Calpine Corporation is helping meet the needs of an economy that demands more and cleaner sources of electricity. Founded in 1984, Calpine is a major North American power company, capable of delivering nearly 24,000 megawatts of clean, reliable and fuel-efficient electricity to customers and communities in 18 U.S. states and three Canadian provinces. Calpine owns, leases and operates integrated systems of fuel-efficient natural gas-fired and renewable geothermal power plants. Position Summary The Performance Optimization Engineer will provide analytical support for Calpine’s 23 GW fleet of natural gas power facilities, covering all aspects of thermal performance. Responsibilities include the development of performance analytical tools that will be used to support plant business decisions for monitoring the heat rate and capability of generating assets, trending and improving plant performance, fleet economic dispatch and plant betterment. - Develop and maintain thermal performance monitoring tools for ongoing assessment of the natural gas fleet thermal performance.
- Assist plant managers and turbine maintenance staff to successfully monitor plant performance and operational trends and investigate any potential problems
- Identify plant performance improvement opportunities and provide analysis for management decision-making.
- Position reports to Manager, Performance Optimization
Qualifications: Skills and Relevant Experience - Working knowledge of gas-fired combined cycle and major equipment performance and operation particularly GE and Siemens gas turbines
- Knowledge of statistics
- Proficiency with thermal performance modeling tools such as Gatecycle as well as the Microsoft Office suite of computer programs.Familiarity with performance measurement mechanics (such as OSI Pi and other database platforms) is preferred
- Attractive backgrounds include work in plant engineering, development, engineering for OEMs, and work as an Independent Engineer
Qualifications - Minimum qualifications include bachelor’s degree in engineering, preferably mechanical engineering with up to 5 years of experience
- Good problem solving and analytical ability
- Must have strong computer skills especially in the use of spreadsheet and word processing programs
- Good written and verbal communication skills are essential
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