M&D Analyst
| Company | American Electric Power |
|---|---|
| Location | Springdale, AR, USA, Frazeysburg, OH, USA, Athens, OH, USA, Texarkana, TX, USA, Cleveland, OH, USA, Shreveport, LA, USA, Atlanta, TX, USA, Longview, TX, USA, Siloam Springs, AR, USA, Huntington, WV, USA, Wheeling, WV, USA, Owensboro, KY, USA, South Bend, IN, USA, Charleston, WV, USA |
| Salary | $85081 – $106352.5 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Associate’s |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Associate degree in technical field or equivalent power plant operations experience.
- Through knowledge and experience (eight years or more) in power plant operations including super critical, drum or combined cycle.
- Good understanding of power plant processes, equipment and systems is required.
- Two years of experience with data historian.
- Demonstrated experience in planning, organizing and coordinating multiple work activities at the same time.
- Proven ability to troubleshoot and solve problems.
- Knowledgeable of power plant policies, practices and procedures.
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint and other software applications.
- Effective writing and verbal communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills and developed positive working relationships with Plant Management Teams and Operators.
Responsibilities
- Provide advanced condition monitoring and analysis of data important to the safe, reliable and efficient operation of critical power plant systems, components and processes.
- Access, trend, monitor and analyze data from the data historian and the Advanced Pattern Recognition (APR) software.
- Report findings to plant management teams and develop positive working relationships to discuss findings and resolutions.
- Assist power plant operators in identifying problems and offer possible solutions to operating problems.
- Analyze current and historic generating unit operating conditions and diagnose anomalous data to determine cause/failure.
- Develop, deploy, monitor and refine effective on-line performance and condition assessment models used to monitor plant equipment and systems.
- Maintain documentation for the M&D center activities, plant meetings and findings.
- Establish positive working relationships and effectively communicate with plant management and employees, engineers, subject matter experts and vendors concerning model alarms and operation and maintenance repairs, replacement, modification and improvements.
- Analyze like-unit comparisons, identify and communicate best practices, apply lessons learned across the fleet and ensure consistency to improve processes and reduce repeat failures.
- Work with the APR software to develop a working knowledge of current unit configurations as well as future changes to unit configurations.
- Maintain a working knowledge of applicable operating instructions, operating procedures and circular letters.
- Maintain a working knowledge of plant heat balance systems and the effect of unbalances on operating efficiency.
- Attend interest group meetings such as EPRI Fleet-wide On-line monitoring Interest Group and the Instep Users Group to stay abreast of changes in technology.
Preferred Qualifications
- Vibration Analysis experience highly preferred.
- Prism Software knowledge and experience helpful.
- Power plant operations experience preferred.
- Wind operations experience preferred.