Technical Lead - Energy

Overview

As a Technical Lead supporting the Behind-the-Meter (BTM) Power Generation team, you will provide senior-level technical leadership while promoting collaboration, quality, safety, and successful project delivery. You will lead complex technical workstreams, manage engineering studies, coordinate multidisciplinary teams, and develop sound technical recommendations and project deliverables maintaining high standards of quality and safety. Projects may include brownfield and greenfield industrial, commercial, government, and data center developments. Generation sources may include natural gas, hydrogen, small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs), diesel, solar, hydroelectric power, energy storage, and hybrid generation systems.

 

Join us as we Rise to the Challenge

 

At KCI, we’re building an enduring community that provides unparalleled value to our employee-owners. We make our mark designing and delivering our world-class solutions, so we invest deeply in supporting and developing our team. We reward integrity and commitment, and when we do well, you do well. Our employees have the freedom to innovate, unlimited growth, a voice that matters, a lifestyle that works, and skin in the game. Achievements are shared and celebrated. As a team, we are motivated to better ourselves, each other, and the world around us. 

 

THE COMPANY

KCI Technologies, Inc. is a 100% employee-owned engineering, consulting and construction firm serving clients throughout the United States. KCI is recognized as an industry leader, employing cutting-edge technologies, management practices and strategic growth initiatives. Employee ownership fosters an entrepreneurial spirit, encourages technical expertise, and shapes strategic planning.

KCI is currently ranked #50 on Engineering News-Record’s list of the Top 500 design firms in the nation.

 

KCI BENEFITS INFORMATION

We offer a competitive compensation package, family friendly benefits, a collaborative working environment, and the training, mentoring and resources you need to advance in your career.

 

We understand that you have choices, and we know that together we will make a great team!

 

KCI is committed to building a diverse and inclusive staff, and we encourage women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, and individuals with disabilities to apply.

 

KCI Technologies, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

Duties, Responsibilities & Other

Key Technical Skills Required:

• Power generation engineering, including conventional, renewable, distributed, and behind-the-meter generation systems.
• Electrical power system studies including load flow, short-circuit, protective device coordination, and reliability analyses.
• Utility-scale power plant experience across multiple project phases, including planning, design, operations, modernization, and construction support.
• Power plant and equipment life-assessment investigations, including condition assessments, remaining-life evaluations, performance reviews, and recommendations for repair, replacement, or modernization.
• Microgrid engineering, including distributed generation, energy storage, controls, islanding, load management, resiliency, and grid synchronization.
• Technical and financial analysis, including economic feasibility studies, capital and operating cost evaluations, lifecycle-cost analysis, technology comparisons, and return-on-investment assessments.
• Environmental compliance experience, including air emissions, water use and discharge, noise, fuel storage, environmental permitting, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Utility interconnection experience, including interconnection applications, feasibility and impact studies, utility coordination, technical requirements, protection schemes, and applicable tariffs and standards.
• Knowledge of power generation technologies and fuels, including natural gas, hydrogen, diesel, solar, hydroelectric power, small modular nuclear reactors, energy storage, and hybrid systems.
• Development and evaluation of generation concepts, equipment configurations, single-line diagrams, design criteria, specifications, and technical reports.
• Experience with brownfield and greenfield projects serving industrial, commercial, government, and data center facilities.
• Familiarity with applicable codes and standards, including IEEE, NFPA, NEC, NERC, FERC, and utility-specific requirements.
• Ability to evaluate plant reliab