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This position is responsible for developing, coordinating, and maintaining structural engineering programs, including providing repair and maintenance plans/designs to plant teams. The Engineer will be responsible for providing civil and structural engineering support for the Vistra generation fleet. The Engineer will be responsible for establishing and maintaining fleet standards for inspections of critical equipment to ensure safe and reliable operation. This position can work independently, applying extensive SME knowledge and must coordinate effectively with all work groups. Flexibility for base location at one of Vistra's fossil power generation sites.

• Coordinates and maintains fossil/renewables fleet structural inspection programs, including: Structural Integrity Program, Chimney Inspection Program, and Fuel Oil Storage Tanks Program.
• Incorporates personnel and public safety as a priority in the plans and designs.
• Prepares and presents reports, sketches, and designs, including recommendations to resolve complex issues.
• Facilitates effective contractor management with engineering firms.
• Ensures all project designs are in accordance with sound engineering practice.
• Prepares and designs civil/structural standards (including new construction) & operating procedures.
• Provides cost and schedule estimates for inspections and implementation of designed repairs.
• Performs assignments in a thorough and reliable manner.
• Ability to effectively manage significant number of projects simultaneously.
• Works with minimal supervision.
• Shows adaptability to coordinate materials, personnel, and schedules.
• Ability to communicate technical subjects and complex ideas to a diverse audience.
• Clearly explains options, costs, benefits, risks.
• Ability to persuade and negotiate solutions.

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering.
• Structural engineering experience preferred.
• 8 years related job experience.
• Registered PE preferred in at least one state with Vistra plant assets.
• Design, repair, and/or maintenance practices for power plant equipment.
• Technically proficient in civil/structural engineering.
• Cognizant of legal, regulatory, and code requirements to meet design constraints.
• Understands objectives and parameters of design and construction and works within them.
• Experience gained through college degree programs and/or certifications is applicable to above skills.

Level of position will be determined by applicable skills and experience.

Meets expectations of work product reliability and volume. Completes objectives within target time constraints. Effectively communicates and resolves issues with other work groups while preparing and presenting detailed documentation and plans of complex design. Technical issues are resolved in a manner consistent with operational profile of the asset. Effective Chimney Inspection Program, Structural Integrity Program, and Oil Storage Tanks Program documentation and program sustainability.

Engineering Services Company Luminant Generation Company LLC

Irving, Texas Texas

We are a company of people committed to: Exceeding Customer Expectations, Great People, Teamwork, Competitive Spirit and Effective Communication.

Vistra (NYSE: VST) is a leading Fortune 500 integrated retail electricity and power generation company based in Irving, Texas, that provides essential power resources to customers, businesses, and communities from California to Maine. Vistra is the largest competitive power generator in the U.S., with a capacity of approximately 41,000 megawatts, or enough to power 20 million homes, operating in all of the major competitive wholesale markets in the country. Vistra is a leader in the energy transformation and expansion with an unyielding focus on reliability, affordability, and sustainability, powered by a diverse portfolio that includes natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar, and battery energy storage facilities. The company continues to grow its zero-carbon resources, operating the second-largest fleet of competitive nuclear power plants in the country, substantial battery energy storage capacity, and a growing number of solar facilities. Vistra is one of the largest competitive electricity providers in the country and takes an innovative, customer‑centric approach to retail, offering solutions to meet customers’ needs, including more than 50 renewable energy plans. Through its family of retail brands, Vistra serves approximately 5 million residential, commercial, and industrial retail customers. As a leader in the responsible transformation of the country’s energy supply, Vistra has made significant progress towards its 2030 and 2050 targets. The company has committed to a 60% reduction of Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, as compared to our 2010 baseline, and net‑zero carbon emissions by 2050, assuming necessary technological advancements and public policy incentives are achieved.

Learn more about our environmental, social, and governance efforts and read the company’s sustainability report at https://vistracorp.com/sustainability/.

Vistra’s hardworking team is committed to its purpose, “lighting up lives, powering a better way forward” and is guided by four core principles: we do business the right way, we work as a team, we compete to win, and we care about our stakeholders, including our customers, our communities where we work and live, our employees, and our investors. Learn more about how Vistra is powering a better way forward at vistracorp.com. Come join us and be part of something special!

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