Job Description
Title:Thermal Process Engineer II
Client: Southern Nuclear
Location: Waynesboro, GA
Contract: 8 Months
Experience: 7–10 Years
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Major Equipment Procurement / Thermal Process Engineer II to support thermal performance analysis, equipment sizing, procurement, startup, and field support for simple-cycle and combined-cycle power generation projects.
The ideal candidate will have strong experience in thermodynamics, mass and energy balances, heat balance modeling, major rotating equipment, heat-transfer equipment, and plant troubleshooting.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform thermal analysis of simple-cycle and combined-cycle power plants.
- Develop mass and thermal balances for new and retrofit projects.
- Run and interpret heat balance models using Thermoflow, GateCycle, or similar software.
- Size major rotating and heat-transfer equipment.
- Prepare technical reports, engineering specifications, calculations, and procurement documentation.
- Support evaluation and selection of major equipment for capital and retrofit projects.
- Utilize advanced Excel skills for engineering calculations and data analysis.
- Troubleshoot plant equipment during warranty and operational support periods.
- Provide field engineering support at plant sites.
- Support equipment installation, startup, commissioning, and performance verification.
- Coordinate with OEMs, vendors, engineering teams, and plant personnel.
- Travel approximately 25% to support project and plant-site activities.
Required Qualifications
- 7–10 years of related engineering experience.
- Accredited bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
- Minimum 3 years of thermodynamics-related experience.
- Experience with simple-cycle and combined-cycle power generation.
- Strong experience with mass and thermal balance calculations.
- Experience running heat balance software.
- Experience preparing technical reports and specifications.
- Experience sizing major rotating and heat-transfer equipment.
- Strong troubleshooting and field-support capabilities.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office.
Preferred Qualifications
- Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred.
- Master’s degree preferred.
- Experience with Thermoflow, GateCycle, or similar heat balance programs.
- OEM experience with companies such as GE, Siemens, Nooter/Eriksen, or Toshiba.
- Previous plant-site and startup/commissioning experience.
- Experience supporting equipment procurement and vendor technical evaluations.
Key Skills
Thermal Engineering | Thermodynamics | Combined Cycle | Simple Cycle | Heat Balance | Thermoflow | GateCycle | Equipment Sizing | Rotating Equipment | Heat Transfer Equipment | Major Equipment Procurement | Power Generation | Plant Startup | Commissioning | Troubleshooting | Excel
