Mechanical Engineer - GavinHeath

Mechanical Engineer

GavinHeath is partnering with a client in Greenwood Village, CO looking to add an Mechanical Engineer to their team. The role is a Direct Hire position.

Responsibilities :

• Designs, develops, and tests all aspects of mechanical components, equipment, and machinery.
• Applies knowledge of engineering principles to design products such as engines, instruments, controls, robots, machines, etc.
• May be involved in fabrication, operation, application, installation, and/or repair of mechanical products.
• Familiar with a variety of the field concepts, practices, and procedures.
• Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
• Performs a variety of tasks.
• May lead and direct the work of others.
• A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.
• Typically reports to a manager or head of a unit/department.
• Design and implement robust solutions for gas turbine combustion and fuel systems.
• Lead development programs and serve as team member for programs identified in annual- and long range-plans to expand the solutions portfolio of our client.
• Execute programs to improve the reliability of the combustion and other subsystems to meet and exceed customer expectations.
• Provide support to the Customer Service Organization to immediately address field issues.
• Adapt product designs to maximize customer value.
• Work with suppliers to identify and capture cost saving opportunities.
• Design new products to achieve all performance requirements while minimizing part piece cost and leverage existing IR designs.
• Product acceptance and compliance with required internal and external standards for safety, reliability, and performance.
• Incumbent responsible for gas turbine fuel system and other microturbine options development.
• Responsible for hardware specification to enable microturbine use on different fuels (fuel types, fuel pressures, fuel blending, fuel changes over time).
• Engineering of fuel metering option kits.
• Responsible for fuel compression hardware (motor calculations, lifing, oil separation, oil cooling)
• Responsible for coordinating, qualifying, and testing ignition hardware.
• Responsible for cost reduction activities as directed through the Value Analysis Value Engineering (VAVE) manager.
• Work with vendors to identify optimal solutions for low cost and safety.

Qualifications :

• Minimum of a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
• 2-10 years minimum experience mechanical engineering field. Prefer experience is gas and petroleum engineering field or gas turbines.
• Able to handle multiple assignments in a multi-team, matrixed environment.
• Understanding of practical design of combustors to achieve objectives in emissions, flame stability, ignition, durability, and low cost.
• Understanding of different types of gaseous fuels desirable.
• Knowledge of industrial gas turbine operation, including fuel treatment desirable.
• Knowledge of engine testing, including instrumentation, emissions measurement required.
• Candidate should have experience with fabrication techniques typical of combustion hardware.
• Candidate should have familiarity with national and local emissions regulations and apply these requirements to product development.
• Familiarity with computational fluid design, computer aided design, and finite element analysis desired.
• The candidate should have strong mechanical and aerodynamic engineering fundamentals.
• The candidate should have excellent writing, presentation, and documentation skills.
• Knowledge of low emissions combustion and recuperated cycles a plus.
• Must be able and willing to learn and apply the latest technology in new product development and improvements of current products.
• Understanding of gas compression, transmission, and control. Analyze applications with respect to fuel flow, gas properties, fuel gas temperatures, pressures, compressor power, safety, and reliability.
• Reduce part cost. Work with casting vendors to identify low-cost options. Familiar with common metals and superalloy manufacturing practices desirable.

GavinHeath is an equal opportunity employer. GavinHeath will extend equal opportunity to all individuals without regard to race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity), national origin, disability, age, creed, ancestry, genetic information, or any other status protected under applicable federal, state, or local laws.