{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"6d27d4ff983ece8a617a124d","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/6d27d4ff983ece8a617a124d","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/6d27d4ff983ece8a617a124d","title":"Performance Engineer","description":"As an NRG employee, we encourage you to think creatively and proactively about your career choices. Our work environment is dynamic and the career opportunities across our businesses offer variety and challenge. Providing career growth to our own employees is critical to our ongoing success-take charge of your career goals and empower your future!\n\nJob Summary:\nProvide support for process improvements, performance monitoring, root cause analysis, engineering, and construction activities, and operating and maintenance functions to ensure safe and efficient plant operation.\n\nEssential Duties/Responsibilities:\nProvide direction to operations and maintenance departments to ensure that plant equipment remains reliable. This includes both technical and financial decisions which impact the overall unit availability and cost control.\n\nProvide technical support, testing and inspection expertise within their assigned process areas to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient plant operation.\n\nOptimize station equipment operation to meet key performance indicators\n\nDevelop strategic plans for equipment overhauls to optimize equipment life and time between overhauls.\n\nDevelop outage schedules, coordinate and perform outage inspections for all process equipment\n\nUtilize predictive and preventative maintenance (PM/PDM) techniques to monitor and improve equipment. Evaluate and analyze process variables to identify status and trending of key operating parameters.\n\nConduct root cause analysis of equipment problems and provide recommendations to prevent future incidents. Assemble all equipment failure reports.\n\nDevelop, review & revise station procedures & technical instructions and documentation of equipment testing and inspections.\n\nProvide engineering, design, economic justification, and specify parts and materials for projects and modifications. Implement projects and process modifications.\n\nConduct and/or procure training as required within their process.\n\nInterface with outside engineering resources on an ‘as-needed’ basis.\n\nWork effectively in a team environment as a leader, member and/or facilitator.\n\nPerform other duties and assignments as required.\n\nWorking Conditions:\nThis position is a combination of work in office and industrial settings.\n\nMinimum Requirements:\nBachelor of Science\n\nMinimum of two years’ experience in technical support of a power plant, gas turbine, or support of processes within a large industrial environment\n\nAdditional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:\n\nThorough understanding of Power Plant processes and equipment and the interrelationships between them.\n\nOverall understanding of Power Plant operations and maintenance requirements.\n\nThorough knowledge of the operation, maintenance, and control of plant systems and equipment specific to the process area of the position. (e.g. Boilers and related auxiliary equipment, Turbine-Generators and related auxiliary equipment, Balance of Plant systems and equipment, Fuel Handling Systems and equipment, Electrical systems and equipment, Instrument & Controls systems, Plant Chemistry control and Water Treatment systems)\n\nAbility to effectively supervise, train and direct others (peers, employees, contractors/vendors) in an understandable, clear and consistent manner\n\nAbility to read and understand technical information, prints and engineering data, interpret charts, graphs, and gauge scales. Ability to troubleshoot and repair equipment and systems.\n\nRisk management - able to exercise good judgment on the utilization of sometimes limited resources.\n\nKnowledge of root cause analysis and proficient in technical report writing.\n\nProficient in the use of PC, and Windows & Microsoft Office applications with particular emphasis on spreadsheet, scheduling, equipment performance and word processing programs.\n\nStrong written and verbal communication skills.\n\nPhysical Requirements (Demand and Frequency):\nMust be able to wear required personal protection equipment (PPE) such as hard hats, safety glasses, goggles, face shields, hearing protection, respirators, fall protection harnesses, and other PPE as required.\n\nDuties require extensive manual dexterity in the use of computer terminal and keyboard while sitting for long periods of time preparing budgets, work scopes, outage schedules, and other reports as needed.\n\nMay be required to perform equipment inspections by climbing vertical ladders in excess of 20 feet and stairways in excess of 50 feet, using a step stool, kneeling, bending, walking over uneven surfaces such as loose rock, open grating, up and down staircases.\n\nPlease Note: The salary range for this role is $93,520.00- $171,600.00. Salary offered will be commensurate with the successful candidate’s education and/or experience and consistent with the job location’s market pay rate.\nNRG Energy is committed to a drug and alcohol free workplace. To the extent permitted by law and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, employees are subject to periodic random drug testing, and post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience or skills.