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A First for India: GE Vernova Commissions Pumped Storage Unit at Hydro Complex

June 6, 2025
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Energy equipment group GE Vernova said it has commissioned the first of four 250-MW variable speed units at THDC India Limited’s Tehri Pumped Storage Hydropower Plant, part of the Tehri Hydropower Complex. The 1-GW expansion will increase the facility’s power generation capacity to 2.4 GW, making it the country’s largest hydropower plant.

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Journeyman Plant Mechanic (Local 659) – Idleyld Park, Oregon (N Umpqua Hydro) – #111078 (IDLEYLD PARK, OR, US, 97447)

October 9, 2023
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PacifiCorp is seeking customer-centric candidates to grow and sustain our commitment to a culture of customer service excellence, environmental sustainability and diversity, equity and inclusion.

Responsibilities

 

A hydro plant mechanic is a journeyman mechanic who repairs, maintains and upgrades all types of mechanical and associated equipment and facilities in a hydro generating station.  

 

Requirements

 

  • Plan and direct maintenance activities for hydro plant outages 
  • Operate equipment 
  • Arc and gas weld power plant components and perform specialized work as a welder 
  • Repair turbines and bearing systems 
  • Add or replace packing as required 
  • Repair and maintain governor and lubrication oil systems 
  • Repair and upgrade cooling water systems   
  • Repair hydro conveyance systems   
  • Perform machining, equipment alignment and precision work 
  • Repair and upgrade turbine and generator auxiliary systems   
  • Perform repair and maintenance of hydro plant facilities including repair and construction of roads, trails, bridges, mixing and pouring of concrete, etc. 

 

Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without an accommodation.

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Hydro Power/Controls/Protection Engineer (I, II, Sr, Sr II) Portland, OR #109894 (PORTLAND, OR, US, 97232)

July 13, 2023
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Join the most exciting engineering group at PacifiCorp!  As a Renewables electrical engineering, you’ll focus on hydroelectric power production, with an intermittent sprinkling of solar and wind.  This work will take you into scenic areas of six western states.  PacifiCorp is seeking customer-centric candidates to grow and sustain our commitment to a culture of customer service excellence, environmental sustainability and diversity, equity, and inclusion.

General Purpose

Develops engineering studies, plans, specifications, calculations, evaluations, design documents, and performance assessments associated with the planning, design, licensing, construction, operation, and maintenance of the company’s generation, transmission, distribution, telecommunication, or other utility facilities/systems.  Maintain, upgrade, and new development for Renewables generation.  

The work is fast paced, varied, challenging, and rewarding.  Areas of work may include arc flash analysis, automation, battery testing, breakers, bushings, control systems, dissolved gas analysis, excitation, generators (rewinding, modeling, testing, cleaning, painting), governors, load centers, motors (control, protection, replacement, sizing), NERC PRC & MOD, project management (appropriations requests, forecasting, accruing, requisitioning, contract scope authoring, contract management, installation coordination, field commissioning), protective relays (protection, control, coordination, bus generators, transformers, feeders), power factor testing, programmable logic controllers, SCADA, switchgear, transformers(testing, requisitioning, removing/installing, monitoring), variable frequency drives.

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Hydro Power/Controls/Protection Engineer (I, II, Sr, Sr II) Portland, OR #109894 (PORTLAND, OR, US, 97232)

June 7, 2023
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JOIN OUR TEAM

Join the most exciting engineering group at PacifiCorp!  As a Renewables electrical engineering, you’ll focus on hydroelectric power production, with an intermittent sprinkling of solar and wind.  This work will take you into scenic areas of six western states.  PacifiCorp is seeking customer-centric candidates to grow and sustain our commitment to a culture of customer service excellence, environmental sustainability and diversity, equity, and inclusion.

General Purpose

Develops engineering studies, plans, specifications, calculations, evaluations, design documents, and performance assessments associated with the planning, design, licensing, construction, operation, and maintenance of the company’s generation, transmission, distribution, telecommunication, or other utility facilities/systems.  Maintain, upgrade, and new development for Renewables generation.  

The work is fast paced, varied, challenging, and rewarding.  Areas of work may include arc flash analysis, automation, battery testing, breakers, bushings, control systems, dissolved gas analysis, excitation, generators (rewinding, modeling, testing, cleaning, painting), governors, load centers, motors (control, protection, replacement, sizing), NERC PRC & MOD, project management (appropriations requests, forecasting, accruing, requisitioning, contract scope authoring, contract management, installation coordination, field commissioning), protective relays (protection, control, coordination, bus generators, transformers, feeders), power factor testing, programmable logic controllers, SCADA, switchgear, transformers(testing, requisitioning, removing/installing, monitoring), variable frequency drives.

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Hydro Power/Controls/Protection Engineer (I, II, Senior) Portland, OR #109894 (PORTLAND, OR, US, 97232)

March 11, 2023
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JOIN OUR TEAM

Join the most exciting engineering group at PacifiCorp!  As a Renewables electrical engineering, you’ll focus on hydroelectric power production, with an intermittent sprinkling of solar and wind.  This work will take you into scenic areas of six western states.  PacifiCorp is seeking customer-centric candidates to grow and sustain our commitment to a culture of customer service excellence, environmental sustainability and diversity, equity, and inclusion.

General Purpose

Develops engineering studies, plans, specifications, calculations, evaluations, design documents, and performance assessments associated with the planning, design, licensing, construction, operation, and maintenance of the company’s generation, transmission, distribution, telecommunication, or other utility facilities/systems.  Maintain, upgrade, and new development for Renewables generation.  

The work is fast paced, varied, challenging, and rewarding.  Areas of work may include arc flash analysis, automation, battery testing, breakers, bushings, control systems, dissolved gas analysis, excitation, generators (rewinding, modeling, testing, cleaning, painting), governors, load centers, motors (control, protection, replacement, sizing), NERC PRC & MOD, project management (appropriations requests, forecasting, accruing, requisitioning, contract scope authoring, contract management, installation coordination, field commissioning), protective relays (protection, control, coordination, bus generators, transformers, feeders), power factor testing, programmable logic controllers, SCADA, switchgear, transformers(testing, requisitioning, removing/installing, monitoring), variable frequency drives.

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Maintenance Manager, Hydro, Idleyld Park, OR #109518 (IDLEYLD PARK, OR, US, 97447)

January 6, 2023
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General Purpose

Provide direct supervision to the hydro plant maintenance and other assigned personnel. Ensure the efficient, reliable operation of the facility, and ensure compliance with safety and environmental standards.

Responsibilities

•    Coordinate and supervise all maintenance functions necessary to ensure the efficient and reliable operation of the plant to meet scheduled production level. Must be able to take immediate and decisive action to minimize disruption of operations. 
•    Responsible for plant operating performance as related to equipment reliability and performance. Schedule all maintenance activities with plant personnel and outside service providers.
•    Maintain and enforce safety procedures, including all lockout/tagout and safe work procedures. Maintain direct working relationship with environmental, health and safety representatives. 
•    Develop and direct the implementation of maintenance procedures and plans to assure optimum efficiency and effectiveness in outage planning, giving consideration to equipment capabilities, customer demands, operating personnel and equipment maintenance requirements. 
•    Develop and maintain maintenance management program, including routine, outage, and preventive and predictive maintenance programs. 

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