Lead Mechanical / Thermal Engineer

Job Summary

• We are looking for an experienced Lead Mechanical / Thermal Engineer to be REPL's technical authority for the steam cycle, CFB boilers, turbine-generators, and balance of plant, from FEED through EPC award and financial close.

What you will do

• Lead the mechanical and thermal FEED: design basis, plant configuration and heat and mass balances.
• Build and maintain the plant performance model, including heat rate and output across the lignite quality range.
• Define the design fuel envelope from lignite assays, working with the mine team on moisture, ash and sulphur.
• Specify the CFB boilers, steam turbines, condensers, wet mechanical-draught cooling towers, polishing FGD, pumps and fans.
• Specify lignite, limestone and ash handling, including the interface with the mine conveyor and the fly-ash link to the SEZ brick plant
• Lead the water system with the hydrogeologist, including the borefield, reservoir, and treatment systems.
• Write the mechanical parts of the EPC Employer's Requirements, lead technical bid evaluation, and set performance guarantees and test procedures.
• Review the Owner's Engineer's work and support lenders' technical due diligence.
• Coordinate interfaces with the mining, civil, electrical, and environmental teams, and build efficiency, emissions, water, and waste limits into the design.

What you need

• B.Eng. or B.Sc. in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering.
• At least 12 years in thermal power, including 5 years or more in design, FEED, or Owner's Engineering on coal or solid-fuel plants of 100 MW or larger.
• Hands-on use of heat-balance software (for example, Thermoflex or EBSILON) and working knowledge of ASME codes.
• Proven ability to write technical specifications and coordinate several engineering disciplines.
• COREN registration, or eligibility to register within three months of starting (international candidates: COREN temporary registration, which REPL will support).
• Fluency in written and spoken English is required.

It will help if you have:

• CFB boiler experience, especially on lignite or other high-moisture fuels.
• Taking at least one power plant through design, construction and commissioning.
• Working with Chinese EPC contractors or design institutes.
• Performance testing and factory acceptance testing of boilers and turbines.
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) or Professional Engineer (PE) status.