Senior Mechanisch Installatie-ingenieur

Job Description

Become an Mechanical Senior Plant Engineer at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job you'll play a critical role in supporting the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of our hydroelectric facilities. You'll partner with internal teams and external subject matter experts to deliver timely technical support, engineering analyses, and data-driven recommendations that enhance plant performance and availability. You'll lead and support failure investigations and root-cause analyses, leveraging forced outage data and performance trends to identify opportunities for continuous improvement. As a trusted engineering partner to operations, you'll proactively monitor system reliability, address performance challenges, and help shape maintenance and operational strategies that optimize asset health and long-term reliability.

This is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact by applying your technical expertise to strengthen critical infrastructure that powers our communities and supports California's clean energy future. As a Mechanical Senior Plant Engineer, your work will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions and create cleaner air for everyone. Are you ready to take on the challenge to help us build the future?

Responsibilities

• Oversees engineers performing diagnostics, monitoring and inspecting equipment, and reviewing grid technologies, building relationships to facilitate cross-functional knowledge transfer of related work groups.
• Leads the preparation of technical reports, presentations, and other documentation to communicate project status, findings, and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Collaborates and leads with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless development, integration and implementation of future technologies and asset performance management strategies.
• Assists in a variety of engineering and business initiatives and grid strategies, including development of innovative procedures and design recommendations.
• Provides support for new equipment installation and startup, then leads the hand over processes to the ramp and sustaining phases.
• Leads junior engineers in investigation of threats on the distribution system infrastructure based on observations and findings.
• Gathers and correlates basic data using engineering studies and procedures, which may include routine and diagnostic testing of components and systems.
• Facilitates training and professional development opportunities for engineering team members to enhance their skills and knowledge.
• A material job duty of all positions within the Company is ensuring the protection of all its physical, financial and cybersecurity assets, and properly accessing and managing private customer data, proprietary information, confidential medical records, and other types of highly sensitive information and data with the highest standards of conduct and integrity.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Bachelor's Degree in a scientific/technical/math field.
• Seven or more years of experience in engineering within operations, production, construction or maintenance environments.
• Possess a valid Class C Driver's License.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering
• Seven (7) or more years of mechanical engineering experience, including progressively responsible plant engineering roles
• Professional Engineer (P.E.) license preferred
• Experience working within power generation, specifically Hydroelectric generation facilities
• Experience managing mechanical asset or system projects and upgrades, including installation, commissioning, and lifecycle support
• Experience preparing and justifying capital projects, including cost estimating
• Familiarity with asset management programs and plant performance optimization practices
• Ability to drive and traverse uneven surfaces (hiking), sit/stand for extended periods of time, and work in various remote weather conditions for extended periods of time

Additional Information

• This position's work mode is on-site. The employee will report to an SCE facility or in the field location. Further details of this work mode will be discussed at the interview stage. The work mode can be changed based on business needs.
• Visit our Candidate Resource page to get meaningful information related to benefits, perks, resources, testing information, hiring process, and more!
• The primary work location for this position is Big Creek, CA. However, the successful candidate may also be asked to work for an extended amount of time throughout the Sierra/Navada region.
• Position will require up to 40% traveling and being out in the field throughout the SCE service territory.
• Work Schedule is 4/10s Monday - Thursday.
• This position has been identified as a NERC/CIP impacted position - Prior to being hired, the successful candidate must pass a Personnel Risk Assessment (PRA) or Background Investigation. Once hired, the candidate must complete specified training prior to gaining un-escorted access to assigned work location and performing necessary job duties.
• Relocation may apply to this position.