[Hiring] Fleet Services Engineer @NAES

Role Description

The Fleet Services Engineer provides engineering and technical support across the Heritage Fleet to improve plant safety, reliability, efficiency, and performance. This position serves as a technical resource to plant management and personnel, analyzes equipment and performance issues, supports reliability initiatives, and manages capital and plant improvement projects.

This is a remote, home-based position when not traveling to support fleet assets. Approximately 35% travel is required to Heritage facilities across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Ohio for onsite engineering, troubleshooting, operational, and project support.

Your scope of responsibility as Fleet Services Engineer supporting the Heritage Fleet includes the following primary functions:

• Serve as a technical resource to plant management and personnel, supporting the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of equipment and systems.
• Collaborate with plant management and project stakeholders on operational, maintenance, and reliability strategies to improve equipment performance and long-term plant reliability.
• Monitor and analyze combustion turbines, steam turbines, HRSGs, boilers, balance-of-plant systems, and fleet performance to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
• Evaluate heat rate, efficiency, availability, capacity, and other performance data and recommend operational or technical improvements.
• Perform root cause analyses of equipment failures and develop corrective actions and long-term reliability solutions.
• Evaluate plant systems and designs and develop cost-effective engineering solutions to improve reliability, performance, and operating costs.
• Troubleshoot technical and operational issues across multiple facilities and provide engineering recommendations to support timely resolution.
• Serve as Project Manager for capital, reliability, and plant improvement projects, including developing scopes of work, contracts, schedules, budgets, and technical documentation.
• Manage assigned projects to established budgets, schedules, technical requirements, and contractual commitments while coordinating with plant personnel, contractors, vendors, and other stakeholders.
• Maintain engineering drawings, procedures, technical documentation, and plant records to ensure information remains current and accurate.
• Prepare technical and performance reports for plant owners, utilities, regulatory agencies, and other stakeholders.
• Support NAES Safety and Regulatory Compliance Programs and perform additional duties as assigned to support the Heritage Project and Fleet Engineering Department.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering required, preferably Mechanical or Electrical Engineering; relevant industry or military experience may be considered in lieu of education on a year-for-year basis.
• Power generation, industrial operations, maintenance, or engineering experience preferred, with knowledge of combustion turbines, steam turbines, HRSGs, boilers, and balance-of-plant systems.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, including experience performing root cause analyses and developing corrective and preventive actions to improve plant performance and reliability.
• Experience supporting or managing capital, reliability, or plant improvement projects, including schedules, budgets, and technical requirements.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, and Project, for technical analysis, reporting, and project documentation.
• Experience with performance monitoring and plant data systems such as EtaPro or OSI PI is highly desirable; familiarity with programming or data-processing tools such as Python, VBA, or HTML is a plus.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate across multiple facilities and communicate technical information effectively to varied audiences.
• Demonstrated commitment to safety, reliability, and continuous improvement in plant operations and engineering activities.
• Ability and willingness to travel approximately 35% to power generation facilities across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Ohio to support projects, outages, troubleshooting, and other plant needs.
• Must possess a valid, unrestricted U.S. driver’s license and ensure it remains in good standing at all times.

Requirements

• Approximately 35% travel is required to Heritage facilities across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Ohio.
• Work is primarily performed in a home office or plant office environment and involves extensive computer use, prolonged periods of sitting, and frequent virtual communication with internal teams and external stakeholders.
• Physical requirements include the ability to reach, climb, walk, and stoop throughout the workday, as well as stand for extended periods, climb stairs and ladders, and routinely lift up to 50 pounds.
• Protective equipment, such as hard hats, safety glasses, air masks, ear protection, chemical suits, hot gloves, and high-voltage protective gear, must be worn for certain duties.
• All employees will participate in the Fitness for Duty Program, which includes a post-offer physical examination and drug screening and post-employment random drug screening.
• The Fleet Services Engineer typically works a Monday through Friday day shift schedule, with extended hours, weekends, holidays, or schedule flexibility required as needed to support outages, projects, equipment issues, and other plant or business needs.

Benefits

• This position offers an annual base salary ranging from $100,000 to $120,000 and includes eligibility for an annual performance bonus.