Principal Technical Leader, Gas Turbines

EPRI; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 165,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401k

Paid Time Off

Job summary

EPRI is seeking a Principal Technical Leader for Gas Turbines to lead high-impact technical activities, guide junior staff, and coordinate with stakeholders on maintenance and reliability across power plants. The role emphasizes independent work, advanced technical problem solving, and clear communication of results.

The position offers a competitive salary and enrollment in standard employee benefits, with potential incentive opportunities based on performance and market factors.

Qualifications

• Gas turbine technical expert with hands-on power plant experience.
• Strong in outage planning and execution, inspection, maintenance.
• Ability to communicate complex technical information clearly to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead highly specialized technical objectives with minimal supervision.
• Provide guidance to junior staff and senior engineers on projects.
• Coordinate with plant personnel, OEMs, and service providers on maintenance and reliability.

Skills

Outage management

Gas turbine experience

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical field

Job description

Job Title

Principal Technical Leader, Gas Turbines

Location

California Home Office, EPRI Charlotte Office, North Carolina Home Office

Job Summary And Description

Conducts research in complex, high impact technical or scientific fields.

Key Responsibilities and Requirements:

• Works independently on technical activities without direct supervision.
• Demonstrates responsibility for highly specialized technical objectives or problems where the relationships between cause and effect are difficult to establish and little or no precedence exists, and the use of creative and imaginative thinking is required.
• Assumes responsibility for highly specialized technical objectives or problems where the relationships between cause and effect are difficult to establish and little or no precedence exists, and the use of creative and imaginative thinking is required.
• Maintains familiarity with the progress and problems in assigned technical areas and support identification of gaps.
• Provides high-level engineering efforts to support requirements in development and design and provides guidance to junior staff.
• Provides input into configuration management and documentation for engineer related projects.
• Acts as technical specialist for projects or project tasks.
• Has established relationships with primary advisors to a research area.
• Works alongside EPRI sales staff in Member Services and EPRI International to support member/client needs.
• Effectively communicates complex strategies and results, expressing thoughts clearly and concisely both verbally and in writing, to subject matter experts, program members and advisors.
• Adjusts communication content and format to capture attention and meet the needs of the intended audience through guidelines, reports, meetings, webcasts, workshops and conferences.
• Regularly communicates and coordinates work activities across programs and sectors.
• May provide oversight of a project team to assure technical and financial milestones are met.
• Organizes the external and interdepartmental activities ensuring completion of the project/product on schedule and within budget.
• Leads the planning and execution of complex project work within the technical department to meet member/client objectives; prepares and presents research reports.
• Significant customer interface component with ability to lead research programs.
• Manages medium level projects.
• Influences project teams in the engineering aspects of the technical work.
• Regularly interfacing and coordinating with national and international technical networks (e.g, manufacturers, consultants, academia and research organizations).
• Leads proposal efforts and new promotional work.
• Develops research or services opportunities of value to EPRI members that fit EPRI’s mission and capabilities. This will include solving customer problems, producing insights and information vital to the members, and delivering information in a manner that members and customers can and will apply.
• Continues to provide guidance and mentorship to junior staff.
• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in a technical field or equivalent experience required.

Additional Job Information

We are seeking a gas turbine technical expert with deep technical knowledge and substantial hands-on power plant experience, particularly in outage management and maintenance. This role will provide technical guidance on outage planning and execution, inspection and repair strategies, troubleshooting, and equipment reliability. The ideal candidate brings practical experience with gas turbine major inspections and overhauls, component condition assessment, maintenance scope development, and coordination with plant personnel, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and service providers. A strong understanding of overall plant operations, auxiliary systems, and the interaction between maintenance decisions, plant availability, performance, and lifecycle cost is essential, along with the ability to translate complex technical issues into clear, actionable recommendations. The ideal candidate will excel at communicating complex technical information through clear, compelling writing, visually engaging presentation slides, and confident, effective verbal communication.

The salary range for this position is $165,000 USD to $185,000 USD annually.

This salary range is an estimate, and the actual salary may vary based on various factors, including without limitation applicant's education, experience, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data. The salary may also be adjusted based on applicant's geographic location.

This role is eligible to participate in EPRI’s annual incentive program. The amount of incentive varies and is subject to the terms and conditions of the plan.

This role is eligible to participate in EPRI’s standard employee benefit programs, which currently include the following: medical, dental, vision, 401k, STD/LTD and paid family leave, life and accident insurance, paid time off (flexible vacation, sick leave, and holiday pay).

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EPRI is an equal opportunity employer. EEO/AA/M/F/VETS/Disabled

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