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Job Description: Power Plant Engineer
- Location: Palm Beach Gardens / Jupiter West, Florida
- Duration: 6 Months
- GBaMS ReqID: 11005797
- Domain: Power Generation / Utilities / Energy
- Experience in utility, energy, transmission, distribution, or renewable energy sectors.
- Knowledge of NERC-CIP, industry regulatory standards, and cybersecurity requirements.
- Familiarity with cloud migration, application modernization, and enterprise system integration projects.
- Experience with power generation technologies, including:
- Gas Power Plants
- Nuclear Power Plants
- Solar Energy
- Wind Energy
- Combined-Cycle Power Plants
- Understanding of plant operations, engineering infrastructure, and operational technology (OT) environments.
- Familiarity with SCADA, Energy Management Systems (EMS), network infrastructure, and industrial control systems.
- Conduct on-site assessments of power generation facilities, substations, and supporting infrastructure.
- Engage with plant stakeholders, operations teams, maintenance personnel, engineering groups, and IT/OT teams to gather migration requirements.
- Document current-state architecture, including operational systems, network infrastructure, control systems, applications, and associated dependencies.
- Evaluate plant-specific requirements, operational constraints, and compliance considerations that may affect migration activities.
- Perform gap analysis between current-state and target-state environments.
- Identify risks, challenges, dependencies, and potential operational impacts associated with site migration activities.
- Develop migration strategies, implementation plans, and detailed requirements documentation.
- Coordinate with engineering, cybersecurity, network, SCADA, EMS, and plant operations teams to ensure all migration requirements are captured.
- Support migration planning workshops, stakeholder meetings, and technical review sessions.
- Recommend strategies to optimize migration schedules while minimizing downtime and business disruption.
- Assist project leadership with effort estimation, resource planning, and migration readiness assessments.
- Self-driven with the ability to work independently and with minimal supervision.
- Ability to work during US Eastern business hours: 8:00 AM-5:00 PM EST, Monday through Friday.
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to non-technical audiences.
- Strong written communication skills for technical documentation and reports.
- Ability to act as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert within the organization.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to assess complex issues and identify root causes.
- Proactively identify risks, gaps, and opportunities for improvement.
- Ability to align platform capabilities with organizational security and operational objectives.
- Ability to work effectively with vendors, partners, and internal stakeholders.
- Commitment to continuous improvement and operational excellence.
- Power Plant Engineering
- Power Generation and Utilities
- Transmission and Distribution
- Renewable Energy
- Gas, Nuclear, Solar, Wind, and Combined-Cycle Technologies
- NERC-CIP Compliance
- Cybersecurity and Regulatory Standards
- IT/OT Infrastructure
- SCADA and EMS
- Cloud Migration and Application Modernization
- Enterprise System Integration
- Current-State and Target-State Architecture
- Gap Analysis and Risk Assessment
- Migration Planning and Readiness Assessment
- Stakeholder Management and Technical Documentation
Salary : $42