Plant Engineer - Kiowa

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• Leverage plant modeling tools like Power Market Wise to report output capability for different configurations, forecasted as required by TPS or Asset Management. Collaborate with Omaha to create operational dashboards and plant models to monitor equipment health, thermal performance, heat rate, and other anomalies as configured to add value to the business for reliability, efficiency and compliance.
• Assist the operations manager with providing directions to the operators for dispatching the plant, including determining each unit's operating status based on real‑time or day‑ahead energy dispatch taking into consideration equipment reliability concerns, service fired hours, EH&S and other material business considerations.
• Responsible for overseeing the plant's capacity and thermal performance tests. Coordinate all test dates and scheduling activities, oversee unit preparation tasks, activities related to operator instruction during testing, and maintenance of the Plants Performance Test Procedure and Analysis Documentation and Tools.
• Have a working knowledge of contractual, insurance and other binding agreements to ensure that they are managed and adhered to. Coordinate with Omaha Staff and Legal as needed on new agreements, interpretation, and disputes as needed. Create Tenaska Technical Team Plant Actions as needed for tracking related actions.
• Produce Reports including an assessment of the plant's performance, current and reliability concerns. Monitor Engine and Component operating hours, availability bonuses, EFORd, capacity factors, heat rates, reliability analyses, and other plant metrics as directed.
• Coordinate compliance with all applicable NERC standards and requirements for the plant. Participate in corporate NERC compliance committee activities. NERC compliance management includes monitoring changes to NERC standards, providing training, and preparing for NERC compliance audits. Maintain market compliance and respond to "Request for Information" (RFI), prepare for all audits related to the markets and manage market portals.
• Monitor and track the thermodynamic performance of the plant using online tools such as Asset 360. Components such as gas turbines, HRSGs, STs, large pumps, condensers, and cooling towers are monitored and trended. Aid the operations and maintenance managers in resolving performance and reliability problems, including margin metering and performance instrumentation, by working with Asset 360 in the creation of new analytics.
  
  Create Tenaska Technical Team Plant Actions as needed for tracking.
• Keep track of all plant event reports, CT and ST inspection, equipment inspection, outage, and protective relay reports, MOCs, tank inspections, and other reports that require action.
• Manage 3rd party CAD resources to update or redraw P&IDs and other drawings, prioritized to improve reliability, at least annually from maintained redline control set. Create Tenaska Technical Team Plant Actions as needed for tracking.
• Technical Team coordination with site, identify and track the actions required to address the operational and reliability issues determined to reduce significant business impact. Liaison with Plant Employees and Tenaska Technical Team to Report at the end of each quarter the predetermined Plant Goals and Plant Actions to Operations Leadership. Ensure the plant is operated in a manner to maximize availability.
  
  Identify operations and maintenance problems that prevent the plant from achieving revenue targets.
• Monitor and track the performance of the control system and the operation of the plant regarding automatic generation control, generation imbalance, and other ancillary services. Ensure procedures for contacting the interconnected utilities of Notice Events are followed and that the facility does not incur any Penalty Events. Monitor the performance of the plant regarding the applicable regional transmission operating guidelines (transmission grid, market, etc.)
  
  and identify any potential problems.
• Complete special projects as required by the Plant…