Senior Staff Engineer — Geothermal & Thermal Power

Invenergy, LLC; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 108,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401k

Paid time off

Job summary

Invenergy LLC in Chicago seeks a Senior Staff Engineer, Thermal to lead design, review and delivery of geothermal and thermal power projects across North America. You will oversee FEED and detailed design, equipment selection, and interface with vendors and contractors throughout the project lifecycle.

Candidates should have a strong thermodynamics and combustion background, plus 2+ years managing large capital projects in energy.

Qualifications

• BS in mechanical, electrical, civil, petroleum, chemical or related engineering discipline.
• 2+ years’ experience in project engineering management of large capital projects with a focus on geothermal or thermal energy.
• Familiarity with regulatory, siting, and environmental permitting processes for large-scale industrial projects.
• Experience with geothermal production facilities and heat exchange, reinjection and subsystems is advantageous.
• Spreadsheet modeling using Microsoft Excel.

Responsibilities

• Perform and review basic and detail design for power generation projects.
• Lead technical efforts during the development phase and collaborate with other engineering and geophysicists during the reservoir modelling and detailed design process.
• Prepare permit applications and project specifications.
• Interface with equipment vendors to explain technical requirements and receive technical proposals.
• Support and lead technical efforts with OEMs.
• Review technical deliverables like P&ID, heat and mass balances, project design documents, equipment specifications and drawings, layouts, and electrical one-line drawings.
• Provide engineering oversight during project design and construction.
• Interface with contractors for resolution of technical issues.
• Assist oversight of power plant commissioning activities.
• Coordinate with internal teams to align project development and execution with financial and commercial objectives, including coordination of internal administrative workload with the Project Management team for the technical interface of the project, i.e., purchase orders, service orders, MSAs and ESA agreements for consultants.
• Establish relationships with various technical experts among stakeholders, utilities, RTO/ISOs.
• Understand project interfaces across multiple contractors and work packages and monitor performance, ensuring adherence to project requirements, budget and schedule.

Skills

Project engineering management

Geothermal power generation

Thermal power generation

Regulatory permitting knowledge

Heat transfer/thermodynamics

Excel spreadsheet modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, civil, petroleum, chemical or related engineering

Master's degree in engineering

Professional Engineer (PE) license

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Invenergy LLC in Chicago seeks a Senior Staff Engineer, Thermal to lead design, review and delivery of geothermal and thermal power projects across North America. You will oversee FEED and detailed design, equipment selection, and interface with vendors and contractors throughout the project lifecycle.

Candidates should have a strong thermodynamics and combustion background, plus 2+ years managing large capital projects in energy.