Lead Power Gen Controls Engineer (Remote, 50% Travel)

Liberty Personnel Services, Inc.; Texas; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Liberty Personnel Services, Inc. is seeking a Lead Electrical Controls Engineer for power generation.

The role focuses on refurbishment, controls modernization, and redeployment of gas turbine generating units for data center and industrial power applications, with remote work options in the United States and up to 50% travel. Responsibilities include leading turbine control software assessments (GE Mark IV–VIe), defining upgrade requirements, coordinating I/O, DCS, PLC, and HMI configurations,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Controls, Chemical, or Mechanical Engineering from an ABET-accredited program.
• 7+ years of gas turbine or power plant controls engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience configuring, troubleshooting, and supporting turbine control systems.
• Experience with DCS, PLCs, HMI platforms, and power plant instrumentation.
• Commissioning experience on gas turbine or power generation projects.
• Ability to interpret and develop control narratives, technical specifications, instrumentation documentation, and test procedures.
• Strong technical communication, problem-solving, and cross-functional coordination skills.
• Ability to lead technical activities, establish engineering priorities, and support project execution.
• Authorization to work in the United States without current or future employer-sponsored visa support.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 50%.

Responsibilities

• Lead assessments of turbine control systems, including GE Mark IV, Mark V, Mark VI, and Mark VIe platforms, and define upgrade or replacement requirements.
• Establish controls engineering scope for instrumentation, input/output (I/O), human-machine interfaces (HMI), and system configuration.
• Specify and review turbine controls, balance-of-plant distributed control systems (DCS), programmable logic controllers (PLCs), and HMI systems.
• Develop and review control narratives, alarm and trip lists, and startup, shutdown, and load-control sequences in coordination with systems engineering.
• Review fuel and combustion control requirements, including DLN tuning, turbine protection inputs, overspeed protection, flame detection, and vibration monitoring.
• Define instrumentation requirements and review instrument datasheets, loop drawings, and related engineering documentation.
• Coordinate controls integration with excitation systems, generator protection, switchyard equipment, plant control systems, and customer SCADA.
• Establish control network requirements and support industrial control system cybersecurity considerations.
• Lead or participate in factory acceptance testing, loop checks, commissioning, and controls tuning.
• Troubleshoot turbine trips and control system issues, lead root-cause investigations, and recommend corrective actions.
• Provide technical direction and guidance to engineers and coordinate controls activities with electrical engineering, systems engineering, project management, and operations.
• Develop repeatable engineering standards, documentation, and controls upgrade approaches across multiple generating units.

Skills

Gas turbine controls

Troubleshooting

Leadership

Cross-functional

Systems engineering

Documentation

Commissioning

Education

ABET-accredited engineering degree

Tools

DCS systems

PLCs

HMI platforms

Job description

Liberty Personnel Services, Inc. is seeking a Lead Electrical Controls Engineer for power generation.

The role focuses on refurbishment, controls modernization, and redeployment of gas turbine generating units for data center and industrial power applications, with remote work options in the United States and up to 50% travel. Responsibilities include leading turbine control software assessments (GE Mark IV–VIe), defining upgrade requirements, coordinating I/O, DCS, PLC, and HMI configurations,