Thermal Performance Engineer, Heat Balance - Kiewit Power Engineering

Kiewit is an engineering and construction company serving infrastructure and power markets. The company is seeking a Lead Thermal Performance Engineer to model and design power plant cycles, develop heat balances and performance correction curves, coordinate equipment evaluations, and support performance testing, emissions guarantees, startup curves, and fluid flow calculations.

Responsibilities:

• Develop power plant heat balances to support proposal efforts, plant guarantees, risk and liability calculations as well as project team detailed design efforts, and performance test correction curves
• Prepare and assess Plant Thermal Performance development and design using plant thermal performance modeling and estimating software tools like Ebsilon software
• Coordinate with equipment vendors for thermal sizing and performance evaluations, including combustion turbine, heat recovery steam generator, steam turbine, steam surface condenser, wet cooling tower, air-cooled condenser, and pump vendors
• Assist with development of thermal performance test procedures based on project requirements
• Support execution of performance tests in the field
• Assist calculations to determine plant emission guarantees and plant start-up times guarantees
• Assist combined cycle power plant startup curves preparations
• Perform non-compressible and compressible fluid flow calculations including pressure drop, choked flow, bypass valve sizing

Requirements:

• 2-10+ years' experience in power plant performance analysis and performance modeling and/or performance testing using ASME Performance Test Codes
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering (or other engineering discipline with strong thermodynamic component) from an ABET accredited four-year college or university program
• Proficiency in thermodynamics, thermodynamic cycles, and fluid mechanics
• Understanding of power plant equipment operation from a thermodynamic perspective
• Experience with industrial instrumentation and data acquisition systems
• Highly self-motivated, with a demonstrated passion for excellence and taking initiative
• Strong work ethic, willing to do what it takes to get the job done right the first time
• Demonstrated commitment to ethics and integrity
• Passion for safety, with the ability to help us ensure that nobody gets hurt
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
• Team player with the ability to work independently to meet deadlines, goals and objectives
• Strong organization, time management, and attention to detail
• Familiarity with distributed control systems
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills
• Experience in development of XLL add ins
• Familiarity and working knowledge of heat balance calculation software (Ebsilon/GateCycle/Thermoflex or similar in-house software)