Vistra Corp. · 1 week ago
Staff - Principal Engineer - Oak Grove Plant
Franklin, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
4+ years expVistra Corp. is a global leader in energy generation, and they are seeking a Staff - Principal Engineer to support plant operations and maintenance needs. The role involves providing engineering support, coordinating projects, and ensuring compliance with safety policies while maintaining effective working relationships with others.
EnergyRenewable EnergySustainability
Responsibilities
Performs assigned task with minimum guidance from supervision
Organize and analyze issue specific information and make appropriate recommendations
Coordinates assigned projects, studies and initiatives through completion
Comply with safety policy and procedures to ensure a safe working environment
Prepare and present routine reports
Participate in special project and committee assignments as requested
Lead routine problem - solving efforts
Provide engineering support as assigned to support day to day plant operational and maintenance needs (including forced and planned outages)
Provide engineering support and analysis as needed to identify and implement solutions to address plant operational and maintenance issues and improvement opportunities
Serve as plant interface with outside engineering resources: Generation Services engineering, 3rd party engineering firms
Provide design and specification review as assigned
Provide engineering input to maintenance and operational procedures as assigned
Collect and analyze plant operational and cost data to identify gaps in performance, develop potential solutions and gain consensus on path forward
Support identification and evaluation of capital and O&M special projects needed to support the site’s safety, environmental, operational and budget objectives
Collect and analyze plant operational and cost data to identify gaps in performance, develop potential solutions and gain consensus on path forward
Input and maintain project data and information for assigned capital and O&M special projects in project database
Develop stage 1 package documents for assigned projects
Run project database reports and provide analysis to support management of the site’s capital and O&M special projects budgets
Serve as Project Manager for assigned projects
Serve as Implementation Manager for assigned projects
Provide engineering support for projects as assigned
Participate in and provide input to project brown paper exercises, scope meetings, kickoff meetings and design review meetings as assigned
Work on weekends and holidays
Work in both an office and field environment
Potentially inclement weather conditions
Occasional long, irregular hours including work in excess of 12-hour days for extended periods
Occasional travel between company facilities, and occasional overnight travel
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Chemical, Industrial, Nuclear) from an accredited program
Minimum 4 yrs. relevant job experience in heavy industrial or related industry
LEVEL OF POSITION WILL BE DETERMINED BY APPLICABLE SKILLS AND/OR EXPERIENCE
Teamwork and collaboration skills across organizational boundaries
Able to communicate routine issues effectively through written and verbal communication
Maintain effective working relationships across organizational boundaries
Understanding of power generation equipment and system interrelationships
Understanding of economic drivers to the business
Able to apply problem solving processes to address routine issues
Preferred
Electrical Engineer degree preferred
Company
Vistra Corp.
Vistra (NYSE: VST) is a leading Fortune 500 integrated retail electricity and power generation company, based in Irving, Texas, that provides essential resources to customers, businesses, and communities from California to Maine.
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2024 (2)
2023 (1)
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$9.5B2026-01-12Post Ipo Debt· $2.25B
2025-10-01Post Ipo Debt· $2B
2024-11-19Post Ipo Debt· $1.25B
Leadership Team
Stacey Dore
Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer
Recent News
2026-01-14
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