Principal Condition Monitoring Engineer – Power Generation - Data Center Infrastructure (on-site Nashville, TN)

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The Condition Monitoring Engineer leads condition monitoring and predictive maintenance for power plants and utility substation equipment to improve reliability, availability, and asset life. The role requires 6-10+ years of relevant experience in power plant monitoring, including gas turbines, reciprocating generators, diesel and natural-gas generation, associated alternators, and balance-of-plant systems.

This engineer combines field inspections, online monitoring, diagnostic testing, and operating-data analysis to detect deterioration, assess equipment health, and recommend timely maintenance. The role partners with operations, maintenance, electrical, mechanical, controls, reliability, and equipment manufacturers to support safe operation and prevent unplanned outages.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and manage condition monitoring programs, asset criticality assessments, inspection routes, monitoring frequencies, baseline measurements, return-to-service activities by establishing baselines and identifying equipment health indicators abnormal equipment behavior for generation and utility substation assets.
• Perform vibration analysis using spectra, time waveforms, phase, envelope analysis, and operating trends to identify imbalance, misalignment, looseness, bearing defects, and other rotating-equipment faults.
• Lead condition monitoring programs for power generation and utility substation assets, establish monitoring priorities, baselines, alarm thresholds, and escalation criteria.
• Monitor gas turbines, diesel and natural-gas reciprocating generators, alternators, and auxiliary equipment using vibration analysis, thermography, lubricant analysis, ultrasound, and operating trends to identify deterioration and developing faults.
• Assess utility substation equipment, including transformers, bushings, circuit breakers, switchgear, and cables, using thermal surveys, oil and dissolved gas analysis, and applicable electrical diagnostic results.
• Interpret transformers dissolved gas analysis, oil quality, moisture, temperature, cooling-system performance, and bushing and tap-changer condition; correlate trends with loading, operating history, and laboratory findings.
• Conduct infrared thermography and ultrasound surveys; assess partial-discharge data where applicable, breaker operating times and contact resistance, insulating-medium condition, and insulation test results with electrical testing specialists.
• Establish and periodically review condition baselines, alarm thresholds, diagnostic rules, and escalation criteria using manufacturer guidance, operating context, equipment history, and applicable standards; coordinate changes through approved controls.
• Analyze alarms and abnormal trends, confirm data validity, assess fault severity and progression, and issue actionable recommendations with urgency, operating implications, inspection needs, and maintenance priorities.
• Translate findings into maintenance work orders, outage scopes, repair and replacement recommendations, and asset-life assessments; track actions to closure and confirm equipment condition after maintenance.
• Support commissioning, acceptance testing, startup and shutdown monitoring, load testing, and return-to-service activities by establishing baselines and identifying abnormal equipment behavior.
• Maintain diagnostic reports, asset health dashboards, inspection records, and computerized maintenance management system data; report defect detection, monitoring coverage, action closure, and reliability improvement, and train site personnel.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Condition Monitoring, Electromechanical Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 6-10+ years of relevant experience in power plant condition monitoring, predictive maintenance, or equipment diagnostics, including practical monitoring of gas turbines and diesel and natural-gas reciprocating generators.
• Demonstrated ability to perform condition monitoring of utility substation equipment, including transformers, circuit breakers, switchgear, bushings, cables, and associated auxiliary systems.
• Strong practical competence in vibration data collection and analysis, infrared thermography, lubricant analysis, ultrasound, and interpretation of operating and performance trends.
• Advanced technical expertise in interpreting transformer dissolved gas and insulating-oil analyses, electrical insulation diagnostics, partial-discharge measurements, and circuit-breaker condition indicators; demonstrated ability to correlate diagnostic results, identify developing failure modes, assess fault severity, and define appropriate specialist testing and corrective actions.
• High proficiency in configuring and using Bently Nevada and other condition monitoring software applications for data acquisition, advanced vibration diagnostics, trend analysis, alarm configuration, and equipment health reporting; strong hands-on competence with portable and online monitoring systems, plant historians, and maintenance management systems, including measurement validation, data integration, and reliable asset record management.
• Ability to interpret equipment drawings, single-line diagrams, P&IDs, manufacturer manuals, test reports, and maintenance history, and relate diagnostic findings to equipment failure modes.
• Strong fault diagnosis, root-cause analysis, technical reporting, and communication skills, with the ability to prioritize equipment risks and coordinate corrective actions across operations, maintenance, and manufacturers.

• Ability to work safely in operating power plants and substations and support site surveys, planned outages, maintenance windows, and urgent equipment assessments as operational needs require.

Preferred Qualifications

• Recognized vibration analyst certification at Category II or above, with Category III preferred; relevant thermography, ultrasound, or machinery lubrication and oil-analysis certification.
• Experience with advanced gas turbine and reciprocating-engine diagnostics, generator electrical condition assessment, borescope findings, and correlation of multiple diagnostic techniques.
• Experience with online transformer monitoring, bushing and partial-discharge monitoring, breaker diagnostics, substation asset health indexing, and risk-based maintenance planning.

Disclaimer:

Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health mandates, and/or drug testing requirements.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $126,200 to $264,100 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.


Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business.
Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:
1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
2. Short term disability and long term disability
3. Life insurance and AD&D
4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
8. Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
9. 11 paid holidays
10. Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
11. Paid parental leave
12. Adoption assistance
13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
14. Financial planning and group legal
15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.
As part of Oracle's onboarding process and consistent with applicable law, US-based employees are required to complete identity verification, which involves the collection and processing of their biometric information. Accommodations to this requirement may be granted following an individualized assessment.