Senior Mechanical Engineer

Summary

Redtree Engineering specializes in engineering, project management, and construction support services for mission-critical facilities, power systems, industrial projects, and complex infrastructure. Redtree is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to lead mechanical design, planning, construction administration, and startup activities for power generation projects while mentoring engineers and coordinating multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Serve as technical lead for mechanical scope on assigned power generation projects, setting design direction and quality standards for the team
• Bring deep, hands-on power plant design experience to bear on complex mechanical systems for coal, natural gas, and combined cycle generation facilities
• Mentor, train, and develop less experienced engineers, including reviewing their calculations, drawings, and design decisions
• Manage and lead teams of mechanical engineers to complete assigned activities, including workload planning and task delegation
• Direct and support project teams and engineering staff overseas as part of Redtree's global CSI network, ensuring consistent design quality and coordination across time zones
• Perform front-end planning, preliminary design, code analysis, and detailed design for mechanical systems at coal and natural gas fired generation facilities and associated balance of plant systems
• Design and size mechanical equipment and piping systems, including pumps, blowers, tanks, and vessels, along with hydraulic calculations and valve/pipe material selection
• Develop and review P&IDs for pumps, vessels, and tanks
• Support air quality control systems and effluent limitation guideline (ELG) management for generation facilities
• Prepare final design packages, including bidding documents and specifications, for compliance with applicable mechanical and building codes, industry standards, and client specifications
• Coordinate with electrical, civil, structural, and project management teams to ensure integrated, constructible designs
• Support construction administration and startup activities, primarily through remote review of compliance submittals, technical direction, and resolution of construction issues, with occasional site visits as needed
• Support proposal development, scoping, and schedule estimation for new project pursuits
• Contribute to project documentation, drawing sets, and technical specifications throughout the project lifecycle (feasibility, preliminary engineering, detailed design, PM/CM, startup/commissioning)
• Lead development-support and owner's-engineer work, such as technical due diligence and design reviews, as needed

Skills

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
• Professional Engineer (PE) license required
• 12+ years of hands-on mechanical design experience specifically within the power generation industry, including coal, natural gas, gas-fired, and/or combined cycle power plants
• Demonstrated track record designing balance-of-plant mechanical systems for power plants (piping, pumps, tanks, vessels, air quality/emissions systems)
• Demonstrated experience mentoring, training, or leading other engineers, including reviewing their technical work
• Working knowledge of hydraulic calculations, pump/piping selection and sizing, and valve and pipe material selection
• Familiarity with P&ID development and mechanical equipment condition assessment
• Understanding of relevant mechanical and environmental/air quality codes and industry standards
• Strong communication and leadership skills, with the ability to coordinate across multidisciplinary project teams and represent mechanical scope to clients
• Willingness to travel to project/construction sites as needed (estimated to be 10-20%)
• 100% remote work, U.S.-based, with no relocation or office requirement
• Must be able to work in the United States without employer sponsorship, now or in the future
• Experience formally leading or managing a team of engineers, including staff development and performance feedback
• Experience directing or coordinating with engineering staff or project teams overseas, or in distributed/multi-time-zone environments
• Experience with plant modernization, life extension, or uprate projects in addition to new-build work
• Exposure to development-support, owner's-engineer, or conceptual design work for conventional power projects
• Experience with lifecycle cost analysis and mechanical equipment condition assessment

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
• Professional Engineer (PE) license required
• 12+ years of hands-on mechanical design experience specifically within the power generation industry, including coal, natural gas, gas-fired, and/or combined cycle power plants
• Demonstrated track record designing balance-of-plant mechanical systems for power plants (piping, pumps, tanks, vessels, air quality/emissions systems)
• Demonstrated experience mentoring, training, or leading other engineers, including reviewing their technical work
• Working knowledge of hydraulic calculations, pump/piping selection and sizing, and valve and pipe material selection
• Familiarity with P&ID development and mechanical equipment condition assessment
• Understanding of relevant mechanical and environmental/air quality codes and industry standards
• Strong communication and leadership skills, with the ability to coordinate across multidisciplinary project teams and represent mechanical scope to clients
• Willingness to travel to project/construction sites as needed (estimated to be 10-20%)
• 100% remote work, U.S.-based, with no relocation or office requirement
• Must be able to work in the United States without employer sponsorship, now or in the future

Nice to Haves

• Experience formally leading or managing a team of engineers, including staff development and performance feedback
• Experience directing or coordinating with engineering staff or project teams overseas, or in distributed/multi-time-zone environments
• Experience with plant modernization, life extension, or uprate projects in addition to new-build work
• Exposure to development-support, owner's-engineer, or conceptual design work for conventional power projects
• Experience with lifecycle cost analysis and mechanical equipment condition assessment

Benefits

• 100% remote work, U.S.-based, with no relocation or office requirement.
• 100% employer-sponsored benefits.
• Direct exposure to the full project lifecycle, from concept through construction and commissioning, rather than a narrow phase or discipline silo.
• A growing, entrepreneurial engineering team partnering with industry-leading clients on mission-critical facilities, power systems, and complex infrastructure.