As an NRG employee, we encourage you to take charge of your career and development journey. We invite you to explore exciting opportunities across our businesses. You’ll find that our dynamic work environment provides variety and challenge. Your growth is key to our ongoing success—take the lead in shaping your career development, goals and future! Job Summary: Direct and manage the engineering activities (mainly through consulting A/E firms) for major utility-scale generation projects (including conventional, Energy Storage and renewable generation), major environmental control projects, and plant improvement projects. Provide expertise to support development and conceptual design of NRG generation projects including development of project scoping specifications, site due diligence support and layouts, EPC contracting technical interface, as well as managing fuel, water, wastewater and electrical interconnection scoping/contracting support. Essential Duties/Responsibilities: <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;Times New Roman', serif">Directs preliminary project engineering that feeds schedule & cost estimate development for major utility power plant projects or major plant upgrade projects complying with NRG’s Project Manual. The detailed design and execution work is mainly performed by 3rd party consulting Architect/Engineering firms under NRG guidance.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;Times New Roman', serif">Develops overall project plan to meet the project objectives, schedule and budget.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;Times New Roman', serif">Manages the consulting A/E firm multi discipline team to perform appropriate level of engineering activities to develop an investment grade project estimate for presentation to NRG Sr. Management & Board of Directors for project approval.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;Times New Roman', serif">Engages internal NRG resources in a team environment to support the project engineering activities including project controls, environmental, supply chain, operations groups.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;Times New Roman', serif">Supports and resolves project technical issues that arise during execution/construction phase of the project.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;Times New Roman', serif">Prepare project status reports to communicate to E&C senior management overall progress of the project and identify major issues and mitigation/recovery plan.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;Times New Roman', serif">Technical resources to other NRG project managers to support and resolve project mechanical/electrical issues.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;Times New Roman', serif">Manages and coordinates project interconnections for high voltage interconnection, fuel supply, water supply and wastewater discharge in accordance with interconnecting utilities technical requirements or regulations. </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;Times New Roman', serif">Mentor developing staff members such that development and maturation is defined and visible</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;Times New Roman', serif">Support VP-Engineering, VP-Generation Project Construction, and VP-Environmental Compliance and Plant Improvement Projects in scoping and planning new EPC projects</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;Times New Roman', serif">Applicants with electrical engineering degrees are expected to provide plant electrical and interconnection equipment sizing guidance such as transformers & breakers and ensuring equipment characteristics support Transmission Owner and NRG technical requirements.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;Times New Roman', serif">Applicants with mechanical or other engineering degrees are expected to be subject matter experts in their specific discipline supporting plant conceptual designs and equipment sizing. </li> </ul> Minimum Requirements: <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;Times New Roman', serif">Bachelor of Science in Electrical, Mechanical or related Engineering discipline from an accredited institution. </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;Times New Roman', serif">10 years of practical utility scale major projects or related heavy industrial industries experience (> $50M).</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;Times New Roman', serif">Valid State Driver’s License</li> </ul> Preferred Qualifications: <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;Times New Roman', serif">Master of Business Administration, Professional Engineer’s license, and/or Project Management certification is a plus.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;Times New Roman', serif">Knowledge of power plant systems, codes and standards and environmental regulations is preferred.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;Times New Roman', serif">Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills to effectively build relationships and communicate with a broad spectrum of individuals at all organizational levels.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;Times New Roman', serif">AutoCad or similar design software capability is a plus</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;Times New Roman', serif">Strong analytical skills and detail orientated. </li> </ul> Working Conditions: <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;Times New Roman', serif">Normal office/plant and/or construction site environment, including working at heights, high/low ambient temperatures and high/low humidity at project/plant work locations.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;Times New Roman', serif">Requires standing, sitting, walking, kneeling, twisting, climbing stairs and ladders, and entering plant equipment to access, inspect or collect data on plant equipment.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;Times New Roman', serif">Work overtime and non-standard working hours as required.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;Times New Roman', serif">Job requires operation of a motor vehicle.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;Times New Roman', serif">Requires compliance with corporate safety program, including wearing personnel protection equipment such as safety glasses, appropriate footwear, clothing, hardhat, earplugs, etc. at plants and project sites. May be required to work around energized and rotating equipment, hazardous materials and chemicals.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;Times New Roman', serif">Requires occasional overnight travel from permanent work location. On occasion may require international travel</li> </ul>NRG Energy is committed to a drug and alcohol-free workplace. To the extent permitted by law and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, employees are subject to periodic random drug testing, and post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability. Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience or skills. Official description on file with Talent.

Project Engineering Manager (Houston, TX, US, 77010) @ NRG

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