Gas Generation Power Senior Engineer

DNV; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

RRSP with company match

Hybrid work schedule

Medical, dental, vision benefits

Education assistance

Life insurance & disability

Job summary

DNV Energy Systems North America is seeking a Gas Generation Power Senior Engineer SME to lead technical assessments of thermal assets across M&A, IE and OE. This role requires deep experience in conventional and flexible generation, and the ability to translate operating data into decision-grade advice.

Based in Canada with a hybrid schedule across Montreal, Toronto or Calgary, you will work with cross‑functional teams, review plant design and EPC/O&M contracts, and support investment decisions

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree in engineering (mechanical, electrical, or related discipline).
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in thermal power generation, with deep knowledge of plant design, operating cycles, and performance across conventional and flexible assets.
• Familiarity with the energy project lifecycle, including major contracts (EPC, O&M) and their impact on technical and commercial risk.
• Ability to translate complex technical issues into clear, structured insights for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills and willingness to travel up to ~15%.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the thermal technical lead across advisory engagements involving gas turbines, steam turbines, boiler systems, and balance-of-plant systems.
• Lead technical evaluations of thermal assets and portfolios, identifying risks, value drivers, and lifecycle considerations.
• Assess plant condition and performance using operating history, outages, maintenance records and heat rate trends.
• Apply practical engineering experience to evaluate reliability and maintenance strategies.
• Support technical due diligence, independent engineering and owner’s engineering scopes, including review of plant design and major equipment configurations, EPC/O&M contracts, and financial model inputs.

Skills

Thermal power generation

Engineering judgement

English communication

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering (mechanical/electrical or related)

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.

About Energy Systems

We help customers navigate the complex transition to a decarbonised 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 optimisation, 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 centres 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 visualise and understand the full process cycle enabling strong engineering judgement, credibility in multidisciplinary settings, and the ability to connect real‑world asset behaviour with project development, financing, construction, operations, and optimisation 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.

Location & Working Arrangement

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.

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’s engineering scopes, including:
  • Review of plant design and major equipment configurations
  • Evaluation of technical aspects of EPC and O&M agreements
  • Validation of technical inputs to financial models (CapEx, OpEx, performance, degradation)
  • Participation in site visits, field assessments, and technical interviews

Additional French Sections

Êtes‑vous prêt(e) à contribuer à l’avenir de l’énergie en mettant à profit votre expertise approfondie et pratique en production thermique au sein de missions de conseil stratégiques couvrant l’ensemble du cycle de vie des projets?

Vous épanouissez‑vous à l’interface entre l’exploitation des centrales, l’ingénierie technique et la prise de décision en matière d’investissement, en aidant investisseurs, développeurs et propriétaires d’actifs à mieux comprendre les risques et les performances dans un marché de l’énergie en pleine transformation?

DNV Energy Systems North America recherche un Ingénieur principal en production d’énergie thermique Expert(e) Technique Senior (SME) en Production d’Électricité à partir de Gaz disposant d’une solide expérience dans la production thermique conventionnelle et flexible pour soutenir nos services de conseil énergétique dans les domaines des fusions et acquisitions (M&A), de l’Ingénierie Indépendante (Independent Engineering - IE) et de l’Ingénierie du Propriétaire (Owner’s Engineering - OE).

What we offer

• Generous paid time off (vacation, sick days, company holidays, personal days)
• Medical, Dental, and Vision benefit plans available to all employees
• Special programs & Employee Assistance Program and accident and critical illness options for you and your family
• Workplace strategies for mental help resources available to all employees
• Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with company match
• Company provided life insurance, short‑term, and long‑term disability benefits
• Education Assistance Program
• Flexible work schedule with hybrid opportunities
• Consumer discounts and rewards through our BenefitsHub
• Advancement opportunities
• Benefits may vary based on position, tenure, location and employee election

Compensation – Vancouver & Toronto

DNV provides a reasonable compensation range for this role. The actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors, including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific location. For the cities of Vancouver and Toronto, the range of starting pay for this role is $110000 CAD – $185000 CAD.

Equal‑Opportunity Employer

DNV is a proud equal‑option employer committed to building an inclusive and diverse workforce.

