Process Engineer - Power Generation
Responsibilities
Lead process and mechanical design for power generation facilities
Develop heat and mass balances, thermodynamic cycle analyses, and equipment sizing
Prepare equipment specifications, data sheets, P&IDs, and process flow diagrams
Serve as lead process engineer coordinating with multidisciplinary teams (mechanical, electrical, controls, civil/structural)
Support feasibility studies, front-end engineering & design (FEED), and detailed engineering
Provide occasional field support for construction, commissioning, startup, or performance testing (as needed)
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering
- 10–35 years of relevant power plant process/mechanical engineering experience
- Background at an AE firm, EPC contractor, utility, industrial power generation facility (plant engineer or operations), or major power equipment OEM
- Strong experience in one or more of the following: gas turbine simple/combined-cycle plants, cogeneration/CHP, conventional thermal/boiler-based plants, biomass/WTE, chemical recovery boilers, air pollution control systems (FGD/SCR)
Preferred Qualifications: Experience with Thermoflow suite (Thermoflex, PEACE, GT PRO, etc.) or equivalent power cycle simulation tools
Field experience (commissioning, startup, performance testing, or plant operations)
Professional Engineer (PE) license
About the Role
Wood’s Power Engineering group is growing rapidly amid the current power boom. We are adding two experienced Senior Process Engineers to our team in Atlanta, GA (preferred) or Greenville, SC to support a strong pipeline of conventional, renewable, and low-carbon energy projects.