PERFORMANCE ENGINEER
Company: Atlantica
Location: Gila Bend
Posted on: January 27, 2023
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Job Description:
Description:This position provides technical support to the
operations, maintenance and planning departments by identifying and
resolving areas of concern relating to plant performance, operation
and the reliability and efficiency of the solar generating
facility. These tasks are accomplished through the interpretation
of plant performance data from different systems and the
development and implementation of plans and procedures needed to
optimize and enhance plant production and reliability. The position
will also support normal maintenance and plant retrofit/outage
activities including preventive, predictive and corrective
maintenance of plant equipment and cost benefit analysis.In
addition, the performance engineer is responsible for generating
production projections and actual results of the solar generating
facility based upon weather forecasts and equipment availability.
These projections are distributed to management for planning and
externally to the power utility and owner.The position will
maintain effective ongoing relationships with the plant management
team including the engineering manager, operations manager,
maintenance manager, planner, plant manager and corporate
operations departments.This position is based at the plant site.
The job may require working non-standard hours. Some travel to
other plant sites, offices, or vendor locations may be required for
training or other purposes.Requirements:Primary Duties and
Responsibilities:Plant performance assessment - conduct systematic
performance analysis and reporting on a daily basis on the results
and deviations detected. Identify opportunities for performance
improvement by analyzing plant data from different systems (power
cycle, solar field and thermal energy storage), making mass & heat
balances of the process, modeling, simulating and other
quantification methods.Generate daily production forecasts based on
weather forecasts to be internally and externally
distributed.Develop tools and models to be used for the different
performance assessment activities such as performance optimization
and production projections.Collaborating with the power utility to
optimize the use of the thermal energy storage system. Develop and
optimize new generation profiles that adapt better to the grid
energy demand curve without penalizing the power plant efficiency
in excess. Other Duties and Responsibilities:Assist operation
department in continually monitoring overall plant equipment
performance to recommend best operating practices and initiate
changes to improve plant performance to ensure that key energy
consumption and production targets are met.Assist control
department in defining, developing and fine tuning control logic to
optimize the overall performance of the plant.Generate Management
of Change (MOC) documents to address plant performance issues as
required, complete engineering aspects of MOC documentation.Prepare
and collect all the information and the required technical
documentation for the O&M activities, ensuring it successful
control and / or management. Prerequisites:Bachelor's degree in
engineering with emphasis in energy systems, heat transfer,
thermodynamics or similar. Master's preferred.0-3 years of
experience desired.Knowledge of steam power cycles, ASME process
piping, pump design and application. Knowledge of systems control
is desired, PID, PLC and DCS, but not absolutely needed. Experience
in power plant operation and maintenance. Skills and
Abilities:Proficient with Excel and MS Office.Ability to carry out
detailed instructions with limited supervision -
self-motivated.Exceptional analytical and problem-solving
abilities. Use of judgment and creativity to solve problems
efficiently.Effective listeningStrong written and oral
communication skills. Tolerant and flexible to different
situations.Ability to work and interact with departments throughout
the organization.Highly effective in team-focused environments.Have
a strong desire to make a measurable positive impact to plant
performance.Have a strong desire to obtain hands on experience in a
plant operating environment.Bilingual in English and Spanish a
plus.PI201251747
Keywords: Atlantica, Phoenix , PERFORMANCE ENGINEER, Engineering , Gila Bend, Arizona
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