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| Category: | Other |
| Job Ref: | 1000008308 |
| Job Type: | Permanent |
| Salary: | Competitive |
| Country: | United States |
| State/Province: | Tennessee |
| City: | Chattanooga |
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JOB SUMMARY This position performs the less difficult tasks of multi-discipline engineering work to optimize performance of fossil fuel quality control and fuel combustion plant equipment, apparatus, and facilities at all TVA fossil plants as well as the fossil fuel quality control systems at fossil fuel vendor locations. The incumbent is responsible for progressively more challenging duties in monitoring, analysis, evaluation, and investigation of fossil fuel quality control and fuel combustion plant systems, processes, and equipment. Initiates improvements to optimize achievement of plant, fleet, and/or fossil system business plan objectives. Helps ensure that performance gaps and other problems at a particular location are investigated at other locations having similar equipment and systems. Helps ensures fleet or fossil system wide replication of solutions and standardization as appropriate. Performs studies or parts of studies to evaluate the effects of modifications, deterioration , deletions, and additions to major systems and equipment. Gains experience in the use of a wide variety of analytical methods to solve problems and to predict future performance, using historical data and the results of process control system activities. Assists production units, yard operations and fossil fuel vendors in resolution of equipment and system problems as requested. May serve as project engineer for assigned projects of moderate scope or parts of major projects. As assigned, duties may include leading the project team, establishing and accomplishing valid requirements, monitoring all phases of project performance, approving project changes within approved limits, and conducting lessons learned reviews at project completion. MINIMUM ELIGIBILITY FACTORS - Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from an accredited engineering school - Successful completion of Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination desirable. In order to be considered for this position, candidate must graduate by December 2010 or have graduated in the last four years. TVA is an Equal Opportunity employer and complies with all applicable laws and regulations regarding equal employment opportunities. TVA gives hiring preference to qualified U.S. citizens and other protected individuals (green card holders, asylees, etc.) for all job vacancies. Between qualified U.S. citizens and other protected individuals, TVA gives hiring preference to equally qualified born or naturalized U.S. citizens. | |
| Post Date: | 08/03/2010 |
| Application Deadline: | Aug 04, 2010 |