Mechanical Engineer Principal (Power Generation)

Location: Columbus, Ohio, United States; on-site. Approximately 25% travel is required, including day trips and overnight stays of up to a week or more. Work takes place indoors and outdoors at generating stations with exposure to heat, cold, noise, dust, fumes, and operating machinery.

Base salary: $117,000–$151,000 per year. The stated compensation range is $116,255–$151,132.50 per year.

Company

hirify.global delivers safe, reliable energy through gas, coal, renewable, retrofit, and new-generation power projects.

What you will do

• Develop mechanical design bases and requirements for turbines, generators, HRSGs and boilers, heat exchangers, pumps, compressors, cooling systems, piping, structures, and balance-of-plant equipment.
• Apply advanced knowledge of simple- and combined-cycle gas turbine plants to equipment selection, system integration, and performance evaluation.
• Review and approve mechanical designs, drawings, calculations, technical specifications, procurement documents, and RFx deliverables from AE, EPC, and OEM partners.
• Evaluate vendors and bids, confirming technical compliance, lead times, warranties, turbine and HRSG interfaces, and steam-cycle integration.
• Support construction, commissioning, startup, site inspections, punch-list resolution, troubleshooting, lifecycle support, and O&M documentation.
• Coordinate with electrical, instrumentation and controls, civil, and operations stakeholders while leading reliability, FMEA, RCM, and obsolescence-mitigation activities.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of related engineering experience with a Bachelor's degree from an ABET-accredited engineering program, or at least 6 years with a Master's or PhD in engineering from an ABET-accredited program.
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Technology, Energy Engineering, Energy Systems, or a related engineering discipline.
• Advanced hands-on knowledge of natural-gas simple- and combined-cycle plants, including combustion turbines, HRSGs, steam turbines, auxiliary systems, and plant integration.
• Experience with rotating equipment, pressure systems, piping, pumps, valves, structural and mechanical design, vendor drawings, technical specifications, and RFx responses.
• Knowledge of turbomachinery performance, rotor dynamics, vibration, alignment, balancing, piping stress, pipe supports, expansion management, and mechanical drawings and P&IDs.
• Registration as a Professional Engineer in a U.S. state or Puerto Rico is preferred. Compliance with applicable ASME, API, ANSI, NFPA, IEEE, and local codes is required.

Nice to have

• Experience with FEA and CFD tools, CAD, and engineering calculation software such as AutoCAD, MicroStation, MathCAD, MATLAB, SolidWorks, PDMS, or AVEVA.
• Familiarity with welding, NDT, metallurgy, fabrication processes, maintenance strategies, lifecycle cost analysis, and equipment-health data analysis.
• Experience with construction management, commissioning, and startup for utility-scale generation projects.
• Proficiency in MS Access, Excel, Word, SQL, SharePoint, or Visual Basic.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with short- and long-term discretionary incentives.
• 401(k), pension, health insurance, vacation, and educational assistance.
• Mandatory site safety requirements include a hard hat, eye and hearing protection, and steel-toed shoes with heels and non-slip soles.
• Safe design practices and site-specific safety requirements are mandatory.