Plant Engineer – McCloud Power Station

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Position Overview: 

ERock is seeking a highly skilled and resilient Plant Engineer for our McCloud Power Station in El Paso, Texas. As a leader in distributed energy and microgrid solutions, ERock relies on top-tier technical expertise to keep our critical infrastructure running at peak reliability.

The Plant Engineer will serve as the primary technical authority for the McCloud Station. You will design, evaluate, and optimize power plant systems, drive root-cause analysis (RCA) for equipment failures, and spearhead continuous improvement initiatives. Working in close collaboration with Operations, Maintenance, and Production teams, you will ensure the facility meets strict performance, environmental, and safety compliance goals while maximizing equipment uptime. Reports to the Plant Manager.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Technical & Engineering Support: Serve as the subject matter expert for mechanical, electrical, and control systems at McCloud Station and provide engineering troubleshooting for plant disruptions.
• Reliability & Root Cause Analysis: Lead root cause investigations into equipment anomalies and operational failures and develop long-term corrective and preventive actions.
• Operations & Maintenance Collaboration: Partner with Maintenance, Operations, and Planning teams to align engineering initiatives with production goals and provide engineering data to optimize the computerized maintenance management system.
• Capital Projects & Upgrades: Manage small to mid-sized capital projects from conception through execution, including budgeting, scheduling, equipment specification, and contractor oversight.
• Process Optimization: Identify and implement process modifications and continuous improvement practices to increase generating efficiency, reduce emissions, and lower life-cycle costs.
• Compliance & Safety: Ensure engineering modifications and operations comply with local, state, federal, and company requirements, including lockout/tagout, safe work permitting, environmental permits, and industrial safety standards.
• Documentation Management: Maintain, update, and review plant technical documentation, including piping and instrumentation diagrams, electrical one-lines, CAD drawings, and equipment manuals.
• Other responsibilities as directed by supervisor.