Senior Mechanical Engineer – Remote Power Plant

Onward Energy; Denver (NC); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Onward Energy seeks a Senior Mechanical Engineer to lead major maintenance and facility enhancement projects across a diverse fleet. You will oversee predictive maintenance, inspections, and testing, and collaborate with stakeholders to justify cost‑benefit analyses.

The role emphasizes root cause analysis, outage management, and coordination with OEMs and suppliers to improve reliability and efficiency. Strong communication and cross‑functional teamwork are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline from an accredited college or university, or equivalent experience.
• 8 years of experience preferred in power plant maintenance engineering, controls engineering, design engineering, or services engineering for thermal power plants.
• Experience with fluid system design and specification, vibration dynamics, material failure analysis, thermodynamics, or logic programming preferred.
• Experience with aeroderivative and frame combustion turbines, steam turbines, distributed control systems, and heat recovery steam generators is desired.
• Experience with equipment overhauls and outage management is desired.
• Experience with OSISoft PI is preferred.
• Knowledge of EHS related regulations and comprehensive safety programs is preferred.
• Keen multi‑tasking capabilities, flexibility, and organizational skills; attention to detail.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong, creative problem solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to work well both independently and as part of a cross‑functional team.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering oversight of major maintenance and process enhancement projects, predictive maintenance monitoring, outage management, equipment inspections, and specialized testing.
• Conceptualize design and provide engineering to help justify cost/benefit analysis for facility enhancement projects.
• Support and work with all stakeholders to develop actionable intel to resolve operational issues, design enhancements, and maintenance projects.
• Develop condition‑based maintenance initiatives that maximize reliability and availability of the fleet.
• Provide engineering support for root cause analysis (RCA) of forced outage or equipment failure events.
• Project manage consultants providing services to the facilities and ensure technical obligations and performance requirements meet corporate objectives.
• Grow relationships with facility teams, OEMs, key equipment suppliers, and corporate management.
• Attend conferences to maintain comprehensive knowledge of industry and equipment developments.

Skills

Power plant maintenance

Vibration dynamics

Thermodynamics

Logic programming

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

Tools

OSISoft PI

Distributed control systems

Job description

Onward Energy seeks a Senior Mechanical Engineer to lead major maintenance and facility enhancement projects across a diverse fleet. You will oversee predictive maintenance, inspections, and testing, and collaborate with stakeholders to justify cost‑benefit analyses.

The role emphasizes root cause analysis, outage management, and coordination with OEMs and suppliers to improve reliability and efficiency. Strong communication and cross‑functional teamwork are essential for success.