Senior Mechanical Project Engineer

We are seeking an experienced Senior Mechanical Project Engineer to serve as the owner’s technical authority for the design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operation of multi-unit simple-cycle gas turbine power generation facilities
, including associated Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) and auxiliary systems.

This role will support the company’s power generation development and execution portfolio and may become dedicated to a specific project site during the execution phase.

The Senior Mechanical Project Engineer will provide engineering leadership from late-stage development through procurement, EPC execution, commissioning, and long-term asset operation. The position will ensure project solutions meet requirements for performance, efficiency, reliability, environmental compliance, operability, and lifecycle cost
.

This individual will serve as a key technical interface between the company, equipment OEMs, Owner’s Engineers, EPC contractors, and internal stakeholders, providing owner-side oversight and technical direction throughout the project lifecycle.

• Serve as the company's mechanical engineering subject matter expert and technical lead for gas turbine generation projects.
• Provide owner-side technical oversight of major equipment and plant systems, including:
  • Gas turbines
  • Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) systems
  • Heat recovery systems, where applicable
  • Fuel gas systems
  • Lubrication and hydraulic systems
  • Inlet air filtration, conditioning, and cooling systems
  • Exhaust systems, silencers, and stack interfaces
  • Cooling water and heat rejection systems
  • Buildings, enclosures, ventilation, and fire protection
  • Black-start generation systems
• Ensure equipment and plant designs support long-term availability, maintainability, reliability, and lifecycle economics.

• Establish and validate design basis, boundary conditions, performance requirements, and equipment specifications.
• Coordinate technical interfaces between equipment suppliers, EPC contractors, Owner’s Engineers, offtakers, and other stakeholders.
• Oversee mechanical equipment integration, piping layouts, and balance-of-plant auxiliary systems.
• Support integration of advanced augmentation technologies and hybrid power configurations.
• Perform and review feasibility studies, conceptual designs, and engineering analyses, including:
  • Heat and mass balances
  • Thermal performance assessments
  • Water and heat balance calculations
  • Auxiliary and cooling system evaluations
• Review and validate key engineering deliverables, including equipment datasheets, technical specifications, PFDs, P&IDs, and thermal system documentation.

• Support project development through technology screening, conceptual design, and performance definition.
• Evaluate gas turbine technologies and configurations, including simple cycle, combined cycle, CHP, and primary power applications for data centers
  .
• Develop owner-level technical requirements, performance guarantees, and specification frameworks for equipment procurement and EPC contracting.
• Provide technical input into project feasibility, execution strategy, and investment decisions.

• Evaluate technologies designed to improve plant efficiency, flexibility, reliability, and emissions performance.
• Assess turbine power augmentation and inlet air management technologies, including:
  • Mechanical chilling
  • Thermal energy storage
  • Fogging
  • Wet compression
  • Intercooling
  • Absorption chillers
  • Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC)
• Evaluate advanced auxiliary systems for high-reliability and extreme-climate operating environments.
• Lead technical evaluations of emissions-control technologies, including SCR and oxidation catalysts.
• Support decarbonization assessments involving:
  • Hydrogen blending
  • Combined-cycle efficiency improvements
  • Carbon capture readiness and CCUS integration
• Evaluate impacts of emissions and decarbonization technologies on turbine performance, auxiliary loads, back pressure, permitting, CAPEX, OPEX, and lifecycle economics.

• Lead the technical development…