Senior Mechanical Engineer — Power Plant Reliability Hybrid

TransAlta Corporation; Edmonton; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive plan

Long-term incentives

Company pension plan

Flexible health benefits

Job summary

TransAlta is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join our engineering team in a hybrid role based out of Edmonton area or Calgary. You will provide technical leadership for reliability and performance across generating stations, including maintenance planning, outage support, and equipment evaluation.

You will develop specifications, review bids, and oversee projects while embracing industry standards and safety. Travel to remote sites up to 30% may be required.

Qualifications

• Mechanical engineering degree and P.Eng. registration.
• 10+ years in thermal/gas-fired power or similar.
• Experience troubleshooting equipment and power station ops.
• Experience with change management, maintenance planning and outages.
• Experience preparing redlines, P&IDs, piping isometrics and specs.
• Experience engineering work scopes for plant mods incl. pressure equipment.
• Experience investigating failures and RCA studies.
• Experience interpreting condition monitoring data.
• Strong knowledge of gas/steam turbines, boilers, pressure equipment, piping.
• Self-starter, independent, strong problem-solving and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Develop maintenance plans and forecasts based on inspection results.
• Prepare long-term maintenance strategies and budgets for outages.
• Investigate and troubleshoot equipment issues for reliability.
• Lead mechanical or multi-discipline projects with cost analysis and tech solutions.
• Write procurement specs, obtain bids, select equipment/contractors.
• Supervise contractors to ensure scope, quality, cost, schedule.
• Apply standards and best practices while balancing cost and reliability.
• Conduct condition monitoring analyses (oil, vibration).
• Plan major maintenance activities including turnarounds and outages.
• Mentor engineers and promote HSE policies.
• Support other business areas as required.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Outages

Root Cause Analysis

Troubleshooting

Rotating equipment

Power generation

Field work

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

P.Eng. (Professional Engineer)

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

Job description

TransAlta is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join our engineering team in a hybrid role based out of Edmonton area or Calgary. You will provide technical leadership for reliability and performance across generating stations, including maintenance planning, outage support, and equipment evaluation.

You will develop specifications, review bids, and oversee projects while embracing industry standards and safety. Travel to remote sites up to 30% may be required.