Senior Staff Engineer, Thermal Engineering

About the role

The Senior Staff Engineer, Thermal, supports Invenergy’s efforts to develop, permit, engineer, construct and commission new geothermal and thermal (simple and combined cycle combustion turbine and reciprocating engine) power generation projects throughout North America.

Responsibilities

• Perform and review basic and detail design for power generation projects.
• Advise on the feasibility of projects based on available geothermal technologies and project constraints.
• Lead technical efforts during the development phase and collaborate with other engineering and geophysicists during the reservoir modelling and detailed design process.
• Support technical efforts for project development work such as site selection, general arrangement development, site surveying, environmental studies, permit applications, geotechnical investigations and others.
• Interface with equipment vendors to explain technical requirements and receive technical proposals.
• Support and lead technical efforts with OEMs.
• Review technical deliverables like P&ID, heat and mass balances, project design documents, equipment specifications and drawings, layouts, and electrical one-line drawings.
• Provide engineering oversight during project design and construction.
• Interface with contractors for resolution of technical issues.
• Aid oversight of power plant commissioning activities.
• Cook up with internal teams to align project development and execution with financial and commercial objectives, including coordination of internal administrative workload with the Project Management team for the technical interface of the project, i.e., purchase orders, service orders, MSAs and ESA agreements for consultants.
• Establish relationships with various technical experts among stakeholders, utilities, RTO/ISOs.
• Understand project interfaces across multiple contractors and work packages and monitor performance, ensuring adherence to project requirements, budget and schedule.

Requirements

• BS in mechanical, electrical, civil, petroleum, chemical or related engineering discipline.
• 2+ years’ experience in project engineering management of large capital projects with a focus on geothermal power generation, thermal power generation or transferable energy sector work.
• Familiarity with regulatory, siting, and environmental permitting processes for large-scale industrial projects.
• Knowledge and experience with project design and configuration.
• Experience with geothermal production facilities with focus on translating subsurface energy into usable power, emphasizing facility design, heat exchange, gathering systems, reinjection systems and fluid mechanics will have an advantage.
• Spreadsheet modeling using Microsoft Excel.
• Eligible to work in the United States without the need for employer visa sponsorship now or in the future.
• Must have a valid US driving license.
• Ability to travel up to 25%.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in engineering or Professional Engineering License.
• Experience with ORCs, steam turbines for geothermal applications, production and injection pumps, and other heavy duty industrial rotatory equipment.
• Experience in the power generation industry, specifically thermal energy, with a focus on utility-scale project development.
• Oil & Gas project or reservoir engineering experience relevant to geothermal or conventional thermal projects.
• Proficiency in spreadsheet modeling using Microsoft Excel.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.

Skills

• Thermodynamics.
• Heat transfer.
• Combustion turbine performance.

Benefits

• Base Pay: $85,000.00 - $108,000.00 USD
• Annual Bonus: 15%

Pay

Base Pay: $85,000.00 - $108,000.00 USD

Schedule

Full-time