Operations Engineer - Portland, Oregon (Avangrid) - Recent Grads Mechanical Engineering
Operations Engineering – Portland, Oregon
2-Year Engineering Rotational Program - AVANGRID
Description
The 2-Year Avangrid Engineering Development Program is designed to provide a range of development activities, focused on Electrical, Civil or Mechanical engineering, to help recent university graduates establish critical skills as they gain a well-rounded experience within our organization.
These carefully structured experiences will expose participants to each of the key elements of our development process:
- Close cooperation between employee and management
- Ongoing coaching and mentoring Cross-functional exposure
The 2-year rotational development program is designed to develop critical skills by providing participants an opportunity to experience a range of placement assignments and environments as they establish broad experience within Engineering. The rotational experiences will help develop a view of the "big picture" and capabilities in numerous areas important to engineering. These rotations could include experiences Orange, CT, Rochester/Binghamton, NY and Augusta/Portland, ME.
The core of this program consists of rotating job assignments. For each assignment, participants will be required to meet specific outcomes and execute project plans. Each rotation starts with setting goals based on the competencies sought in a leader.
An appraisal is performed at the end of each rotation to assess the participant’s performance overall and specific to the goals established for that rotation.
Along with rotations, members also are given opportunities to work on Process Improvement projects that relate to their rotations.
Specifically for Operations Engineering:
This individual will work with the Operations Engineering team in Portland on various wind farm and turbine level projects and issues as well as failure analysis of turbine components and subsystems. They will support projects involving various turbine subsystems and components (blades, pitch system, gearbox, generator, yaw system, frequency converter, and tower) with the end goal of improving reliability and reducing operating costs. The work will include visiting wind farms and working with remotely located Field Engineers in a “hands on” environment to test various product improvements, modified maintenance practices, and cost reductions opportunities. Other responsibilities include working with sourcing group to support wind farms with OEM, second-tier and third-tier sourcing of parts and services.
Job requirements:
- BS in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Demonstrated experience in root-cause-failure-analysis activity.
- Ability to climb 100 meter steel towers on a regular basis to perform root cause analysis investigation on turbine component failures.
- Ability to occasionally lift items weighing up to 50 pounds.
- Advanced computer skills utilizing word processing, spreadsheets, email, data analysis, CAD, and reporting systems. Must be able to use computerized diagnostic, analysis, and troubleshooting tools.
- Ability to interpret and follow a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
- Possession of comprehensive writing skills for upwards reporting and creation of work procedures and other documentation.
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
- Adheres to effective internal controls.
- Must work well under pressure from job demands, multi-tasking ability essential.
Work Authorization
AVANGRID will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1 , H-1, H-2, L, B OR J who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.