Engineer, Reliability

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Job Title : Reliability Engineer

Location : AES Southland (AES Alamitos, AES Huntington Beach) - Los Angeles and Orange

Counties, Southern California.

Summary :

As a member of the AES Southland Engineering team, the Reliability Engineer will provide engineering expertise in support of the plant's daily operations and maintenance activities at the AES Southland combined cycle generation sites, and assist with the design and construction of replacement generation for the entire AES Southland fleet.

Responsibilities :

• Provide technical and business support to Safety, Environmental, Development, Commercial, and O&M teams, as well as individuals in the operating businesses and future development projects, and for daily operations.
• Perform asset management strategy implementation, power plant processes and design improvements, capital spending justification, equipment malfunction troubleshooting, failure analysis, annual budget planning, and corrective action recommendations.
• Actively collaborate with the maintenance and planning / scheduling groups in support of maintaining complete and accurate records / plans within the computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) related to equipment, specifications data, BOM, failure history, etc.
• Assist with the development and implementation of the annual AES Southland engineering plan and budget, that includes factors for work management, long-term maintenance planning, outage preparation and execution, large project preparation and execution, and compliance with NERC and other applicable standards.
• Prepare data-driven justification for capital project prioritization and budget planning.
• Make informed recommendations in situations where data sets may be incomplete.
• Develop and maintain “Key Performance Indicators” for equipment reliability.
• Ensure that appropriate Maintenance and Reliability metrics are in place throughout the site, (planned / unplanned work, planning / scheduling metrics, cost metrics, MTBF, replacement asset value, etc.).
• Ensure equipment history is maintained and analyzed for future trends
• Provide hands-on direct technical accounts of equipment failures and performance degradation.  Identify and manage a system of continuous improvement to ensure resolution to chronic “bad actor” equipment.
• Apply Root Cause Analysis, Equipment Criticality Ranking, PM / PdM optimization, Defect Elimination, and / or Failure Modes and Effects Analysis techniques as needed
• Utilize predictive technologies including – but not limited to – vibration analysis, oil analysis, infrared thermography, ultrasound, and motor current analysis.
• Investigate new technologies for reliability improvements.
• Prepare design specifications, perform engineering calculations, review technical specifications, and conduct equipment inspections.
• Facilitate / support operational event and equipment failure investigations to ensure that the root cause / causal factors have been identified, corrective actions prescribed, and follow-up monitoring is conducted as applicable to determine effectiveness.
• Prepare equipment preventative maintenance (PM) tasks, and manage the system for continuous improvement and PM optimization.
• Rank the criticality of assets, typically using Reliability Centered Maintenance approaches, and for defining the proactive maintenance approaches that are cost-beneficial to the business.
• Create risk mitigation strategies for critical assets.
• Develop and maintain digital operator rounds program.
• Coordinate the use of other AES engineering resources, technicians, and third-party resources to accomplish the objective of cost-effective Asset Management & Reliability improvements for maintenance and projects.
• Manage contractors by developing work authorizations, approving completed work, coordinating invoicing and payments, and scheduling work.
• Conduct all activities in accordance with AES standards for safety, health, environment, code of conduct, financial, and other internal policies as applicable.

Qualifications :

Instrumentation and Controls (DCS, HMI, data acquisition systems)