21 Apr
Rotating Equipment Specialist
Michigan, Jackson , 49201 Jackson USA

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Department Summary CMS Energy Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates as an energy company primarily in Michigan. It operates in three segments: Electric Utility, Gas Utility, and Enterprises. The Electric Utility segment engages in the generation, purchase, distribution, and sale of electricity. The Gas Utility segment involves in the purchase, transmission, storage, distribution, and sale of natural gas. The Enterprises segment engages in independent power production and marketing. CMS Energy owns the largest utility company in Michigan, Consumers Energy, which provides 60% of the state’s power and natural gas demand. CMS Energy is publicly traded on the NYSE and is recognized as a member of the S&P 500 and Fortune 1000. The Generation Planning Group provides engineering and technical support to Consumers Energy fossil, hydro, and renewable power generating assets in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. Generation Planning Leads and Specialists function as the technical authority and subject-matter experts (SMEs) for generating plant equipment and work with plant engineering to provide technical direction and consultation, condition assessments and run/repair/replace decisions with the goal of improving Safety, Quality and Equipment and Plant Reliability. Generation Planning is also the interface with the industry in terms of best practices, through EPRI, IEEE, ASME, and various other codes, standards, and technical and research groups.The Rotating Equipment Specialist is considered a combustion turbine subject matter expert (SME) that supports all combustion turbine equipment and technical needs at Consumers Energy plants across the state of Michigan. They will support technical aspects of all primary and auxiliary equipment related to combustion turbines in Consumers Energy’s Fleet. This position will be filled through the Engineering job family, commensurate with the successful candidate’s skillset, education and experience level. Candidates must possess a working knowledge of relevant turbine industry codes, standards and best practices.

Job Description/Responsibilities The Rotating Equipment Specialist is responsible for technical support of all gas turbine assets in the Consumers Energy generating fleet. Combustion Turbine Generators used for peaking range from 20 MW to 300 MW (Peaker fleet is mostly GE Frame 5's and Pratt & Whitney GG4's). There are two large combustion turbine plants one with two simple-cycle GE Frame 7F's and a 2-on-1 combined cycle with a GE D11 steam turbine. (Zeeland, MI) The other plant has a unique 7X2 configuration. The 7X2 represents seven combustion turbines and two steam turbines. Six of the combustion turbines are General Electric LM6000 engines at 45 MW each, with each tied to a header that feeds a HRSG; an additional 95 MW can be produced by one or both of the steam turbines.The seventh combustion turbine is a GE 7EA with a HRSG and duct burners. The 7EA and its HRSG and steam turbine combination can deliver up to 110 MW.

Tasks The work environment will be partially in office-type settings, and partially in the field with gas and combustion turbine components. Travel to various generating assets around the state will be required and encouraged. Occasional shift work, weekend and holiday work, and overtime are required, though mainly in outage “seasons” (spring and fall). Work schedule is driven by needs of service, including electric power demands, outages, market conditions, and business considerations. Roughly 25% in-state travel for plant equipment inspections and other meetings is typical for this position. Occasional out-of-state travel is required for inspecting components in supplier shops in the US and Canada and attending training seminars. Less frequent travel to supplier shops in Europe, UK, Mexico, and Far East is possible. A US passport is required.The successful candidate must be accountable for individual safety and will be required to conduct all work activities in a safe manner consistent with established company safety practices and policies. The ability to work with people at all levels in a team environment and capable of working through difficult issues, achieving positive outcomes, while maintaining and fostering sound working relationships, is required. A successful candidate must be capable of making independent judgments based on experience, generally accepted business practices, sound science, economics, and safety. Exceptional communication skills and be proficiency with all forms of communication, written and verbal, are required. High ethical standards and strict adherence to the CMS Energy Corporate Code of Conduct in all business matters are required.The successful candidate must display exemplary professionalism in all business matters and represent Consumers Energy accordingly with local, state and federal governmental agencies. The successful candidate must be able to keep up with a very fast pace, and be able to adapt to frequently changing priorities, a variety of job assignments, and support a diverse and changing number of gas turbine technical needs across a portfolio of generating plant assets. Candidates must possess some experience working with and administering contracts as it relates to the supply of major equipment and services.

Requirements/Qualifications
  • The position will require 4 years of applied ABET engineering experience.
  • The position requires candidates to have industry experience with either a combustion turbine generator supplier (OEM) as a field service engineer or with an owner/operator of combustion turbines with experience in the operation and maintenance of utility scale combustion turbine-generators.
  • A Bachelor’s degree from an ABET accredited engineering school or similar related work experienced (combustion turbine field engineering) are preferred. Mechanical Engineering preferred; other disciplines will be considered.
  • Equivalent training or experience may be considered.

Location is flexible dependent on the candidate The Rotating Equipment Specialist must be highly proficient in the following areas:
  • Passionate about Safety and Quality
  • Familiarity of heavy industry environments (power-generation and combustion turbines)
  • Task-oriented, very organized and fast-paced
  • Able to execute of strategic and tactical business plans to achieve operational results
  • Driven to improve existing business processes
  • Able to communicate clearly and concisely
  • Able to interact with various work groups (craft, contractor, technical, management)
  • Develop, manage, and maintain the Turbine Quality Guideline program
  • Equipment troubleshooting and technical review, diagnosis, and root cause analysis
  • Familiar with industry technical resources, such as Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Program 65, and OEM service bulletins or technical advisories
  • Perform periodic performance reviews and annual appraisals for department employees
  • Manage and improve customer relationships and balance fleet customer needs
  • Submit weekly status reports, including safety, quality, people, process and equipment status
  • Perform equipment inspection during outages or repairs, including field visits where necessary
  • Must have extensive experience and be familiar with industry practices in the disassembly, inspection, repair techniques, and assembly practices for combustion turbine-generators.
  • Perform extensive condition assessments - Must be able to perform inspections of the disassembled turbine-generators and to ascertain the condition of hot gas path components, bearings, couplings, valves, control system components, generator hydrogen seals, steam and water glands, and supporting systems. Must be capable of making repair recommendations, submitting options, and providing risk assessments to management.
  • Possess keen diagnostic capabilities - Must be able to evaluate the operational parameters of the turbine-generators and determine if an abnormality exists such as elevated vibration levels and the potential cause, control system instability, bearing problems, performance issues, gland seal issues, generator hydrogen leakage, etc.
  • Assemble detailed, concise reports and technical specifications - Must be skilled in writing technical condition assessment reports on all turbine-generators in fleet. Technical Specifications may be provided to OEM and non-OEM repair facilities for quotations and bids.
  • Computer skills – Fully capable in the Microsoft Office Suite, especially Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Functional knowledge of SAP would be highly beneficial.
  • Additional skills - Combustion turbine experience is required. Must have some knowledge and exposure to scheduling techniques, NDE techniques, welding, root cause analysis, budget development, RFQ and specification preparation, contracting strategy, engineering design review, and working knowledge of proper project management principles.

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