Job Description
Join a diverse and dynamic team that makes and delivers the most valuable services in the world: electricity and natural gas. At Consumers Energy, our customers are at the heart of everything we do. Our employees work around the clock to provide service to our customers in honor of our history and to fulfill our promise to Michigan - Count on Us! Consumers Energy, the principal subsidiary of CMS Energy and headquartered in Jackson, Michigan, provides natural gas and electricity to nearly 6.8 million ofMichigan's 10 million residents in all 68 Lower Peninsula counties.Department SummaryCMS Energy Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates as an energy company primarily in Michigan. It operates in three segments: Electric Utility, Gas Utility, and Enterprises. The Electric Utility segment engages in the generation, purchase, distribution, and sale of electricity. The Gas Utility segment involves in the purchase, transmission, storage, distribution, and sale of natural gas. The Enterprises segment engages in independent power production and marketing. CMS Energy owns the largest utility company in Michigan, Consumers Energy, which provides 60% of the state's power and natural gas demand. CMS Energy is publicly traded on the NYSE and is recognized as a member of the S&P 500 and Fortune 1000.The Generation Planning Group provides engineering and technical support to Consumers Energy fossil, hydro, and renewable power generating assets in Michigan's Lower Peninsula. Generation Planning Leads and Specialists function as the technical authority and subject-matter experts (SMEs) for generating plant equipment and work with plant engineering to provide technical direction and consultation, condition assessments and run/repair/replace decisions with the goal of improving Safety, Quality and Equipment and Plant Reliability. Generation Planning is also the interface with the industry in terms of best practices, through EPRI, IEEE, ASME, and various other codes, standards, and technical and research groups.The Rotating Equipment Specialist is considered a combustion turbine subject matter expert (SME) that supports all combustion turbine equipment and technical needs at Consumers Energy plants across the state of Michigan. They will support technical aspects of all primary and auxiliary equipment related to combustion turbines in Consumers Energy's Fleet.This position will be filled through the Engineering job family, commensurate with the successful candidate's skillset, education and experience level. Candidates must possess a working knowledge of relevant turbine industry codes, standards and best practices.Job Description/ResponsibilitiesThe Rotating Equipment Specialist is responsible for technical support of all gas turbine assets in the Consumers Energy generating fleet. Combustion Turbine Generators used for peaking range from 20 MW to 300 MW (Peaker fleet is mostly GE Frame 5's and Pratt & Whitney GG4's).There are two large combustion turbine plants one with two simple-cycle GE Frame 7F's and a 2-on-1 combined cycle with a GE D11 steam turbine. (Zeeland, MI) The other plant has a unique 7X2 configuration.The 7X2 represents seven combustion turbines and two steam turbines.Six of the combustion turbines are General Electric LM6000 engines at 45 MW each, with each tied to a header that feeds a HRSG; an additional 95 MW can be produced by one or both of the steam turbines.The seventh combustion turbine is a GE 7EA with a HRSG and duct burners.The 7EA and its HRSG and steam turbine combination can deliver up to 110 MW.TasksThe work environment will be partially in office-type settings, and partially in the field with gas and combustion turbine components. Travel to various generating assets around the state will be required and encouraged. Occasional shift work, weekend and holiday work, and overtime are required, though mainly in outage "seasons" (spring and fall). Work schedule is driven by needs of service, including electric power demands, outages, market conditions, and business considerations. Roughly 25% in-state travel for plant equipment inspections and other meetings is typical for this position. Occasional out-of-state travel is required for inspecting components in supplier shops in the US and Canada and attending training seminars. Less frequent travel to supplier shops in Europe, UK, Mexico, and Far East is possible. A US passport is required.The successful candidate must be accountable for individual safety and will be required to conduct all work activities in a safe manner consistent with established company safety practices and policies. The ability to work with people at all levels in a team environment and capable of working through difficult issues, achieving positive outcomes, while maintaining and fostering sound working relationships, is required. A successful candidate must be capable of making independent judgments based on experience, generally accepted business practices, sound science, economics, and safety. Exceptional communication skills and be proficiency with all forms of communication, written and verbal, are required. High ethical standards and strict adherence to the CMS Energy Corporate Code of Conduct in all business matters are required.The successful candidate must display exemplary professionalism in all business matters and represent Consumers Energy accordingly with local, state and federal governmental agencies. The successful candidate must be able to keep up with a very fast pace, and be able to adapt to frequently changing priorities, a variety of job assignments, and support a diverse and changing number of gas turbine technical... For full info follow application link.All qualified applicants will not be discriminated against and will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected veteran status, disability, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.
