Plant Engineer - Reliability & Outage Expert

CAMS - Texas; MIDDLETOWN (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Long-term disability

Short-term disability

Life insurance

401k

FSA for medical and childcare

Employee referral program

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Middletown Energy Center is seeking a Plant Engineer to provide technical leadership and engineering support for the safe, reliable, and cost-effective operation of the Middletown Energy Center. You will collaborate with operations, maintenance, contractors, and corporate teams to optimize performance and availability.

The role includes outage planning, reliability initiatives, capital projects, and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 5–10 years of power generation operations, maintenance, engineering, or related industrial environments.
• Strong knowledge of combined cycle power plant systems (gas turbines, steam turbines, HRSGs, generators, BOP, instrumentation, controls).
• Demonstrated troubleshooting, analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced operational environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on engineering support for all combined cycle plant systems, equipment, and processes.
• Troubleshoot equipment and system issues, supporting root cause analyses for outages and performance deviations.
• Monitor and analyze plant performance, heat rate, and reliability metrics for optimization opportunities.
• Maintain accurate technical drawings, engineering files, and documentation.
• Engineer, evaluate, justify, and implement plant modifications, upgrades, and reliability initiatives.
• Support outage planning and execution, including scope development and schedule coordination.
• Develop scopes of work, technical specs, and bid packages for maintenance and outages.
• Support reliability programs (MOC, RCA) with proper documentation and corrective actions.
• Assist in development and optimization of maintenance strategies within the CMMS.
• Support capital project development, budgeting, execution, and cost tracking.
• Coordinate and oversee contractors, consultants, and vendors on site.
• Ensure NERC compliance at plant level and support safety, environmental standards.
• Promote safety culture and ensure adherence to policies.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Analytical skills

Project coordination

Communication skills

Multitasking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

Maximo

Excel

SCADA

Job description

Middletown Energy Center is seeking a Plant Engineer to provide technical leadership and engineering support for the safe, reliable, and cost-effective operation of the Middletown Energy Center. You will collaborate with operations, maintenance, contractors, and corporate teams to optimize performance and availability.

The role includes outage planning, reliability initiatives, capital projects, and regulatory compliance.