Power-Gen Mechanical Engineer: Reliability & Outages

Insight Global; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to support gas turbine facilities and Balance of Plant equipment at a leading power-generation client.

You will troubleshoot mechanical equipment issues, support planned and forced outages, perform failure investigations, and develop technical scopes of work in coordination with operations, maintenance, contractors, vendors, and OEM partners to improve fleet reliability and reduce risk.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related field.
• Mechanical engineering experience in power generation, utilities, oil and gas, petrochemical, manufacturing, or heavy industrial environments.
• Experience troubleshooting rotating or mechanical equipment.
• Knowledge of gas turbines, steam turbines, generators, pumps, compressors, valves, piping, heat exchangers, or BOP systems.
• Experience supporting outages, maintenance, commissioning, or startup.
• Ability to evaluate equipment failures and develop technically sound corrective actions.
• Root Cause Analysis, FMEA, or comparable failure-investigation experience.
• Ability to review drawings, specifications, calculations, vendor documentation, and technical procedures.
• Experience developing scopes of work and supporting engineering projects.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to coordinate with operations, maintenance, engineering, contractors, vendors, and OEM reps.

Responsibilities

• Provide mechanical engineering support to power-generation stations and fleet operations.
• Troubleshoot mechanical equipment failures, abnormal operating conditions, and performance issues.
• Evaluate gas turbines, steam turbines, pumps, compressors, valves, piping, and heat exchangers.
• Review inspection results, work histories, operating trends, and failure data.
• Lead or support RCAs, FMEAs, and reliability investigations.
• Develop repair recommendations, corrective actions, and long-term reliability strategies.
• Plan and support mechanical scopes during outages (scheduled and forced).
• Coordinate with station personnel, contractors, vendors, and OEM engineers.
• Review calculations, drawings, specs, procedures, and vendor proposals.
• Develop technical scopes of work for repairs, replacements, modifications, and capital projects.
• Support commissioning, startup testing, and post-maintenance validation.
• Monitor recurring equipment issues and identify cost-reduction opportunities.
• Prepare technical reports, recommendations, and presentations for stakeholders.
• Mentor less-experienced engineers and provide technical leadership when appropriate.

Skills

Mech. engineering knowledge

Troubleshooting rotating equipment

Gas turbines & related equipment

Outage support experience

Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

Drawing/spec review

Scopes of work development

Technical communication

Coordination with field/ vendors

Leadership/mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

PI Vision

TrendMiner

Excel

Power BI

JMP

Job description

Insight Global is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to support gas turbine facilities and Balance of Plant equipment at a leading power-generation client.

You will troubleshoot mechanical equipment issues, support planned and forced outages, perform failure investigations, and develop technical scopes of work in coordination with operations, maintenance, contractors, vendors, and OEM partners to improve fleet reliability and reduce risk.