Lead Project Engineer - Power Plant Ops

Stryker Corporation; Center (ND); On-site; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

Minnkota Power Cooperative is seeking a Project Engineering Supervisor for the Milton R. Young Station near Center, ND.

You will lead the engineering and project staff, oversee capital and O&M projects, and coordinate outages while ensuring safe, reliable plant operations. The role requires a BS in Engineering from an ABET-accredited university, EIT certification, and extensive experience in power plant project planning and operations.

Qualifications

• BS in Engineering from ABET‑accredited university.
• EIT certification or equivalent.
• Minimum five years of progressively more responsible technical and administrative experience in project planning, and operation and maintenance of a steam electric generating plant.
• Minimum fifteen years of progressively more responsible power plant operations, maintenance, engineering support, or project management experience without a BS in Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and daily oversight of project and engineering services personnel in the engineering department.
• Oversee capital projects, O&M projects and outage planning for the station.
• Review plant systems to improve efficiency, reliability, availability and load factor.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to identify capital, O&M and outage projects and assign management responsibilities to staff.
• Manage station improvement projects and report on project activities.
• Identify technical and operational training needs and initiate actions on capital and O&M projects.
• Conduct comprehensive studies of plant to identify areas for improvement.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Budgeting

Stakeholder coordination

Team supervision

Education

ABET‑accredited BS in Engineering

EIT certification

Job description

Minnkota Power Cooperative is seeking a Project Engineering Supervisor for the Milton R. Young Station near Center, ND.

You will lead the engineering and project staff, oversee capital and O&M projects, and coordinate outages while ensuring safe, reliable plant operations. The role requires a BS in Engineering from an ABET-accredited university, EIT certification, and extensive experience in power plant project planning and operations.