Project Manager - Generation #258
EPRI (Knoxville, Tennessee)

Location: Palo Alto, CA; Knoxville, TN; Charlotte, NC

Are you looking for a position with the potential for growth with a company whose work impacts the well being and future of our environment?  You can at EPRI. 

EPRI is the R&D force for the global electric power industry. With $300 million in research funding annually, we help solve today's toughest energy and environmental challenges.  EPRI provides a robust package of total compensation including competitive pay, insurance coverage, and a retirement plan that provides substantial value to professionals who are starting their careers to those who are well advanced in their careers.  

The Position:

The Highly effective and reliable particulate controls are essential to high plant availability.  Plant derates, which are costly, are often the only way to prevent opacity violations with today’s equipment. Increasingly stringent particulate/ opacity limits are placing greater demands on the particulate controls, while, at the same time power generators are adding solids into the flue gas to capture gaseous pollutants.  All these factors combine to create a need for cost-effective particulate control upgrades, ultra-low emitting systems for new plants, and robust systems for all news.

Job Function:

Be or become a national expert in particulate controlsAssist members with difficult particulate control problems – those not solved by consultants – based on exposure to the full array of existing equipment and past issues, newly emerging technologies, EPRI’s ESP performance prediction model, and a wide network of specialists in power generation companies, OEMs, consultants, aftermarket suppliers, etc.Develop and implement a particulate control RD&D strategy to help members maintain their existing fleet, prefer for new requirements, and meet very stringent emission limits for any new plants or those that may eventually be retrofit with CO2 controlsManage ongoing projects to evaluate new technologies and address new issues (e.g., impacts on particulate emissions due to increased unburned carbon, injected activated carbon, or injected alkali for SO2/SO3 control.  This includes work scope development, contractor selection, ongoing review and re-direction, as needed, of technical results, and oversight/direction on budget and schedule 
 The Ideal Candidate:
Nationally recognized for expertise in particulate controlsWillingness to go into the field to solve problemsAbility to communicate effectively across the range from plant technicians to home office engineers to engineering managers (and, eventually, to company upper management) – includes listening, talking, writing, making presentationsOpen-minded and collaborativeCreative problem solver and new idea generatorOrganized and able to multi-taskHas bias for actionExercises good judgment (as evidenced by past decisions) 
 

Education Level and Years of Experience:

Bachelors of Science, Engineering or Physics; advanced technology degree preferred 7 years minimum experience in operating and troubleshooting particulate controls; 10 yr experience operating/troubleshooting particulate controls, including > 2 yr managing others; involvement in RD&D; and experience representing the organization to the outside, preferably even to regulators/permit writers.
 

EPRI’s Export Control Statement:

In order to ensure compliance with U.S. export controls, EPRI must determine the citizenship status of all prospective applicants. Please indicate your U.S. citizenship or (for foreign citizens) your U.S. visa/immigration status in your resume or cover letter.  The information provided will be reviewed in accordance with EPRI's policies prohibiting discrimination. 

EPRI is an equal opportunity employer.