Talen Energy · 1 week ago
Turbine/Generator Engineer – PJM Fossil Plants
Allentown, PA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
5+ years expTalen Energy is seeking an experienced Engineer with expertise in Rotating Equipment, specifically Turbines and Generators, for their fossil generation central engineering group. The role involves providing technical support and guidance to fossil plants, leading initiatives for monitoring and assessing critical plant equipment, and collaborating with various teams to resolve equipment issues and improve performance.
EnergyEnergy ManagementOil and Gas
Responsibilities
Provide technical support and guidance to the fossil plants on Turbines and Generators to identify, analyze, and resolve equipment and system problems
Interface with management teams, project teams, and other disciplines within the engineering group to solve complex tasks
Support the plants with planning and implementation of maintenance outages
Focus on maintaining or improving equipment condition and performance, being cognizant of available techniques and practices. Identify and assist in resolution of emergent equipment issues
Coordinate with vendors as applicable, for related products and services
Prepare and maintain necessary technical documentation and operating and performance history records
Assist plant maintenance and operations with troubleshooting activities during planned or forced outage events
Assist in the work on smaller engineering projects or well-defined areas of larger projects
Use existing procedures to investigate, evaluate and assist in producing technically correct and cost-effective designs or recommendations that solve ongoing problems
Build relationships that will facilitate knowledge transfer, cross functional knowledge of related work groups, and ability to present work products effectively
Gather and correlate basic engineering data using well defined engineering procedures, which may include routine and diagnostic testing of components and systems, and engineering studies
Assist in a variety of topics including developing innovative procedures, improved design recommendations or new or better equipment purchase recommendations
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in engineering, engineering technology, or other related science discipline from a college or university accredited by ABET, or recognized by ABET as substantially equivalent
Minimum 5 years' related engineering experience
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, engineering technology, or other related science discipline from a college or university accredited by ABET, or recognized by ABET as substantially equivalent
Minimum 10 years' experience, with recognized expertise in power plant engineering
Preferred
Experience in working with large rotating equipment (specifically turbines and generators)
Experience in working with steam turbines and combustion turbines
Experience with predictive maintenance technologies such as vibration analysis, thermography, and lubrication monitoring
Professional Engineer registration in Pennsylvania (for principal engineer position)
Benefits
Comprehensive health, dental, vision, prescription plans
Life insurance
Disability insurance
401(k) plan
Competitive vacation and sick time
Company
Talen Energy
Talen Energy operates as an energy and power generation and marketing company.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
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$6.74B2025-10-06Post Ipo Debt· $4.29B
2025-01-09Post Ipo Equity
2024-12-10Post Ipo Debt· $850M
Leadership Team
Mark McFarland
President and Chief Executive Officer
Cole Muller
Chief Financial Officer
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