High Energy Piping Program Engineer (Senior Level) Job In Raleigh North Carolina

This position is responsible for conducting, maintaining and improving the High Energy Piping Program for the Power Operations Group Generation Fleet. This program is an inspection and assessment program with the purpose of identifying welds and piping components susceptible to failure by creep fatigue and flow accelerated corrosion damage. Identifying these failure mechanisms and the components most vulnerable to failure will help to insure the safety and continued operation of Progress Energy’s plants. The HEP Program consists of both the Remaining Life Analysis (RLA) of the main steam and hot reheat piping systems and the analysis of Flow Accelerated Corrosion (FAC) in the feedwater, condensate, and heater drains systems. This position is responsible for ensuring the safe, effective, quality focused implementation of this program.

Specific Responsibilities
• Promote a comprehensive program that assesses the potential of HEP failures and the risk they pose to the safety of personnel and the reliability of the plants. Also provide guidance as to methods and procedures that can be utilized to minimize or eliminate these risks.
• On an ongoing basis, evaluate the program scope, methods and overall approach with the intent of continually improving the program based on program findings and industry developments.
• Develop long range planning and inspection schedules and budgets for the HEP Program and identify potential reliability/safety issues.
• Plan, coordinate, and conduct HEP Program examination activities at the plants.
o Coordinate among insulators, scaffolding, NDE, HEP Program, plant personnel and others as required to complete work on schedule and on budget
o Document findings and maintain historical database with current and past HEP findings.
o Provide reports to plants and others as needed to communicate program findings and corrective actions.
• Conduct engineering analysis of HEP Program data to determine estimated remaining life and recommended course of action when indications are found. Provide engineering support as required for component replacements.
• Maintain awareness of HEP failures within the industry, assess the potential for such failures to occur within the company's generation fleet, and integrate appropriate actions into the program.

Additionally, this position performs assessments of boiler and piping system components using finite element methods; and performs turbine/generator rotor boresonic analysis.

The successful candidate must possess the following core skills: excellent communications skills (written, verbal and presentation); flexibility (situational and technical); achievement of exceptional results in a safe, efficient and effective manner (high performance); business orientation (understands the priorities of our business and how to achieve results); strategic thinking and problem solving with proven technical abilities; intensity and urgency (driven to achieve results quickly by recognizing and acting on opportunities); and a positive, energetic attitude and approach to problem solving.

Direct experience in technical areas of responsibility.

Bachelor's degree in engineering (not engineering technology program) from an ABET accredited program or a current PE license is required. An international engineering degree will be considered. A Master's degree in engineering will be considered in lieu of the B.S. engineering degree. 5-8 years engineering experience

Competitive benefits and compensation

At Progress Energy, we recognize that our employees are our greatest asset. The strength of our company depends upon a high-performing, diverse workforce. Therefore, we regularly compare our compensation and benefit packages with those of leading companies in the Southeast to ensure that we are attracting and retaining the best people for our business. We are dedicated to pay for performance and competitive market-based compensation.

Our benefits include: Health, dental and vision coverage; wellness programs; 401(k) and other retirement programs; Life and disability coverage; Flexible and alternate work schedules; Employee rewards and recognition.

Progress Energy (NYSE: PGN), headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., is a Fortune 500 energy company with more than 21,000 megawatts of generation capacity and $9 billion in annual revenues. Progress Energy includes two major electric utilities that serve approximately 3.1 million customers in the Carolinas and Florida. The company has earned the Edison Electric Institute's Edison Award, the industry's highest honor, in recognition of its operational excellence, and was the first utility to receive the prestigious J.D. Power and Associates Founder's Award for customer service. The company is pursuing a balanced strategy for a secure energy future, which includes aggressive energy-efficiency programs, investments in renewable energy technologies and a state-of-the-art electricity system. Progress Energy celebrated a century of service in 2008. Visit the company's Web site at www.progress-energy.com.