The Director of Engineering is responsible for leading assigned engineering, maintenance, and reliability functions across the power plant(s). This role ensures safe, efficient, and reliable operation of generation assets by overseeing predictive maintenance programs, project development, capital projects, and technical support. The position drives continuous improvement in plant performance, compliance, and cost optimization while maintaining high standards of safety and environmental stewardship.

A bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical, or industrial engineering is required; but a master’s degree is preferred and 10+ years in power generation or heavy industrial maintenance, with at least 5 years in leadership roles. A strong knowledge of power plant systems (boilers, turbines, generators, auxiliaries). However, an equivalent combination of technical training or degree and associated experience will be considered. Expertise in outage planning, reliability engineering, and project management. Foster a culture of safety, reliability, and continuous improvement and support outage planning and execution, including budgeting and scheduling. Must have excellent leadership, communication, and decision-making skills.

Qualified candidates send resume to jobs@bigrivers.com – include job title & number.   The deadline for applying is 01/12/2026. No third parties, no phone calls accepted.

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About Big Rivers Electric Corporation

The first cooperative principle is voluntary and open membership. This was a driving factor in western Kentucky in 1936 and 1937 when neighbors and friends decided to work together to form Henderson Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation. Spurred by the need for electricity to improve the rural life style and economic benefits, these people voluntarily joined together to be better able to reach their dreams of electricity in their rural homes, farms and businesses. Soon, many people in western Kentucky and other parts of Kentucky and across the entire country were forming cooperative organizations to reach this same dream. Once established with an infrastructure of wires, poles, transformers, meters, and members consuming electricity, the local cooperatives were viable economic business organizations facing the prospect of significant growth in numbers of members and their increasing appetite for electricity. To meet long-term power supply concerns, it only took a few years to see one of the next cooperatives to be formed. In 1961, three cooperatives, Henderson-Union RECC, headquartered in Henderson, Green River RECC, headquartered in Owensboro, and Meade County RECC, headquarte...red in Brandenburg, created Big Rivers Electric Corporation. Today the three member-owners of Big Rivers serve more than 121,000 members in 22 counties.

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