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| Category: | Other |
| Job Type: | Permanent |
| Salary: | Competitive |
| Country: | United States |
| State/Province: | Tennessee |
| City: | Chattanooga |
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POSITION PURPOSE: Performs multi-discipline engineering work to optimize performance of plant equipment, apparatus, and facilities at all TVA Hydro plants. The incumbent is responsible for monitoring, analysis, evaluation, and investigation of plant systems, processes, and equipment. Initiates improvements to optimize achievement of plant, fleet, and/or Hydro system business plan objectives. Ensures that performance gaps and other problems at a particular location are investigated at other locations having similar equipment and systems. Ensures fleet or Hydro system-wide replication of solutions and standardization as appropriate. Performs studies to evaluate the effects of modifications, deterioration, deletions, and additions to major systems and equipment. Assists production units 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 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. May possess and use specialized knowledge and expertise in one or more areas of a discipline or plant systems. Supervision Received Independently performs assignments with instructions as to general results expected. Receives technical guidance on unusual or complex problems. Supervision may be provided by a higher level engineer or by the first-line manager. Skills and Proficiencies (May be job or organization specific) Sound knowledge of problem solving and all engineering disciplines; Hydro plant operations; Engineering economy; Full competence in root cause and maintenance processes; Leadership; Vibration; Fault tree project management; Communication and interpersonal skills; Weibull, etc.; Construction processes ELIGIBILITY FACTORS: A Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from an accredited engineering school. An engineering technology degree does not meet the degree requirement for this position. Full competence as a System Engineer as demonstrated by a minimum of 4 years' experience at the Engineer Level as a System Engineer or Discipline Engineer. Must have demonstrated proficiency in engineering as evidenced by completion of Engineering Graduate Progression Plan or equivalent post engineering graduate education and experience. License as a Professional Engineer is desirable (may be required in accordance with TVA Business Practice 15). 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: | 10/04/2011 |
| Application Deadline: | Oct 09, 2011 |