Senior Electrical Engineer - Combustion Turbine Fleet

Job overview

The Senior Electrical Engineer - Combustion Turbine Fleet role is onsite in Tucker, GA, with work at Oglethorpe Power Combustion Turbine Plants. Pay is $127,920–$159,900 per year. The role is part of Capital Projects & Technical Services and supports electrical infrastructure across Oglethorpe Power Corporation’s generation fleet. The engineer provides technical leadership for the reliability and lifecycle management of power plant electrical systems. Through design review, testing, outage support, maintenance strategy, and compliance work, the role helps maintain safe, reliable generation assets across new and existing facilities.

What you'll do

• Provide technical leadership for fleet electrical systems
• support operation, maintenance, testing, and troubleshooting of electrical assets
• lead and approve design reviews, specifications, and drawings
• support planned outages and forced events, including troubleshooting and root-cause analysis
• oversee electrical testing and NERC/SERC compliance testing
• analyze diagnostic data and guide repair or replacement decisions
• direct plant personnel and contractors
• support installation, commissioning, and startup
• improve preventive and predictive maintenance programs
• support retrofit projects and NERC compliance reporting.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior electrical engineer

combustion turbine fleet

tucker ga

oglethorpe power corporation

$127,920–$159,900/year

power generation

electrical systems

nerc compliance

capital projects

outage support

up to 40% travel

on-call availability

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Up to 40% travel across generation facilities; on-call availability as needed; may require extended onsite presence during outages or critical events.

About the employer

Oglethorpe Power Corporation is hiring for this role. Industry: Regulation and Administration of Communications, Electric, Gas, and Other Utilities. Sector: 92.