-Engineer Sr Lead: 10+ years of professional experience (8+ years with a BS with a PE or PEP, or MS).
 

Minimum knowledge, skills, and abilities required of the position:

-Analytical skill set with advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint
-Knowledge of condition monitoring techniques, including vibration analysis, lubrication analysis, and thermography
-Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience with vibration data collection and analysis of FFT and waveform data.
-Minimum ISO Category II Vibration Analyst
 

Any certificates, licenses, etc., required for the position:

None 

Preferred:

-6+ years in Power Generation operations and/or maintenance experience in CCGT or Legacy (drum type, supercritical)
-Experience working in remote monitoring & diagnostics centers, central control centers, fleet management centers, etc.
-Experience with OIS PI, PI Vision, Predictive Analytics
-Experience with GE Smart Signal software or other advanced pattern recognition tools
-Experience with Predictive Maintenance technologies (vibration analysis, Thermography, oil analysis, motor testing)
-Experience with CMS (condition monitoring systems) function, system troubleshooting and vibration analysis of gas and steam turbines, BOP equipment, etc.
-ISO Category III Vibration Analyst or higher
-Certified Reliability Leader, Certified Reliability Engineer, Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional certification a plus
-Ability to perform complex analysis from a large volume of data and deliver superior results.
-Strong computer skills with proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite of applications, in particular Excel and PowerBI, and some proficiency in SQL (Visual Studio and/or VBA programming knowledge beneficial)
-Experience with coding language and application development, or interest in learning. VB.net & Python
-Basic understanding of competitive power markets (e.g., MISO, SPP)
 

 

Primary Location: Texas-The Woodlands Texas : The Woodlands 

Job Function: Engineering
FLSA Status: Professional 

Relocation Option: Level II
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT 

Number of Openings: 1
Req ID: 117484
Travel Percentage:Up to 25%

An Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disability/Vets. Please click here to view the EEO page, or see statements below.

EEO Statement: The Entergy System of Companies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. The Entergy System of Companies complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. 

The Entergy System of Companies expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of the Entergy System of Company employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.

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