Senior Mechanical Engineer - Boiler & Air Quality

 

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Company : Black & Veatch Corporation  

Req Id : 107363 

Opportunity Type : Staff 

Relocation eligible : No 

Full time/Part time : Full-Time  

Project Only Hire : No 

Visa Sponsorship Available: No 

The Opportunity

As a Boiler & Air Quality Engineer, your role is to provide project support and expertise in boiler & air quality equipment. You will have the opportunity to: 

• Work on diverse projects with talented colleagues to deliver solutions for clients’ needs. Many projects serve the power industry, but clients include those from the oil & gas, mining, steel, water, and other industries. The projects can range from targeted studies that require intensive analysis done with select colleagues, to large projects that require teamwork with dozens of colleagues across the world to design and construct a client’s facility.
• Help lead and mentor younger engineers to develop their professional growth.
• Develop your own personal growth, working on multiple types of equipment and serve in various roles in projects. The Boiler and Air Quality Team is part of Black & Veatch’s Equipment Group, which serves as subject matter specialists for much of the industrial equipment procured in our projects. This role is specific to the Boiler and Air Quality Team, especially in the near term, but over the course of your career at Black & Veatch, cross-training with other equipment is strongly encouraged.
• Perform conceptual design engineering analyses and prepare reports for new and retrofit steam generation equipment.    
• Evaluate, select, and implement appropriate designs for boilers and air quality equipment for a reliable, cost effective, and efficient operation.  
• Coordinate with equipment manufacturers to select the most technically acceptable design solutions.  
• Prepare equipment cost estimating and manhours for Conceptual, FEED and Detailed Design phases as well as retrofit analysis.  
• Prepare steam generation and/or air quality equipment and construction specifications.   
• Prepare bid evaluations and administer technical contracts.   
• Support coordination and witnessing of startup, commissioning, and performance/emissions testing of boiler & air quality equipment  
• Develop and maintain expertise with renewable fuels, oil and natural gas, and coal fired central station steam generators and auxiliaries, as well as HRSG’s downstream  of combustion turbines and gas and oil fired package boilers.  
• Develop and maintain expertise with established and emerging emissions control technologies including FGDs, SCRs, particulate collection, sorbent injection, carbon capture, and others.   
• Perform Pre-Inspection meetings, shop surveillance, attend inspections & testing on boiler & air quality equipment in the supplier’s shop.  
• Mentor and encourage junior staff by providing technical guidance, oversight, and review
• Collaborate with global project execution teams

The Team

Black & Veatch’s Power Providers focuses on the holistic demands for energy generation markets that include utilities, independent power producers and new non-traditional entrants adding to the much-needed supply of secure, clean power to our industries and communities. By joining our market sector, you will have the opportunity to put sustainable energy solutions into practice. 

The Boiler and Air Quality team support large EPC projects and smaller service projects that are essential for our clients to meet their objectives. The team is a good mixture of experienced senior-level engineers and younger engineers with less than 5 years of experience. Our team currently has 10 members, and our larger Equipment Group has over 50 engineers.

Preferred Qualifications

Strong candidates will: 

• Possess a broad set of skills and knowledge encompassing Rankine steam generators, HRSGs, combustion equipment, SCRs, fabric filters, flue gas desulfurization systems, and similar systems including auxiliaries related to power and other heavy indu