Senior Mechanical Engineer - Mechanical System Owner

dukeenergy; Crystal River (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Duke Energy is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to serve as the primary Mechanical System Owner and technical authority for assigned plant assets at Citrus Combined Cycle Station. The role supports safe, reliable, and cost-effective operation through reliability and lifecycle planning, outages, and capital projects.

You will lead engineering decisions, coordinate with Operations, Maintenance, and OEMs, and ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements while

Qualifications

• BA/BS in Engineering from ABET-accredited program; PE preferred.
• Minimum 6 years engineering experience or 5 years with PE.
• Master's degree may substitute B.S. in Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Own mechanical systems and equipment with accountability for condition, performance and lifecycle planning.
• Monitor system health via data, trends, inspections, and evaluations.
• Lead outages, root-cause analyses, corrective actions, and reliability improvements.

Skills

Project management

Root cause analysis

Technical communication

Engineering analysis

Equipment reliability

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering (ABET-accredited)

Professional Engineer (PE)

Master's degree in Engineering

Tools

Maximo

PowerPlan

PI Vision

Microsoft Office

ACT

Job description

Important Application Submission Information In order to ensure your application is successfully received before the job posting expires, please submit your application by 11:59 PM on Saturday, October 17, 2026

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Job Summary

The Senior Mechanical Engineer serves as the primary Mechanical System Owner and technical authority for assigned plant assets at Citrus Combined Cycle Station. The position supports safe, reliable, environmentally compliant, and cost-effective operation through equipment reliability, lifecycle planning, outage support, troubleshooting, risk management, and project execution.

Responsibilities

• Serve as system owner for assigned mechanical systems and equipment, with accountability for condition, performance, reliability, maintenance strategy, and long-range planning.
• Monitor system health through operating data, PI trends, predictive maintenance results, inspections, equipment history, and engineering evaluations.
• Provide daily and emergent technical support; lead equipment failure reviews, root cause analyses, corrective actions, and resolution of complex operating or reliability issues.
• Develop maintenance, replacement, upgrade, OEM, obsolescence, and spare-parts strategies; work with Operations and Maintenance to establish priorities.
• Provide engineering leadership for planned and forced outages, including scopes, inspections, repair decisions, contractor coordination, technical evaluations, and post-outage follow-up.
• Identify, justify, develop, and manage capital and O&M projects, including business cases, estimates, schedules, specifications, procurement support, execution, commissioning, and closeout.
• Maintain configuration control for drawings, calculations, technical records, and equipment data; support work management and asset information in Maximo.
• Support plant health, asset risk, annual budgeting, capital forecasting, and PowerPlan portfolio development.
• Coordinate with Operations, Maintenance, Planning, Projects, OEMs, contractors, safety and environmental specialists, and internal subject matter experts.
• Ensure compliance with applicable safety, environmental, regulatory, corporate, and industry requirements; share lessons learned and provide technical guidance and training.

Basic/Required Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering from an ABET accredited program or PE
• Minimum of 6 years of engineering experience or 5 years of engineering experience with state registration as a Professional Engineer.
• A Master's degree in Engineering will be considered in lieu of the B.S. Engineering degree

Desired Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering and combined-cycle power plant operations, maintenance, outage, or project experience.
• Knowledge of combustion turbines, steam turbines, HRSGs, steam and condensate systems, pumps, cooling water systems, rotating equipment, valves, pressure parts, and mechanical integrity programs.
• Experience with ASME codes, HRSG inspection and repair, flow-accelerated corrosion, corrosion under insulation, high-energy piping, technical specifications, contracts, budgeting, and project management.
• Experience with Maximo, PowerPlan, PI Vision, Microsoft Office, and ACT

Additional Preferred Qualifications

• Proficient in engineering theories and principles
• Proficient in practices of researching engineering and design issues, evaluating alternatives, making sound recommendations, and preparing and presenting recommendations,
• Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication skills
• Proficient in principles of project management
• Registered Professional Engineer (PE)
• Experience in the utility industry

Working Conditions

• Onsite Mobility Classification – Work will be performed at a company facility. On-site employees are also required to live within a reasonable daily commute to their assigned work location, not greater than 50 miles one way.
• Primarily onsite at Citrus Combined Cycle Station, including work in operating plant and outage environments.
• After-hours, weekend, outage, emergent support, and station duty-call participation may be required.

Specific Requirements

• Valid driver's license

Travel Requirements

5-15%

Relocation Assistance Provided (as applicable)

Yes

Represented/Union Position

No

Visa Sponsored Position

No. This is not a Visa Sponsored Position. This role requires the ability to work lawfully in the U.S. without employment-based immigration sponsorship, now or in the future.

Please note that in order to be considered for this position, you must possess all of the basic/required qualifications.