Senior Mechanical Engineer, CT Fleet — Outage & Reliability Lead

Oglethorpe Power Corporation

Georgia

On-site

USD 128,000 - 160,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Job summary

Oglethorpe Power Corporation is seeking a Mechanical Engineer or Senior Mechanical Engineer to support the CT Fleet and major maintenance work at the Talbot Energy Facility in Columbus, Georgia. This role involves hands-on work in an operating plant, with focus on reliability, outage execution, and leadership collaboration with maintenance teams and vendors.

Ideal candidates have 5–10+ years (Engineers) or 10+ years (Senior) in power generation, with experience in outage planning, major

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering from an ABET-accredited institution.
Power plant experience is strongly preferred.
EIT certification or PE license is preferred.

Responsibilities

Support mechanical reliability, condition assessment, troubleshooting, and preventive/predictive maintenance for combined-cycle generation assets.
Plan and support mechanical minor outage scope, including field execution, contractor coordination, issue resolution, and follow-through.
Provide engineering support for major maintenance activities, capital projects, drawing and specification reviews, and construction acceptance activities.
Partner with plant leadership on maintenance planning, lifecycle strategies, budgets, performance analysis, and reliability improvement initiatives.
Support integration of new assets into long-term maintenance and reliability programs.
Provide outage-season support, including spring outage coverage, and assist other Oglethorpe Power generation assets as business needs arise.