Staff - Principal Engineer - Oak Grove Plant
vst· Oak Grove Management Co LLC
About this role
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Job Summary
This position works with occasional supervision or direction to perform assigned tasks and coordinate assigned initiatives through completion. The position will maintain effective working relationships with others.Job Description
Key Accountabilities:
- •Performs assigned task with minimum guidance from supervision
- •Organize and analyze issue specific information and make appropriate recommendations
- •Coordinates assigned projects, studies and initiatives through completion
- •Comply with safety policy and procedures to ensure a safe working environment
- •Prepare and present routine reports
- •Participate in special project and committee assignments as requested
- •Lead routine problem - solving efforts
Education, Experience, and Skill Requirements:
- •Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Chemical, Industrial, Nuclear) from an accredited program.
- •Minimum 4 yrs. relevant job experience
**LEVEL OF POSITION WILL BE DETERMINED BY APPLICABLE SKILLS AND/OR EXPERIENCE.
Key Metrics:
- •Teamwork and collaboration skills across organizational boundaries.
- •Able to communicate routine issues effectively through written and verbal communication.
- •Maintain effective working relationships across organizational boundaries
- •Understanding of power generation equipment and system interrelationships.
- •Understanding of economic drivers to the business.
- •Able to apply problem solving processes to address routine issues.
Position Specific Job Duties and Skill Requirements
Plant Engineering Support
- Provide engineering support as assigned to support day to day plant operational and maintenance needs (including forced and planned outages)
- Provide engineering support and analysis as needed to identify and implement solutions to address plant operational and maintenance issues and improvement opportunities
- Serve as plant interface with outside engineering resources: Generation Services engineering, 3rd party engineering firms
- Provide design and specification review as assigned
- Provide engineering input to maintenance and operational procedures as assigned
- Collect and analyze plant operational and cost data to identify gaps in performance, develop potential solutions and gain consensus on path forward
Capital and O&M Special Projects Budget Support
- Support identification and evaluation of capital and O&M special projects needed to support the site’s safety, environmental, operational and budget objectives
- Collect and analyze plant operational and cost data to identify gaps in performance, develop potential solutions and gain consensus on path forward
- Input and maintain project data and information for assigned capital and O&M special projects in project database
- Develop stage 1 package documents for assigned projects
- Run project database reports and provide analysis to support management of the site’s capital and O&M special projects budgets
Project Implementation and Execution
- Serve as Project Manager for assigned projects
- Serve as Implementation Manager for assigned projects
- Provide engineering support for projects as assigned
- Participate in and provide input to project brown paper exercises, scope meetings, kickoff meetings and design review meetings as assigned
Assignments may require:
- Work on weekends and holidays
- Work in both an office and field environment
- Potentially inclement weather conditions
Work Environment
- Occasional long, irregular hours including work in excess of 12-hour days for extended periods
- Frequent travel between company facilities, and occasional overnight travel
Job Family
Engineering ServicesCompany
Oak Grove Management Co LLCLocations
Franklin, TexasTexasWe are a company of people committed to: Exceeding Customer Expectations, Great People, Teamwork, Competitive Spirit and Effective Communication. If this describes you, then apply today!
If you currently work for Vistra or its subsidiaries, please apply via the internal career site.
It is the policy of the Company to comply with all employment laws and to afford equal employment opportunity to individuals in all aspects of employment, including in selection for job opportunities, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military service, protected veteran status, or any other consideration protected by federal, state or local laws.
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This Staff - Principal Engineer - Oak Grove Plant position at vst was posted on Jul 28, 2026. Apply as soon as possible — early applications are often reviewed first.
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