Consulting Engineer

## Consulting Engineer Apply:
Houston, Texas:
Full time:
Posted Yesterday:
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** Career Area:
** Engineering
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* Job Description:

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Solar Turbines is seeking a Consulting Engineer to provide technical leadership and subject matter expertise in Balance of Plant (BOP) and facilities engineering for projects utilizing Solar’s family of industrial gas turbines. This role supports both front-end development and project execution, with a primary focus on the midstream/upstream gas compression market. The Consulting Engineer serves as a trusted technical advisor, driving engineering strategy, managing technical risk, and ensuring alignment between proposal assumptions and execution realities.  

The Consulting Engineer is a recognized technical authority responsible for leading facility and BOP engineering strategy across proposal and execution phases. This role requires deep expertise in mechanical and facilities engineering, strong command of applicable codes and standards, and a demonstrated ability to deliver safe, operable, and commercially optimized facility designs.  The position plays a critical role in front-end engineering, proposal development, and technical risk definition, establishing the design basis and ensuring alignment across process, electrical, structural, and design.

The Consulting Engineer is accountable for developing defensible, execution-ready solutions and acting as a key interface with internal stakeholders, customers, and suppliers.  
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* What you will do:

*** Intended for a highly experienced engineer with 15–20+ years of industry experience in facilities and BOP engineering, with demonstrated progression to a technical leadership or consulting role.
* Serve as the technical lead for proposal and front-end engineering efforts, ensuring alignment between conceptual design, commercial strategy, and execution requirements.
* Provide expert-level mechanical and facilities engineering guidance, ensuring designs meet industry codes, Solar standards, and customer expectations.
* Define and govern the mechanical design basis for complex facilities, including identification and mitigation of technical, operational, and constructability risks.
* Lead development, review, and approval of key engineering deliverables, including PIDs, layouts, one lines, block diagrams, and equipment specifications.
* Apply advanced engineering judgment in ambiguous, early-stage design environments, balancing code compliance, operability, cost, and schedule.
* Act as a technical mentor and reviewer, elevating engineering quality and consistency across the team.
* Provide leadership in capturing and applying lessons learned from project execution to continuously improve proposal quality and technical standards.
* Support fast-paced proposal efforts while maintaining technical rigor and defensibility; periodic travel as required.
** What you will have:
*** Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering or related field
* 15–20+ years of experience in mechanical facilities or Balance of Plant engineering within upstream oil & gas, midstream, and energy infrastructure sectors.
* Professional Engineer (PE) license is preferred
* Advanced knowledge of ASME, API, ANSI, and related codes governing pressure equipment, piping systems, and…