Operations Engineer I — Field & Project Ops (Energy)

Socket.dev; Blue River Township (IN); On-site; USD 95,000 - 119,000; Full time

Job summary

New York Power Authority (NYPA) seeks a lead engineer to guide research, design, and development activities, ensuring quality, cost, safety, reliability, timeliness, and performance across engineering tasks. Applies industry standards to solve project, operational, or regulatory objectives and reviews engineering documents.

Approximately 25% travel within New York State is required. The role includes supervising maintenance staff and contractors, coordinating cross-disciplinary work, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science Degree in an Engineering discipline or equivalent, from an accredited college or university.
• Minimum of five (5) years of related work experience.
• New York State Engineer in Training certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide lead engineer function in support of a limited range of design modification projects, equipment applications and failure research, engineering studies, and operations and maintenance activities & practices.
• Perform field visits to complete field inspections, condition assessments, and equipment evaluations and develop basic technical recommendations
• Perform emergency response, including outside of normal business hours.
• Independently coordinate cross disciplinary activities for the successful development and execution of projects and/or O&M activities.
• Select and apply all applicable codes, standards, and procedures to work tasks appropriately.

Skills

Engineering knowledge

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Project coordination

Microsoft Office

Prioritization

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

5+ years experience

NYS Engineer in Training

Job description

New York Power Authority (NYPA) seeks a lead engineer to guide research, design, and development activities, ensuring quality, cost, safety, reliability, timeliness, and performance across engineering tasks. Applies industry standards to solve project, operational, or regulatory objectives and reviews engineering documents.

Approximately 25% travel within New York State is required. The role includes supervising maintenance staff and contractors, coordinating cross-disciplinary work, and