Power Plant Controls Engineer

Evergy · Kansas City, KS

Level: Engineer
Team: Controls
Base pay: $66k–$83k
Travel: 10%
Degree: Required
Experience asked: 4+ years
Industry: Industrial
Posted: 22 days ago

The role in 30 seconds

An engineer-level controls role at Evergy (industrial) in Kansas City, KS. Provide technical oversight to enforce contract requirements on EPC Contractors and Major Equipment Suppliers.

They ask for: 4+ years · degree required
Tools it names: PLC
Base pay: $66k–$83k
Day to day: some off-shift / weekend coverage · about 10% travel

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How this role compares

Against 11 other live controls postings in Kansas.

Experience asked: Less than usual (4+ vs 5+)

Skills these teams ask for most

Automation 92%
✓ PLC 75%
Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 33%
Team leadership 33%
Root cause 25%
Robotics 25%

✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.

It asks for 4+ years. If you're close, apply anyway: requirements are a wish list. Talk to someone on the team first.

At a glance

Off-shift / weekend coveragePromotion path mentioned

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Requirements

This position requires a minimum Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an ABET accredited school with at least 4 years of engineering experience in the design, construction and/or maintenance of power plant control systems. The applicant must

be willing to work nights and weekends as needed. Chemical and Industrial Engineers will also be considered.

Licenses or Certificates Required

Must have valid driver's license.

Must have satisfactory work record including good attendance.

Key Responsibilities

◆Provide technical oversight to enforce contract

requirements

on EPC Contractors and Major Equipment Suppliers.

✓Coordinate with OE, EPC, Power Island Suppliers, and internal teams to ensure project success.
✓Promote safety and contribute to a positive team culture.
✓Support multi-disciplinary, multi-year capital projects with high complexity and value.
✓Evaluate control system architecture, logic diagrams, instrument lists, and I/O schedules.
✓Review and develop specifications for major I&C equipment including DCS, PLCs, sensors, transmitters, analyzers, and control valves.
✓Ensure proper integration of GT, ST, HRSG, and balance-of-plant (BOP) control systems.
✓Participate in vendor evaluations and ensure technical compliance for control systems.
✓Witness FATs for DCS, PLC panels, and critical instrumentation.
✓Monitor delivery schedules and inspect installation of instruments, control panels, and wiring.
✓Onsite lead for all controls engineering RFIs and oversight.

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Additional Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities

Knowledge of GE Mark VIe, Mitsubishi, Emerson Ovation and/or Siemens T3000 control systems required. Troubleshooting of operating issues with plant control systems is expected. OEM certification is preferred. The successful candidate must possess high initiative and strong interpersonal skills and exhibit good computer skills.

Working Conditions

Must have the ability to perform the physical activities of the job. Requires extensive on site plant work with some office work. Requires the ability to work outdoors and in an industrial plant environment including, but not limited to, exposure to ambient temperature extremes, dusty/moist environments, climbing ladders and stairways, working at heights on elevated structures and platforms, and working in cramped spaces occasionally which may require bending, stooping, and standing. Travel is expected to development sites at least 10% of the time up to 100% during peak construction and commissioning. Some in-state and out of state travel required.

Evergy has a clear mission – To empower a better future. Evergy chooses to live this mission by valuing People First. We know to accomplish becoming the most innovative and reliable energy company, we need a team with a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. So, our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative of the communities we serve. We are committed to celebrating diversity and building a team where everyone – regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status – has a voice and can bring their best every day. We know that the more diverse and inclusive we are, the better we will be. Evergy is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer.

JOB TITLE\: Power Plant Controls Engineer – Generation Development

Requisition\: dev0005

DEPARTMENT\: Generation Development

LOCATION\: Topeka, KS / Kansas City, MO / Wichita, KS

PAY RANGE\: Engineer II - $66,300 - $82,900

Staff Engineer\: $90,500 – $113,100

Sr Engineer\: $91,600 - $122,100

Lead Engineer\: $107,900 - $143,800

Principal Engineer\: $112,500 - $150,000

Summary

Evergy is committed to leading the Responsible Portfolio Transition. Evergy’s 2024 Triennial Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) called for 3,600 MWs of new wind and solar and 2,445 MWs of new conventional generating assets over the next ten years.

Seeking a technically strong and collaborative Controls Engineer to support the development, construction, and commissioning of conventional generation projects.

Reporting to the Manager – Conventional Generation Engineering, the candidate has technical responsibility to support the development of conventional generation projects.

The engineer will work closely with Project Managers, Owner’s Engineer (OE), EPC Contractors, Major Equipment Supplier, and internal Transmission & Substation (T&S) teams to ensure safe, timely, cost-effective, and environmentally sound project delivery.

The engineer will assist with projects that are complex, multi-million-dollar capital projects with multi-year timeframes that span diverse disciplines. The type of projects will include conventional generation including simple cycle combustion turbines, and combined cycle combustion turbines.

This candidate will provide engineering support to the development, construction and commissioning of controls systems.