Senior Engineer, Asset Management and Investments, Power Plant Engineering

Company: National Grid USA
Location: Hicksville
Posted on: September 6, 2020

Job Description:

About us

Every day we deliver safe and secure energy to homes, communities, and businesses. We are there when people need us the most. We connect people to the energy they need for the lives they live. The pace of change in society and our industry is accelerating and our expertise and track record puts us in an unparalleled position to shape the sustainable future of our industry.

To be successful we must anticipate the needs of our customers, reducing the cost of energy delivery today and pioneering the flexible energy systems of tomorrow. This requires us to deliver on our promises and always look for new opportunities to grow, both ourselves and our business.

National Grid is hiring a Senior Engineer for our Power Generation team in Hicksville, NY.Job Purpose

Interact and cooperate with generating plant staff, maintenance organizations, plant performance improvement and engineering groups and Information systems organizations and vendors.Key Accountabilities

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• Provide plant operations and performance engineers with reliable data and graphic representations of plant systems for evaluating key plant performance indicators.
• Introduce new instrumentation interface technologies to plant management to assist in performance improvement methods and techniques.
• Maintain knowledge of current networking and instrumentation interface technologies.
• Maintain NERC required security on critical computer systems and networked devices installed and used in the plants.
• Support asset management functions by providing appropriate, timely data to asset management and operators
• Knowledge of NERC CIP requirements as they pertain to critical cyber assets and operational technology
  Qualifications
  
  
  
  
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  • Bachelors degree in an engineering discipline
  • 3 years + of electric generating plant experience or other appropriate experience
  • 5 years + of instrumentation and control systems experience
  • Demonstrated technical capabilities in instrumentation and data acquisition systems, software and hardware.
  • Strong inter-personal skills
  • Creative, Innovative, Adaptable and Flexible. Able to work with current plant systems.
  • Analytical, critical thinking and problem solving skills
  • Demonstrated ability to apply technical knowledge in a working environment
    More Information
    
    This position has a career path which provides for advancement opportunities within and across bands as you develop and evolve in the position; gaining experience, expertise and acquiring and applying technical skills. Internal candidates will be assessed and provided offers against the minimum qualifications of this role and their individual experience.
    
    National Grid is an equal opportunity employer that values a broad diversity of talent, knowledge, experience and expertise. We foster a culture of inclusion that drives employee engagement to deliver superior performance to the communities we serve. National Grid is proud to be an affirmative action employer. We encourage minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans to join the National Grid team.

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