Gas Generation Power Senior Engineer

DNV; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

DNV Energy Systems North America seeks a Gas Generation Power Senior Engineer to provide expert advisory support across Mergers & Acquisitions, Independent Engineering, and Owner’s Engineering for fossil fuel–based generation assets. The role emphasizes practical operating and design insight for decision-grade advice to developers, owners, and lenders.

Based in Canada/NA with a hybrid schedule across DNV offices, the candidate will evaluate gas and steam turbines, boiler systems, and

Qualifications

• Experience with gas/steam turbines and thermal power assets.
• Knowledge of plant condition, performance, maintenance strategies.
• Familiarity with due diligence, IE, and owner’s engineering processes.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the thermal technical lead across advisory engagements.
• Lead technical evaluations of thermal assets and portfolios.
• Assess plant condition using operating history and maintenance records.
• Translate findings into decision-grade technical advice for developers, owners, lenders.

Skills

Gas turbines

Steam turbines

Boiler systems

Reciprocating engines

Thermal generation

Job description

About Us

We are the independent expert in assurance and risk management. Driven by our purpose, to safeguard life, property, and the environment, we empower our customers and their stakeholders with facts and reliable insights so that critical decisions can be made with confidence.

We are the independent expert in assurance and risk management. Driven by our purpose, to safeguard life, property, and the environment, we empower our customers and their stakeholders with facts and reliable insights so that critical decisions can be made with confidence.

As a trusted voice for many of the world’s most successful organizations, we use our knowledge to advance safety and performance, set industry benchmarks, and inspire and invent solutions to tackle global transformations.

About Energy Systems

We help customers navigate the complex transition to a decarbonized and more sustainable energy future. We do this by assuring that energy systems work safely and effectively, using solutions that are increasingly digital. We also help industries and governments to navigate the many complex, interrelated transitions taking place globally and regionally, in the energy industry.

About The Role

Are you ready to shape the future of energy by bringing deep, hands-on thermal generation expertise to high-impact advisory assignments across the project lifecycle?

Do you thrive at the intersection of plant operations, technical engineering, and investment decision-making—helping investors, developers, and owners better understand risk and performance in a rapidly evolving energy market?

DNV Energy Systems North America is seeking a Gas Generation Power Senior Engineer Subject Matter Expert (SME) with deep experience in conventional and flexible thermal generation to support our energy advisory services across Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Independent Engineering (IE), and Owner’s Engineering (OE). This role is designed for experienced engineers who bring practical, first-hand knowledge of power plant design, operations, and performance—ideally complemented by exposure to project development, financing, or transaction processes.

Our advisory teams operate at the forefront of the energy industry, providing technical due diligence and engineering advisory services to a diverse set of customers across North America. Our work spans the full project lifecycle, from development and financing through construction, operations, and asset optimization, and plays a critical role in informing investment and operational decisions.

This role is for a senior thermal power engineer who can serve as DNV’s subject matter authority across advisory assignments spanning mergers and acquisitions, independent engineering, and owner’s engineering for thermal assets. The position centers on applying practical operating and design experience to evaluate greenfield design configurations, plant condition, performance, reliability, maintenance strategy, contract structures, and lifecycle risk, then translating those findings into decision-grade technical advice for developers, owners, lenders, and investors. It requires the ability to visualize and understand the full process cycle enabling strong engineering judgment, credibility in multidisciplinary settings, and the ability to connect real-world asset behavior with project development, financing, construction, operations, and optimization considerations across North America. You will work closely with multidisciplinary teams and clients to translate real-world operating experience into clear, actionable insights tailored to each engagement.

This role is based at our DNV Advisory offices in Montreal, QC, Toronto, ON and Calgary, AB presenting a dynamic hybrid schedule where employees will typically spend three (3) days per week working from either a DNV office or client location/site. Other DNV locations in North America may also be considered.

Further details regarding role-specific requirements will be shared during the interview process.

What You’ll Do

• Serve as the thermal technical lead across advisory engagements involving gas turbines, steam turbines, boiler systems, reciprocating engines, emerging new thermal technologies and balance‑of‑plant systems.
• Lead technical evaluations of thermal assets and portfolios, identifying key risks, value drivers, and lifecycle considerations.
• Assess plant condition and performance using operating history, outage and maintenance records, heat rate and efficiency trends, dispatch profiles, and asset management practices.
• Apply practical engineering and operational experience to evaluate reliability, degradation mechanisms, and maintenance strategies.
• Support technical due diligence, independent engineering, and owner