All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, or business need, without regard to race, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

About You – Required

A Bachelor’s degree in engineering (mechanical, electrical, or related discipline).

• A minimum of Five (5) years of experience in thermal power generation, with deep knowledge of plant design, operating cycles, and performance characteristics across conventional and flexible assets (e.g., combined cycle, simple cycle).
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate plant performance, reliability, and operational risk, including key drivers such as heat rate, outages, maintenance strategies, and lifecycle considerations.
• Familiarity with the energy project lifecycle, including major contracts (EPC, O&M) and their impact on technical and commercial risk.
• Ability to translate complex technical issues into clear, structured insights for both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Strong AI and digital fluency, with the ability to evaluate AI‑generated outputs, apply critical thinking, ensure quality and accuracy, and utilise AI responsibly within company governance frameworks.
• Willingness and ability to travel up to approximately 15% of the time.
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills as the employee would be required to serve customers by email and by phone, both in Quebec, in the rest of Canada, and in the United States.
• We conduct pre‑employment drug and background screening.

Preferred

• Experience supporting or interfacing with project development, financing, or transaction processes such as technical due diligence or project finance.
• Personal qualifications and skills we are looking for in a successful candidate:
  • Strong technical judgment with the ability to independently assess complex thermal systems and distinguish material risks from non‑material issues.
  • Practical, operations‑focused mindset grounded in real‑world asset performance.
  • Clear communicator able to translate complex technical topics into concise, decision‑oriented insights.
  • Effective in multidisciplinary environments, integrating thermal expertise into broader engineering, financial, and transaction contexts.
  • Comfortable operating in fast‑paced and ambiguous environments, focusing effort on the issues most relevant to decision makers.
  • Strong ownership of technical quality, delivering high‑integrity and defensible analyses.
  • Collaborative team player who contributes to knowledge sharing and supports the development of less experienced colleagues.
  • Immigration‑related employment benefits, for example visa sponsorship, are not available for this position.

French – About You – Required

• Baccalauréat en génie (mécanique, électrique ou dans une discipline connexe).
• Minimum de cinq (5) années d’expérience dans le domaine de la production d’énergie thermique, avec une connaissance approfondie de la conception des centrales, des cycles d’exploitation et des caractéristiques de performance des actifs conventionnels et flexibles (p. ex., cycle combiné, cycle simple).
• Expérience démontrée dans l’évaluation de la performance des centrales, de leur fiabilité et des risques opérationnels, y compris les principaux facteurs tels que le rendement thermique (heat rate), les arrêts planifiés et non planifiés, les stratégies de maintenance et les considérations liées au cycle de vie des actifs.
• Connaissance du cycle de vie des projets énergétiques, y compris des principaux contrats d’ingénierie, d’approvisionnement et de construction (EPC) ainsi que d’exploitation et de maintenance (O&M), et compréhension de leur incidence sur les risques techniques et commerciaux.
• Capacité à traduire des enjeux techniques complexes en analyses claires, structurées et accessibles à des intervenants tant techniques que non techniques.
• Maîtrise des outils numériques et de l’intelligence artificielle, avec la capacité d’évaluer de manière critique les contenus générés par l’IA, d’en valider la qualité et l’exactitude, et d’utiliser ces technologies de façon responsable, conformément aux politiques et cadres de gouvernance de l’entreprise.
• Disponibilité et capacité à effectuer des déplacements représentant jusqu’à environ 15 % du temps de travail.
• Excellentes aptitudes à communiquer en anglais, tant à l’oral qu’à l’écrit, puisque la personne occupant ce poste devra interagir avec des clients par téléphone et par courriel au Québec, ailleurs au Canada et aux États-Unis.
• La réussite d’une vérification des antécédents et d’un dépistage pré‑emploi de drogues est requise.
• Étant donné que ce poste exige une maîtrise de l’anglais, le processus de recrutement se déroulera en anglais. Veuillez nous informer dès que possible si vous préférez que le processus soit mené en français. Dans ce cas, votre niveau de compétence en anglais sera tout de même évalué tout au long du processus de sélection.