Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The City of Jamestown Board of Public Utilities (BPU) is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to join their team. This role involves planning and supervising engineering tasks to ensure efficient service delivery at the Electric Generating Power Station, requiring a thorough knowledge of mechanical engineering principles and practices.
Responsibilities
- Planning work and carrying out administrative, supervisory and engineering tasks to ensure the efficient delivery of services
- Supervision over the maintenance and repair of mechanical equipment and systems in the Electric Generating Power Station
- Detailing and laying out alterations or additions to fossil fuel electric generating power station equipment and systems, including steam boilers, steam turbines, pumps, compressors, heat exchangers, instruments, controls, cooling towers, and interconnecting piping systems
- Responsible technical work in the design and preparation of working drawings of mechanical systems for new and existing systems
- Making field surveys and sketches as required to determine type, size and proper design of mechanical equipment
- Monitoring consultant and contractor performance and cost control of assigned projects
- Assistance in the preparation of specifications for mechanical equipment for use in investigation and testing of construction and maintenance materials
- Preparing bid documents and complex cost estimates and securing permits
- Making difficult mathematical computations and designing moderately difficult mechanical engineering systems
- Supervising moderately difficult engineering projects in the field and ensuring adherence to plans and specifications
- Making complete field surveys and obtaining sufficient data for use in drafting plans and specifications for desired improvement
- Assisting in important research or investigational work of a technical nature
Skills
- Moderately difficult mechanical engineering work experience
- Planning work and carrying out administrative, supervisory and engineering tasks
- Efficient delivery of services with considerable leeway for independent judgement
- Supervision over the maintenance and repair of mechanical equipment and systems
- Thorough knowledge of modern methods, principles, techniques and practices of mechanical engineering
- Design, installation and operation of mechanical equipment in an electric generating power station
- Detailing and laying out alterations or additions to fossil fuel electric generating power station equipment and systems
- Responsible technical work in the design and preparation of working drawings of mechanical systems
- Making field surveys and sketches to determine type, size and proper design of mechanical equipment
- Monitoring consultant and contractor performance and cost control of assigned projects
- Assistance in the preparation of specifications for mechanical equipment
- Investigation and testing of construction and maintenance materials
- Preparing bid documents and complex cost estimates
- Securing permits for projects
- Ability to make difficult mathematical computations
- Designing moderately difficult mechanical engineering systems
- Supervising moderately difficult engineering projects in the field
- Ensuring adherence to plans and specifications
- Making complete field surveys and obtaining sufficient data for drafting plans and specifications
- Assisting in important research or investigational work of a technical nature
- Physical condition commensurate with the demands of the job
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