Power Plant Engineer

Location: Stanton Energy Center, Orlando, Florida, United States. On-site plant work is required, including standby and call-out duties. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States; employment visa sponsorship is not available.

Salary: $123,344.02–$185,014.83 annually, commensurate with experience.

Company

hirify.global operates utility infrastructure and power generation facilities.

What you will do

• Lead complex plant modification, reliability, safety, environmental, and capital improvement projects from concept through completion.
• Investigate equipment failures and difficult process problems, review operating data and equipment trends, and troubleshoot plant systems.
• Develop technical specifications, project scopes, engineering calculations, equipment designs, bid packages, cost estimates, budgets, and schedules.
• Coordinate plant and external engineering teams, contractors, suppliers, and OUC employees while managing specifications, costs, schedules, and equipment performance.
• Support purchasing through RFPs, bid evaluations, vendor negotiations, purchase documentation, and financial justifications.
• Ensure compliance with safety requirements, permits, environmental regulations, industry standards, and NERC/CIP requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited college or university.
• At least eight years of engineering experience supporting combined-cycle gas turbine power plants, including operations, maintenance, performance analysis, and plant modification or project execution.
• Experience with heat recovery steam generators, gas turbines, steam turbines, and plant modifications that improve reliability, safety, and production.
• Working knowledge of mechanical, electrical, environmental, gas, chemical, electro-mechanical, and electro-hydraulic power generation systems.
• Knowledge of technical standards, process flow and instrumentation diagrams, design and construction drawings, specifications, contracts, maintenance manuals, and quality programs.
• Experience with project budgets, cash flows, financial and economic analysis, cost estimates, maintenance reports, work orders, permits, and contractor safety processes.
• Demonstrated leadership, teamwork, planning, organization, communication, problem-solving, and ability to work under pressure.
• Ability to work standby and call-out shifts, perform engineering mathematics, and use Microsoft Office.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to work in a power plant environment with heat, vibration, fumes, moving machinery, chemicals, electrical hazards, confined spaces, and outdoor conditions.

Nice to have

• Degree in Chemical Engineering.
• Registered Professional Engineer license.
• Project Management Professional certification.
• Wastewater and process-water experience.
• Experience designing or optimizing chemical injection systems for power-plant water treatment.

Culture & Benefits

• Safety, reliability, environmental compliance, sustainability, and cost-effective electricity generation are core operational priorities.
• Continual training is provided in plant and environmental equipment, DCS and PLC systems, and industrial courses, seminars, and credits.
• The role includes regular collaboration with management, environmental staff, contractors, suppliers, engineers, and plant employees.

Hiring process

• Employment is subject to United States work authorization requirements.
• Specialized plant, environmental, DCS, PLC, and project-specific training is completed upon hire.