Facilities Engineer

bp; Sandston (VA); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

401K program

Quarterly momentum bonus

Health, vision, and dental insurance

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

Job summary

bp is hiring a Facilities Engineer to support existing power generating plants operated by Archaea Energy, a bp company. The role entails partnering with Power Operations and Maintenance to optimize production, analyze data, and drive safety and environmental compliance across multiple sites.

You will develop and review procedures, support MOC processes including risk assessments, and collaborate with engineering teams and third parties on system modifications to improve runtime and KPI

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum 3 years in relevant engineering roles.
• Knowledge of thermodynamics, fluid flow, heat transfer, and thermal systems.

Responsibilities

• Support design and modification of power generation systems and retrofits.
• Collaborate with operations, maintenance and contractors to develop work packages.
• Review engineering submittals and ensure safety, maintainability, and reliability.

Skills

Thermodynamics

Fluid flow

Heat transfer

Mechanical design

PFDs & P&IDs

Root cause analysis

Gas handling equipment knowledge

Travel domestically

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

PDM

Job description

About Archaea

bp is committed to investing in lower carbon energy so we can meet our ambition to reach net zero by 2050. And while we’re still mostly in oil and gas today, bioenergy is one of our five transition growth engines and a key focus to help us support the global energy transition.

Job Family Group

Engineering Group

Job Description

bp is committed to investing in lower carbon energy so we can meet our ambition to reach net zero by 2050. And while we’re still mostly in oil and gas today, bioenergy is one of our five transition growth engines and a key focus to help us support the global energy transition. Archaea Energy, a bp company, is a leader in landfill gas to energy and the largest renewable natural gas (RNG) producer in the US. With big ambitions, we specialize in the development, construction and operation of RNG, landfill-gas-to-electric and dairy digester facilities. The team operates around 50 sites in 32 states with a robust development pipeline.

About The Role

The Facilities Engineer will be responsible for providing engineering support to existing power generating plants at Archaea. This role requires working closely with Archaea’s Power Operations and Maintenance teams. Support will include evaluating production, maintenance, and financial data to uncover and develop opportunities to optimize and improve activities that support power generation. Support troubleshooting efforts requiring engineering participation. Support safety and environmental compliance teams as well as facilitate and support upgrade projects.

This role will require collaboration with operating, maintenance, and contractor personnel to achieve runtime and power generation key performance indicators (KPI's). This role will also require collaboration with in-house engineering teams and third party engineering contractors and consultants to develop work packages for system modifications.

Key Accountabilities

• Support the continuing improvement of power generating systems including existing system retrofits.
• Create design basis for industrial piping, pumps, actuated valves, compressors, blowers, heat exchangers, other process equipment, and associated instrumentation.
• Work directly with third party engineering firms for engineering deliverables that are not internally generated and review and approve engineering submittals generated by third parties.
• Ensure changes in designs and processes have safety, maintainability, and reliability as the top importance.
• Create and submit management of change (MOC) requests that loop in key stakeholders and that manage, mitigate, and document risks associated with modifications and upgrades.
• As part of the MOC process, select the right level of risk assessment for changes, from a Hazard Checklist up to and including a HAZOP.
• Provide engineering input and/or develop as required the operating, maintenance, commissioning, and start-up procedures and strategies.
• Initiate and/or facilitate improvement projects through start-up and commissioning.
• Maintain site engineering drawings and documents following a document control process.
• Provide technical support for operation and maintenance personnel in support of Archaea’s power generation facilities.

Essential Education

Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) in Mechanical engineering or an equivalent related field of study.

Essential Experience

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in relevant engineering roles.
• Knowledge and understanding of thermodynamics, fluid flow , heat transfer principles, thermal systems, mechanical design, and understanding of basic electrical and control concepts.
• Demonstrable experience in structured root cause failure analysis and problem solving methods.
• Demonstrable experience with engineering standards and practices for operating facilities (e.g. ASME, NFPA, API).
• Demonstrable experience with ISA symbols and interpreting/developing PFDs and P&IDs.
• Demonstrable experience reading and interpreting plant layout, piping, mechanical drawings.
• Demonstrable experience with designing & executing system modifications and/or overseeing complex repair scopes.
• Willing to travel domestically and work in operating plant sites.

Desirable criteria

• Professional Engineering (PE) license.
• Minimum of 6 years of experience in relevant engineering roles.
• Demonstrable experience and technical understanding of engineering, maintenance, and operation of gas handling equipment including control integration of that equipment.
• Demonstrable experience interpreting electrical single lines and electrical control schematics.
• Demonstrable experience in power generation especially LFGTE.
• Demonstrable experience with biogas facilities.
• Demonstrable proficiency in SolidWorks & PDM.
• Demonstrable experience with developing functional narratives / functional control descriptions.
• Fundamental understanding of welding and other general fabrication methods.
• Gas processing/treating, gas compression equipment, gas/water separation, waste gas flare systems.
• Knowledge and understanding of internal combustion engines such as fuel gas and fuel liquid systems, turbochargers, lubrication systems, exhaust systems, crankcase ventilation.

Why join us?

Delivering a better and more balanced energy system requires many different approaches and solutions. All of us have a part to play. We aim to support our people to learn and grow in an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly. So, if you have the right skills, commitment and courage to help us invest in today’s energy system and build out tomorrow’s.

How much do we pay? $95,000 - $135,000. *Note that the pay range listed for this position is a genuinely expected and reasonable estimate of the range of possible base compensation at the time of posting.

This position offers paid vacation depending on your years of relevant industry experience and will range from 120 – 240 hours of vacation per year for full times employees (60 - 240 hours of vacation per year for part time employees). You will also be eligible for 9 paid holidays per year and 2 personal choice holidays. You may learn more about how we calculate paid vacation and view our generous vacation and holiday schedules at benefits@bp. Bp has a parental leave policy as well, which offers up to 8 weeks’ paid leave for the birth or adoption of a child. Learn more at benefits@bp.

Join Our Industry-leading Team And You’ll Receive a Reward And Wellbeing Package To Enable Your Work To Fit With Your Life. These Include, But Are Not Limited To

• Discretionary Annual Bonus Program
• 401K Program
• Quarterly Momentum Bonus
• Health, Vision, And Dental Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Short-Term Disability
• Long-Term Disability

But above all? You’ll play a key part in helping bp deliver our ambition – to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner and help the world get to net zero.

Travel Requirement

Some travel may be required with this role, this is negotiable

Relocation Assistance

This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

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