\nOfficial description on file with Talent.","company":"Nrg","rawCompany":"nrg","city":"Nipton","state":"CA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-04-12T20:24:28.563Z","occupations":[{"code":"17-2199.00","title":"Engineers, All Other","slug":"engineers-all-other"},{"code":"17-2199.03","title":"Energy Engineers, Except Wind and Solar","slug":"energy-engineers-except-wind-and-solar"},{"code":"51-8021.00","title":"Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators","slug":"stationary-engineers-and-boiler-operators"}],"industries":[{"code":"221112","title":"Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation","slug":"fossil-fuel-electric-power-generation"},{"code":"221118","title":"Other Electric Power Generation","slug":"other-electric-power-generation"},{"code":"811310","title":"Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance","slug":"commercial-and-industrial-machinery-and-equipment-except-automotive-and-electronic-repair-and-maintenance"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Performance Engineer","description":"As an NRG employee, we encourage you to think creatively and proactively about your career choices. Our work environment is dynamic and the career opportunities across our businesses offer variety and challenge. Providing career growth to our own employees is critical to our ongoing success-take charge of your career goals and empower your future!\n\nJob Summary:\nProvide support for process improvements, performance monitoring, root cause analysis, engineering, and construction activities, and operating and maintenance functions to ensure safe and efficient plant operation.\n\nEssential Duties/Responsibilities:\nProvide direction to operations and maintenance departments to ensure that plant equipment remains reliable. This includes both technical and financial decisions which impact the overall unit availability and cost control.\n\nProvide technical support, testing and inspection expertise within their assigned process areas to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient plant operation.\n\nOptimize station equipment operation to meet key performance indicators\n\nDevelop strategic plans for equipment overhauls to optimize equipment life and time between overhauls.\n\nDevelop outage schedules, coordinate and perform outage inspections for all process equipment\n\nUtilize predictive and preventative maintenance (PM/PDM) techniques to monitor and improve equipment. Evaluate and analyze process variables to identify status and trending of key operating parameters.\n\nConduct root cause analysis of equipment problems and provide recommendations to prevent future incidents. Assemble all equipment failure reports.\n\nDevelop, review & revise station procedures & technical instructions and documentation of equipment testing and inspections.\n\nProvide engineering, design, economic justification, and specify parts and materials for projects and modifications. Implement projects and process modifications.\n\nConduct and/or procure training as required within their process.\n\nInterface with outside engineering resources on an ‘as-needed’ basis.\n\nWork effectively in a team environment as a leader, member and/or facilitator.\n\nPerform other duties and assignments as required.\n\nWorking Conditions:\nThis position is a combination of work in office and industrial settings.\n\nMinimum Requirements:\nBachelor of Science\n\nMinimum of two years’ experience in technical support of a power plant, gas turbine, or support of processes within a large industrial environment\n\nAdditional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:\n\nThorough understanding of Power Plant processes and equipment and the interrelationships between them.\n\nOverall understanding of Power Plant operations and maintenance requirements.\n\nThorough knowledge of the operation, maintenance, and control of plant systems and equipment specific to the process area of the position. (e.g. Boilers and related auxiliary equipment, Turbine-Generators and related auxiliary equipment, Balance of Plant systems and equipment, Fuel Handling Systems and equipment, Electrical systems and equipment, Instrument & Controls systems, Plant Chemistry control and Water Treatment systems)\n\nAbility to effectively supervise, train and direct others (peers, employees, contractors/vendors) in an understandable, clear and consistent manner\n\nAbility to read and understand technical information, prints and engineering data, interpret charts, graphs, and gauge scales. Ability to troubleshoot and repair equipment and systems.\n\nRisk management - able to exercise good judgment on the utilization of sometimes limited resources.\n\nKnowledge of root cause analysis and proficient in technical report writing.\n\nProficient in the use of PC, and Windows & Microsoft Office applications with particular emphasis on spreadsheet, scheduling, equipment performance and word processing programs.\n\nStrong written and verbal communication skills.\n\nPhysical Requirements (Demand and Frequency):\nMust be able to wear required personal protection equipment (PPE) such as hard hats, safety glasses, goggles, face shields, hearing protection, respirators, fall protection harnesses, and other PPE as required.\n\nDuties require extensive manual dexterity in the use of computer terminal and keyboard while sitting for long periods of time preparing budgets, work scopes, outage schedules, and other reports as needed.\n\nMay be required to perform equipment inspections by climbing vertical ladders in excess of 20 feet and stairways in excess of 50 feet, using a step stool, kneeling, bending, walking over uneven surfaces such as loose rock, open grating, up and down staircases.\n\nPlease Note: The salary range for this role is $93,520.00- $171,600.00. Salary offered will be commensurate with the successful candidate’s education and/or experience and consistent with the job location’s market pay rate.\nNRG Energy is committed to a drug and alcohol free workplace. To the extent permitted by law and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, employees are subject to periodic random drug testing, and post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing. 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