SR. Wind Turbine Reliability Engineer, Casper, WY, or Portland, OR #113366

Date: Mar 12, 2025

Location: CASPER, WY, US, 82601

Company: PacifiCorp

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PacifiCorp is seeking customer-centric candidates to grow and sustain our commitment to a culture of customer service excellence, environmental sustainability and diversity, equity and inclusion.

General Purpose

Develops engineering studies, plans, specifications, calculations, evaluations, design documents, and performance assessments associated with the planning, and design documents. Curates, collects and analyzes data from over 1,100 wind turbine generators. Compiles collected information to assess the health of turbine major components and to improve the reliability and availability of the fleet.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, modify, and evaluate systems, process, or facilities to support company objectives, utilizing engineering methods.

• Develop performance models to maximize energy production and turbine availability. This task will require utilizing a variety of data repositories and modeling software, including but not limited to: MS SQL DB’s, PI Data Historians, Wind Turbine SCADA Systems, R Studio, Python.

• Act as data architect for asset inventory databases and PI Asset Framework models to facilitate PacifiCorp’s transition to Asset Performance Management (APM) and to improve field operations efficiency.

• Develop highly complex engineering studies, plans, specifications, calculations, evaluations, design documents, and performance assessments.

• Determine methods and techniques for obtaining results.

• Act as a lead/expert in the work group; train and mentor associate and career level engineers, technicians and drafters.

• Recommend alternative engineering solutions to management to meet business needs.

• Deliver on commitments and manage outside engineering services to accomplish the assigned work.

• Maintain project timelines and budgets.

• Analyze and design engineering methods.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited college/university.

• A minimum of five or more years of experience in industrial power systems or electric utility power systems, or related professional experience.

• Demonstrated knowledge and application of principles in area of engineering specialty.

• Project management and leadership skills including the ability to work as a team member, to maintain project timelines, budgets, and deliver on commitments.

• Understanding of company’s business, and relevant policies, procedures, and practices.

• Experience improving production efficiency and asset reliability in energy resources.

• Experience with data architecture and data repositories including SQL databases, OSI PI Historians, and SCADA Clients.

• Engineering experience specific to wind generation and asset performance management and data analytics.

• Familiarity with wind turbine major component management including blades, generators, gearboxes, and bearings.

• Ability to perform effectively in high-pressure situations while maintaining focus and calmness.

• Demonstrated communication and interpersonal skills involving the ability to work cross-functionally to understand requirements, present alternatives, and recommendations.

• Ability to travel/drive to field locations.

• Proficient with the use of personal computers including automated tools.

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Additional Information

Req Id: 113366

Company Code: Pacificorp

Primary Location: CASPER

Department: Power Supply

Schedule: Days

Personnel Subarea: Exempt

Hiring Range: $103,800-$146,400

This position is eligible for an annual discretionary performance incentive bonus of up to 15.00% of salary.

Benefits: Health care, retirement, paid time off, tuition assistance, paid short-term and long-term disability, paid bereavement leave. For more information, please visit: https://careers.pacificorp.com/content/New-Benefits-Page/?locale=en_US

Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without an accommodation.

At PacifiCorp, we celebrate diversity, equity and inclusion. PacifiCorp is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or religious creed, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status (except as required by law), gender (including gender identity and expression), sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran or military status, familial or parental status, marital status or any other category protected by applicable local, state or U.S. federal law.

Unless otherwise required by law, all offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check and drug screening including for marijuana. While marijuana is legal in several states, including Oregon, a positive test for positions in Oregon may disqualify a candidate. The company complies with the laws of Washington and California and only obtains and considers positive tests for marijuana in safety-sensitive positions or those covered by U.S. Department of Transportation regulations.