Fired Equipment Engineer Details | Family of Companies

Overview

Fired Equipment Engineer

Date:
Sep 16, 2025

Location:

Chicago, IL, US;
Denver, CO, US

Company:
Black & Veatch Family of Companies

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The Opportunity

In this role, you will have the opportunity to lead design execution efforts, along with:

• Evaluate, select, specify, and engineer fired equipment suitable for design needs for reliable, cost-effective, and efficient operation.
• Prepare equipment cost estimating and manhours for FEED and Detailed Design phases.
• Prepare fired equipment data sheets and technical specifications for bid and purchase.
• Perform bid clarifications / meetings with bidders and prepare technical bid evaluations/summaries for equipment.
• Participate in client project meetings and conduct meetings with fired equipment team working on the project.
• Participate in design & model reviews, HAZOP reviews, constructability review, etc.
• Develop construction sub-contracts for fired equipment and other mechanical equipment.
• Participate in on-site start-up and commissioning work on an as-needed basis.
• Attend pre-inspection meetings, inspections, and testing on fired equipment in vendor’s shop.

The Team

The Mechanical Engineering Department is a global team that delivers high quality, on time design and services projects in the areas of Power, Gas, Fuels & Chemicals, Water and Waste Water, Data Centers, and Mining including everything mechanically related to Process and Power projects and related disciplines.

Black & Veatch’s Fuels & Natural Resources focuses on global investors and operators who need to tap into Black & Veatch’s broad portfolio of large-scale solutions dedicated to converting critical resources into essential fuels and feed stocks.

Preferred Qualifications

• Industries such as power, LNG, gas processing, mining, manufacturing, and water treatment
• Executing projects from early conceptual, to detailed engineering, to project start-up and operations support
• Reading detailed project drawings and blueprints and technical interpretations
• Material and component selection of fired equipment and auxiliaries, complex packaged equipment systems, and similar systems
• Fired equipment troubleshooting and small services engineering projects
• Attending and performing engineered equipment shop inspections
• Writing fired equipment ASME and API overlay specifications
• Codes/standards: ASME Code (Section I, Section VIII Divisions 1 &
  2), NFPA 85, 86, and 87, EPA emissions regulations and test methods, ASME STS-1; API 521, 537, 560, and other relevant fired equipment standards
• API 573, 936, etc for equipment inspection and general condition engineering assessment

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited program or equivalent experience
• Minimum of 5 years related work experience
• Active engineering registration or licensure to support engineer of record (EOR) requirements for BV projects in applicable countries

Holds an active engineering registration or licensure to support engineer of record (EOR) requirements for BV projects in applicable countries, and supports where necessary.

• Office environment with possible prolonged sitting and computer use; on-site tasks during site visits
• Hybrid or flexible work options may be offered after the first 90 days of employment based on manager discretion

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Salary
:
Annual compensation range from $ – $ (local market and equity considerations apply)

Job Grade
: 016

Nearest Major Market
:
Chicago

Job Segment
:
Nuclear Engineering, Construction, Thermal Engineering, Manufacturing Engineer, Wastewater, Engineering

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