Mechanical Design Engineer

Insight Global; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Richmond, Virginia is seeking an experienced engineer to join their Steam Power Services team. This role involves providing technical guidance during outage planning, leading complex repairs, and collaborating with global design teams. Ideal candidates have a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and over 5 years of experience in steam turbine service. This position may require 5-10% domestic travel to customer sites.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in steam turbine service engineering.
• 2+ years of field execution experience in the power generation industry.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance during outage planning for steam turbines.
• Lead repairs on turbine components at service centers.
• Coordinate with teams for complex repair projects.
• Develop inspection and test plans for repair scopes.
• Travel to customer sites as required.

Skills

Technical guidance

Project management

Collaboration

Root cause analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Catia CAD

Job description

As a member of the Steam Power Services engineering team in the Americas, you will play a key role in service engineering activities, including outage planning and execution, providing technical guidance to field engineers and customers, leading complex repairs at sites or service centers, conducting root cause analysis, and designing steam turbine components. You will collaborate with global design engineering teams to ensure safe, reliable, and high-quality product solutions.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance to field engineers and service managers during outage planning and execution for industrial, fossil, and nuclear steam turbines.
• Lead complex repairs on rotors, diaphragms, casings, valves, and other components at service centers.
• Act as the primary technical contact for complex repair projects, coordinating with sales, project managers, sourcing, engineering, and quality teams.
• Ensure timely delivery of engineering requirements and project deliverables.
• Serve as Project Engineering Manager for steam turbine projects, including upgrades, engineering studies, and valve solutions.
• Develop inspection and test plans for site assembly/disassembly and repair scopes.
• Participate in product qualification processes, design reviews, and technical risk discussions.
• Support parts engineering and sourcing teams with product design (form, fit, and function).
• Address product/process non-conformances and implement corrective/preventive actions through root cause analysis.
• Collaborate with sales, service directors, repair centers, field engineers, and parts engineering groups.
• Domestic travel to customer sites (5–10%).

Must-Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in steam turbine service engineering.
• 2+ years of field execution experience, preferably in the power generation industry.

Plusses

• Experience with Catia CAD drafting.
• Knowledge of steam turbine and balance-of-plant systems and operations.
• Familiarity with inspection methods and repairs for rotating and stationary components.
• Exposure to steam turbine disassembly, assembly, startups, and operations.
• Demonstrated ability to lead projects and work collaboratively across teams.