Equipment Engineer – Gas Turbines

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Equipment Engineer - Gas Turbines
Competition #: NLH-RE-26-130
Status: Permanent
Location: St. John's

Our employees are at the heart of what we do. We're looking for passionate and performance focused people - people who want to make a difference for our customers and who share our values.

­Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, maintain, and support long-term asset plans for gas turbine equipment, including a twenty (20) year outlook with detailed one (1) to five (5) year maintenance planning.
• Develop and maintain maintenance philosophies, strategies, and tactics that help ensure equipment is operated and maintained safely, reliably, and efficiently.
• Complete asset failure and criticality analyses, identify recurring maintenance issues, and recommend practical actions to improve performance and reliability.
• Establish and maintain critical spare parts requirements to support operational readiness and effective maintenance planning.
• Monitor asset performance and lead or support investigations using accepted failure analysis techniques; prepare clear reports outlining issues, corrective actions, recommendations, and associated costs.
• Provide operational, technical, and engineering support for equipment issues, including protection and control equipment and related philosophies.
• Support the justification, preparation, and control of gas turbine operating and capital budgets.
• Coordinate with Hydro teams, external partners, and service providers to complete maintenance, upgrade, and operational planning activities.
• Support predictive maintenance programs, including vibration, thermal, and acoustic monitoring, and use results to strengthen asset reliability.

­What We're Looking For:

• Highly developed interpersonal skills with strong verbal and written communication skills.
• A strong work ethic and a positive attitude.
• Able to implement strategy through interpretation of cost estimate data, project scheduling and risk analysis.

­What You'll Need:

• A bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from a recognized post-secondary institution.
• You must be eligible for membership with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Newfoundland and Labrador (PEGNL) as either a professional member or engineer-in-training.
• Five (5) years progressively responsible and relevant experience in Gas Turbines.
• Must possess a good working knowledge of computers and corporate software applications. Such as JDEdwards, Microsoft Suite and Project Management tools.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Must possess a valid driver's license.

­CLOSING DATE: September 14, 2026

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Submit your application online. Please quote the competition number with your application. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those considered for an interview will be contacted.