STP Nuclear Operating Company ยท 4 months ago
Engineer Strategic Electrical (Switchyard)
STP Nuclear Operating Company is one of the largest nuclear power facilities in the nation, committed to nuclear safety and operational excellence. The Strategic Electrical Engineer provides expert-level technical support for the operation, maintenance, testing, and modification of assigned systems and programs, ensuring reliable equipment to support nuclear safety and plant generation.
EnergyNon ProfitNuclear
Responsibilities
Technical support for the operation, maintenance, testing, and modification of assigned systems or programs
Reviews performance of assigned systems and components and recommends changes regarding operation, maintenance, or testing
Performs equipment cause evaluations of plant failures and identifies corrective actions as necessary to ensure strong equipment reliability
Provides input to the at-power and outage schedules, including prioritization, logic work grouping, etc. for work being scheduled
Systematically adjust preventive and predictive maintenance activities based on feedback from a variety of sources, including maintenance craft personnel, corrective, predictive and PM results (including PM as found condition codes), test results, vendor information, EPRI templates operating experience, equipment history and system walk downs
Champion major maintenance and modifications that impact Plant Reliability or Generation and ensure these items are taken through the funding process
Ensures Schedule development and implementation maintains switchyard power to required equipment to minimize shutdown risk during refueling outages
Coordinates and safely implements Emergent switchyard activities. Evaluates activities for Work Risk & Operational impact
Monitors and recommends switchyard scope changes and manages their impacts to the online and outage schedule to minimize risk/cost to the station
Performs impact reviews of switchyard work activities to include an aggregate review of known deficiencies that could impact reliability of the switchyard
Participates in the preparation/execution of 138-line outage work
Leads/attends meetings to support switchyard reviews and critiques. Interfaces with the schedulers to ensure schedule is accurate, timely, complete and properly maintained
Acts as "CHAMPION" for plant systems. Advocates system or program health with an emphasis on improving overall plant performance and reliability
Performs switchyard coordinator duties as assigned in station procedures and policies
Qualification
Required
Ability to read and interpret Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) documents to implement required programs
Experience troubleshooting, consulting, or managing generators or electrical distribution equipment
Company
STP Nuclear Operating Company
The South Texas Project Electric Generating Station is one of the newest and largest nuclear power facilities in the nation.