Electrical Controls Engineer

NRG is the leading integrated power company in the U.S., built on the strength of the nation's largest and most diverse competitive electric generation portfolio and leading retail electricity platform. A Fortune 200 company, NRG creates value through best in class operations, reliable and efficient electric generation, and a retail platform serving residential and commercial businesses.

- Provides electrical engineering expertise for transformers, generators, motors, relays, cables, etc. for Hunterstown Combined Cycle and Heritage Region CTs. - Provides control system and process instrumentation engineering expertise for transducers, programmable logic controllers, digital controls systems, relays, cables, etc. for Hunterstown Combined Cycle and Heritage Region CTs. - Serves as NERC Champion for Hunterstown Combined Cycle and Heritage Region CTs. This involves familiarization with current and future NERC Regulations applicable to the assigned facilities. Also, supports and documents the required compliance evidence into the NRG Energy NERC Compliance Databases. - Plans, coordinates and implements a number of smaller (generally less than $200,000) construction projects directly or by directing/working with project teams, other Company organizations and outside suppliers. - Independently or as a team member investigates fundamental problems in plant processes to initiate development of recommended solutions to provide the optimal safest, best environmental and economic solutions. - Serves as lead on conducting root cause failure analysis on electrical and instrumentation/control system equipment incidents and develops corrective action plans to address findings and suggest strategies to prevent similar failures in the future. - Provides/directs the development of reliable and cost effective conceptual engineering recommendations in response to plant maintenance, operational, safety and environmental needs, as assigned. - Implements the Company process to obtain authorization of funding for assigned projects, reporting and maintaining expenditures within budget. This responsibility includes becoming one of the Power SAM site experts and project evaluation coordinators. - Assures complete development of equipment specifications, bills of material, construction specifications, installation drawings, recommended spare parts, lists, and as-built drawings - Monitors critical outage, maintenance and construction activities for compliance to applicable codes and standards - Performs outside vendor audits, QA shop surveillance, and interface with authorized inspectors - Executes all aspects of the start-up and test function on new plant systems and revisions to existing systems - Conducts and/or coordinates engineering performance tests on plant equipment and makes recommendations, when necessary, to improve efficiency. - Provides technical, managerial and administrative functions on contracts with various contracted outside firms. Reviews all documents produced by outside consultants to assure conformance with Company policies and objectives, accepted standards, and appropriate engineering policies and procedures - Provides input to the five-year financial plans for both Operations & Maintenance and Capital in support of Hunterstown Combined Cycle and the Heritage Region CTs generating units - Supports the development and approval of projects and outages through the NRG Corporate Analysis and Commitment tools. - Ensures optimum utilization of employees, equipment and material through the coordination of work between the organizational groups. - Assumes other duties as assigned by General Manager of Hunterstown Combined Cycle and the Heritage Region CTs.

**Qualifications** - 4 Year Degree in Chemical, Electrical, or Instrumentation Engineering with 3-5 years experience working with process plant equipment. - Ability to provide direction to various operational and technical crafts - Strong planning capabilities and the skills to analyze and interpret data to make sound recommendations to the Engineering Group Leader and to Senior Management. - Strong customer focus (internally & externally) - Strong problem solving and organizational skills - Demonstrates initiative and adaptability - Willingness to work off-hours as business needs dictate - Possess a valid jurisdictional driver’s license - Internet experience - Strong organizational skills - Detail oriented - Effective verbal and written communication skills - Effective time and resource management skills - Ability to direct, motivate, and train and employees - OSIsoft PI Historian experience with PI ProcessBook and Excel is desired - Familiarity with Emerson Ovation Suite of Products, GE Fanuc Suite of Products, and Rockwell Product Suite is desirable. - Familiarity with IP networks and network communications is desirable. - SAP experience desired - MS Word, Excel, Outlook and Access experience required - AutoCAD experience helpful. **Other Essential Job Requirements** - Periodic travel to local plant locations within business unit - Occasional travel to Cannonsburg, PA and/or Houston, TX for regional meetings, forums and training opportunities **Behavioral Attributes** - Demonstrates NRG STRIVE Values, quick learner, shows initiative, strong planning, organizational and communication skills, ability to guide and develop a team, strong analytical skills.