Director Hydropower Engineering

Overview

Leads Hydropower Engineering group, supporting NYPA operations, maintenance, capital project portfolio and regulatory compliance. Ensures coordination of project planning, design execution and emergent project support with the Engineering department, in preparation of design drawings, specifications, calculations. Applies engineering knowledge and technology, industry standards and practices to solve project, operational, or regulatory objectives. This includes deep knowledge and experience of hydropower unit design, operation, upgrades and repairs.

• Promote a culture of safety throughout the entire organization.
• Lead and manage a centralized engineering team responsible for the engineering of upgrades and major maintenance of mechanical systems at NYPA’s power projects, transmission and support facilities or NYPA’s Customer Facilities, including approval of engineering designs, calculations and specifications.
• Responsible for discipline design authority and serve as engineer of record for all mechanical engineering design drawings and specifications. Provide professional signature and seal and ensure adherence to configuration management policies.
• Responsible for the development and maintenance of design and construction standards applicable to NYPA’s mechanical systems.
• Lead Engineering support for projects to maintain NYPA’s position in hydropower and renewable generation projects (NYPA or Customer sites), develop transmission, and leverage new technology to support integration of renewable generation sources.
• Perform engineering analyses related to mechanical systems such as fire protection, generation assets, HVAC, and high energy piping systems.
• Oversee engineering consultants in preparation of design, specifications, inspections and evaluations of NYPA’s power projects, transmission and support facilities.
• Develop equipment and construction specifications (site-based) and associated calculations.
• Work closely with other engineering staff or generation facilities (site-based) or customer facilities (customer-based) to develop solutions and responses to customer needs.
• Represent the Authority on internal technical committees and at industry conferences, committees or task forces.
• Develop staff expertise to ensure succession planning and critical core competencies are maintained within NYPA.
• Collaborate with other engineering disciplines, site personnel, project management, project development & licensing, emergency management, regulatory agencies, external stakeholders and other business units.
• Procure and maintain a depth and breadth of on-call engineering consulting firms who can provide supplemental technical services, develop clear and concise scope of services documents, and ensure timely, high quality designs are delivered within budget.
• Perform occasional emergency response, including outside of normal business hours.

• Expert knowledge of mechanical engineering related design standards, advanced modeling practices and techniques.
• Thorough understanding of IEC, ASME and other codes, standards, regulations, and construction processes within the utility industry.
• Strong project collaboration and effective communication skills.
• Strong leadership ability and technical background to develop staff and maintain a highly skilled workforce.
• Broad knowledge of NYPA's mission, policies and procedures and the interaction and responsibilities of the various NYPA business units.
• Ability to produce clear and concise reports, presentations and other documentation.
• Ability to apply technical and theoretical knowledge to data and observations, to generate complete solutions using accepted standards.
• Strong platform skills and ability to tailor presentation to the technical understanding of any audience.
• Ability to respond and adapt to emergent and changing priorities.
• Capability to build teams and foster teamwork across departments.
• Strong collaboration and negotiation skills to influence senior management, peers, outside policy makers and other NYPA personnel.

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent,…