Duke Energy Corporation

Lead Mechanical Engineer - Mechanical System Owner

Duke Energy Corporation • $110K — $130K *
Crystal River, FL 34428In-Person
Energy & Utilities
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science in Engineering from an ABET-accredited program or an equivalent advanced degree.
  • At least 8 years of engineering experience in a relevant field.
  • Professional Engineer license in good standing is mandatory.
  • Capability to solve complex problems independently and present technical recommendations effectively.
  • Experience with mechanical systems, specifically in power plant environments is advantageous.

Responsibilities

  • Act as system owner for mechanical systems, ensuring performance and reliability.
  • Analyze operating data and predictive maintenance results to monitor system health.
  • Lead investigations on equipment failures and oversee corrective actions.
  • Formulate maintenance and strategy plans in collaboration with Operations and Maintenance.
  • Direct engineering efforts during outages, including scope definition and contractor management.
  • Identify and manage capital and O&M projects from inception to execution.
  • Ensure configuration control of technical records and support asset information management.

Benefits

  • Relocation assistance available as applicable.
  • After-hours and weekend support participation may be required, offering diverse work experiences.
  • Continuous learning and technical development opportunities through diverse project involvement.
Full Job Description
The Lead Mechanical Engineer serves as the primary Mechanical System Owner and technical authority for assigned plant assets at Citrus Combined Cycle Station. The position supports safe, reliable, environmentally compliant, and cost-effective operation through equipment reliability, lifecycle planning, outage support, troubleshooting, risk management, and project execution.

Key Responsibilities
  • Serve as system owner for assigned mechanical systems and equipment, with accountability for condition, performance, reliability, maintenance strategy, and long-range planning.
  • Monitor system health through operating data, PI trends, predictive maintenance results, inspections, equipment history, and engineering evaluations.
  • Provide daily and emergent technical support; lead equipment failure reviews, root cause analyses, corrective actions, and resolution of complex operating or reliability issues.
  • Develop maintenance, replacement, upgrade, OEM, obsolescence, and spare-parts strategies; work with Operations and Maintenance to establish priorities.
  • Provide engineering leadership for planned and forced outages, including scopes, inspections, repair decisions, contractor coordination, technical evaluations, and post-outage follow-up.
  • Identify, justify, develop, and manage capital and O&M projects, including business cases, estimates, schedules, specifications, procurement support, execution, commissioning, and closeout.
  • Maintain configuration control for drawings, calculations, technical records, and equipment data; support work management and asset information in Maximo.
  • Support plant health, asset risk, annual budgeting, capital forecasting, and PowerPlan portfolio development.
  • Coordinate with Operations, Maintenance, Planning, Projects, OEMs, contractors, safety and environmental specialists, and internal subject matter experts.
  • Ensure compliance with applicable safety, environmental, regulatory, corporate, and industry requirements; share lessons learned and provide technical guidance and training.


Basic/Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor of Science in Engineering from an ABET-accredited program, or a qualifying advanced engineering degree.
  • Minimum of 8 years of engineering experience and a Professional Engineer license in current standing.
  • Advanced engineering knowledge with the ability to independently solve complex problems, manage work, and prepare and present technical recommendations.
  • PE is required

Preferred Qualifications
  • Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering and combined-cycle power plant operations, maintenance, outage, or project experience.
  • Knowledge of combustion turbines, steam turbines, HRSGs, steam and condensate systems, pumps, cooling water systems, rotating equipment, valves, pressure parts, and mechanical integrity programs.
  • Experience with ASME codes, HRSG inspection and repair, flow-accelerated corrosion, corrosion under insulation, high-energy piping, technical specifications, contracts, budgeting, and project management.
  • Experience with Maximo, PowerPlan, PI Vision, Microsoft Office, and ACT


Specific Requirements
  • Must have obtained Bachelor of Science in Engineering from an ABET accredited program and PE
  • Minimum of 8 years of engineering experience
  • Professional Engineer registration
  • A Master's degree in Engineering will be considered in lieu of the B.S. Engineering degree.

Working Conditions
  • Primarily onsite at Citrus Combined Cycle Station, including work in operating plant and outage environments.
  • After-hours, weekend, outage, emergent support, and station duty-call participation may be required.


Travel Requirements
5-15%

Relocation Assistance Provided (as applicable)
Yes

Represented/Union Position
No

Visa Sponsored Position
No. This is not a Visa Sponsored Position. This role requires the ability to work lawfully in the U.S. without employment-based immigration sponsorship, now or in the future.

Please note that in order to be considered for this position, you must possess all of the basic/required qualifications.

About Duke Energy Corporation

Duke Energy is one of the largest energy holding companies in the United States. Its Electric Utilities and Infrastructure business unit serves approximately 7.5 million customers located in six states in the Southeast and Midwest.

Duke Energy Corporation Careers

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Learn more about Duke Energy Corporation
Size
27,605 employees
Market Cap
$79 billion
Industry
Energy & Utilities
Net Income
$1.3 billion
5 Year Trend
+2%
Revenue
$23.8 billion
NASDAQ
DUK
* Ladders Estimates

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