GE Vernova

Lead Outsourced HRSG Application Engineer

GE Vernova$98K — $164K *
Energy & Utilities
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related technical discipline from an accredited university
  • Minimum 6 years of experience in thermal power plant engineering or HRSG systems
  • Deep technical knowledge of combined cycle plant thermodynamics and the water-steam cycle
  • Familiarity with Hot SCR systems and NOx control strategies
  • Experience with multi-vendor bid processes and technical proposal evaluation

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary technical owner for outsourced HRSG scope
  • Develop comprehensive functional specifications for HRSG fabrication and supply
  • Interface with HRSG vendors during the bid process to evaluate proposals and compliance
  • Collaborate with the commercial team to support winning bid strategies
  • Define functional specifications for the Hot SCR system

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
  • Employee Assistance Program providing 24/7 confidential services
  • GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan with company matching contributions
  • Tuition assistance and adoption assistance
  • Disability benefits and life insurance coverage
Full Job Description
Job Description Summary
The Outsourced Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG) Application Engineer owns global, project-specific proposal activity to drive consistent functional specifications and standardized workflow processes for outsourced HRSG scopes. This role requires a strong understanding of gas turbine combined cycle power plant applications — including HRSG and water-steam cycle application engineering — with the ability to translate plant-level requirements into detailed functional specifications that enable qualified HRSG vendors to bid, design, and build to GE Vernova standards.

This individual will also own application engineering for the Hot Selective Catalytic Reduction (Hot SCR) system, ensuring seamless integration with overall plant performance requirements. In this capacity, the engineer is responsible for thoroughly understanding all Hot SCR project requirements to ensure conformance and satisfaction of customer and plant performance expectations. This role directly impacts the project team's ability to meet service, quality, and timeliness objectives, and operates within defined policy guidelines while exercising a high degree of operational judgment and moderate autonomy to drive outcomes.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

HRSG Functional Specifications

  • Serve as the primary technical owner for outsourced HRSG scope, developing comprehensivefunctional specificationsthat define thermal performance, mechanical requirements, materials, and interfaces necessary for vendors to bid and execute HRSG fabrication and supply
  • Demonstrate deep understanding of thewater-steam cyclein combined cycle and gas power plant applications
  • Develop and maintainstandardized functional specification templatesfor outsourced HRSGs to ensure consistency across global projects, reducing variation and enabling competitive multi-vendor bidding
  • Interface with HRSG vendors during the bid process to evaluate technical proposals, clarify requirements, and assess compliance with functional specifications
  • Reviewperformance calculationsincluding plant heat balance modeling, HRSG thermal design validation, and plant efficiency estimation
  • Collaborate with the commercial team during theITO phase, providing technical scoping, performance estimation, and cost inputs that support winning bid strategies
  • ExecuteITO responsibilitiesincluding technical analysis of client needs, product/system optimization, scope definition, schedule inputs, and documentation of technical specifications and costing elements
  • SupportOTR (Order to Remittance) execution, working with engineering and project teams to ensure vendor-supplied HRSGs are customized and implemented for specific customer and site requirement

Hot SCR Application Engineering

  • Own the technicalapplication engineering of the Hot Selective Catalytic Reduction (Hot SCR) system, including system configuration
  • Define functional specifications and interface requirements for the Hot SCR system, ensuring proper integration within the exhaust gas path
  • Assess the impact of Hot SCR placement on thermal performance, pressure drop, and plant efficiency, providing recommendations to optimize system integration
  • Collaborate with environmental permitting teams and customers to ensure Hot SCR solution meet regulatory NOx reduction targets and applicable emissions standards
  • Provide application engineering support through project execution phases

Strategy, Process & Technical Leadership

  • Requires specialized technical knowledge within HRSG and exhaust emissions systems
  • Interpret internal and external business challenges related to HRSG and emissions system technology, recommending best practices to improve products, processes, and services
  • Use high levels of judgment to make decisions and handle complex technical problems spanning thermodynamics, mechanical design, emissions control, and vendor management
  • Assess quality of technical information provided by vendors and stakeholders
  • Communicate complex technical concepts clearly and influence stakeholders toward sound engineering decisions

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelors degreein Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a related technical discipline from an accredited university
  • Minimum 6 years of experiencein thermal power plant engineering, HRSG systems, or related engineering functions.

Desired Characteristics

  • Deep technical knowledge ofcombined cycle plant thermodynamicsand the water-steam cycle, with hands-on experience in HRSG thermal design, performance modeling, or vendor specification development
  • Familiarity withHot SCR systems, catalyst technology, NOx control strategies, and their integration within the exhaust gas path
  • Experience developingfunctional specificationsfor outsourced or vendor-supplied major equipment in a power generation context
  • Proficiency with heat balance tools and thermal modeling software
  • Strong oral and written communication skills with the ability to translate complex thermodynamic and mechanical concepts into clear vendor specifications and customer-facing documentation
  • Strong interpersonal and leadership skills; demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams including commercial, project management, and vendor partners
  • Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve complex technical problems across system interfaces
  • Ability to document, plan, and execute programs with established project management discipline
  • Experience with multi-vendor bid processes, technical proposal evaluation, and contract technical alignment is highly desirable

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes

For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $98,400.00 and $164,000.00. The Company pays a geographic differential of 110%, 120% or 130% of salary in certain areas. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate27s experience, education, and skill set.

Bonus eligibility: discretionary annual bonus.

This posting is expected to remain open for at least seven days after it was posted on May 28, 2026.

Available benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource; and access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability benefits, life insurance, 12 paid holidays, and permissive time off.

GE Vernova Inc. or its affiliates (collectively or individually, 22GE Vernova22) sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs GE Vernova reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace, or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a GE Vernova welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.

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GE Vernova is an energy business company. They provide digital, energy consulting, energy financial services, gas power, grid solutions, nuclear energy, power conversion, renewable energy, steam power, and so on.

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