Engineer

Engineer

Location: Platteville, CO

Onsite Flexibility: Onsite

Contract Details

• Position Type: Contract
• Contract Duration: 8 months
• Pay Rate: $65.00 $67.00 / Hour (USD)
• Shift / Schedule: Standard Monday Friday schedule. Primarily 5 8-hour days. Open to 4 10 schedule if needed. No routine overtime expected.
• Travel Requirements: Occasional travel may be required for meetings or reviews, primarily between Fort St. Vrain and Denver. Travel expected to be minimal. No per diem. Mileage reimbursement may be available for occasional business travel.
• Work Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Job Summary

This role provides engineering support for capital project execution at the Fort St. Vrain power plant. Responsibilities include design reviews, maintaining design basis accountability, technical oversight for capital projects, supporting new combustion turbine projects (Units 7 & 8), reviewing technical questions, and ensuring engineering standards are met. This position is backfilling an engineer on extended paternity leave.

Key Responsibilities

• Work on capital execution projects and perform design reviews
• Provide technical feedback and support project scoping activities
• Review P&IDs (Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams)
• Collaborate with operations, project managers, and contractors on technical issues throughout project lifecycles
• Maintain design basis accountability for capital projects
• Provide technical oversight for capital projects
• Support new combustion turbine projects (Units 7 & 8)
• Review technical questions and ensure engineering standards are met
• Interact with project managers/project personnel, operations management team, site crafts personnel, Major Projects team, and external partners including Jacobs, Burns & McDonnell, and QI/Quit-related project teams supporting Units 7 & 8
• Function as an independent contributor responsible for driving engineering reviews and project support activities
• No direct reports; may provide guidance and technical oversight on projects but will not formally manage personnel

Required Skills

• Combined cycle power plant experience
• Fossil power plant / power generation experience
• Technical design review experience
• P&ID (Piping and Instrumentation Diagram) review experience
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Proactive mindset
• Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
• Strong collaboration skills
• Self-directed work style
• Communication skills across cross-functional teams
• Candidates should already have familiarity with equipment and plant operations due to limited ramp-up time available
• Mechanical engineering / design review experience
• Mechanical systems, piping systems, valve selection, and equipment specification knowledge
• Familiarity with capital project execution and design reviews

Preferred Skills

• Familiarity with simple-cycle combustion turbine projects
• Reliability engineering experience
• Plant engineering experience
• Mechanical systems expertise
• Chemical engineering background
• Power generation experience
• Simple cycle combustion turbine experience
• Mechanical design review experience involving piping, valves, and equipment specifications

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering required (Mechanical or Chemical Engineering preferred)

Required Experience

• Approximately 5 years of relevant experience
• Power plant, plant engineering, reliability engineering, or industrial facility experience

Nice-to-Have Experience

• Former experience at the client organization viewed favorably
• Experience across multiple generating facilities

Work Environment / Physical Requirements

• Industrial power plant environment candidate will have field exposure
• Required awareness of confined spaces and lockout/tagout procedures; other plant safety requirements apply
• Candidate is not expected to enter confined spaces
• Standard PPE required: hard hat, steel-toed boots, hearing protection, and eye protection
• Collaborative environment requiring interaction with operations, project managers, and contractors, while also functioning as an independent contributor
• Onsite role at Fort St. Vrain Power Plant, Platteville, Colorado
• Non-local candidates willing to relocate at their own expense will be considered, provided relocation timing aligns with the urgent hiring need

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
• 401k Retirement Fund

Important Notes

• Interview format: Virtual/video interview preferred; typically one round with approximately two interviewers (hiring manager plus one additional participant)
• Desired start date: beginning of August
• Hiring considered urgent due to current resource gap
• Potential for extension exists but is not guaranteed
• Potential pathway to permanent employment

About the Client

This major U.S. electric and natural gas utility serves more than 3.7 million electric customers and 2.1 million natural gas customers across eight states Minnesota, Colorado, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Dakota, South Dakota, New Mexico, and Texas making it one of the nation's leading energy providers delivering reliable, affordable energy to homes, businesses, and communities across the Midwest and Southwest. The organization is actively investing in the clean energy transition, expanding renewable generation and grid modernization across its service territory, with teams spanning electrical and civil engineers, grid operations specialists, environmental scientists, IT and cybersecurity professionals, and finance and regulatory analysts. It has been recognized by the Human Rights Campaign as a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality, earning a perfect Corporate Equality Index score for multiple consecutive years, and approximately one in ten employees are veterans, with 50 veterans holding senior leadership positions.

About GTT

GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American-owned company in Alaska. We highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces and support Fortune 500 organizations across banking, financial services, technology, life sciences, biotech, utilities, and retail sectors throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Job Number: 26-09715 Industry: Engineering

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