Lead Engineer

About Us

National Grid’s Connect 21 strategy is to design, build, and operate efficient energy systems for the 21st century digital economy. Recognizing that renewable energy and our existing generating assets play an important role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, National Grid Generation is implementing new technologies that will allow us to meet the future energy needs of customers while supporting environmental compliance.

National Grid Generation owns and operates 3,800 megawatts (MW) of steam and combustion turbine units on Long Island. Generation is responsible for the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of these units. Generation is a fully integrated organization with operating and support services capabilities. The Power Engineering Department (PED) within Generation develops engineered solutions for the steam and combustion turbine units and works closely with power plant and support services personnel during the engineering and construction phases of specific projects. PED is also actively involved with new project development including, but not limited to, utility scale battery storage, solar and simple cycle combustion turbine generators. The Power Engineering Dept. (PED) is a multi-disciplined team of engineers who are self-directed and empowered to develop and implement solutions on a wide range of Generation and Corporate initiatives. PED Engineers have project ownership from inception through operation. PED is proud of how the organization engineers solutions, embraces new technologies and collaborates with others to provide successful projects.

The Mechanical Engineer reports to the Reliability Engineering Manager in PED and will support internal and external team members collaborating on new projects and improvements to our existing fleet of steam and combustion turbine units on Long Island. This position is responsible to inspect and evaluate power boilers, pressure vessels, process tanks, high energy piping systems, and mechanical components. The person in this role is responsible to assess and implement improvements to the existing steam and combustion turbine units as part of the capital improvement and maintenance processes. Project assessments shall include, but are not limited to, mechanical design options, material analysis, business alternatives, cost/benefit analysis, risk analysis and project performance evaluations. This position will include project engineer, project design and project manager responsibilities on projects. This role is responsible to develop mechanical specifications, standards and procedures on projects. This position is an essential contributor to our goal of asset management and technology modernization.

Qualifications

This position has a career path which provides for promotional opportunities within and across bands as you develop and evolve in the position, gaining experience, expertise and acquiring and applying technical skills.

Salary

$145,000 - $170,000 a year

This position has a career path which provides for advancement opportunities within and across bands as you develop and evolve in the position; gaining experience, expertise and acquiring and applying technical skills. Candidates will be assessed and provided offers against the minimum qualifications of this role and their individual experience.