Mechanical Design Engineer II | Hybrid | Richmond, VA | 12-Month Contract 🚨

We’re partnering with a leading global energy and industrial engineering organization to hire an experienced Mechanical Design Engineer II for a high-impact contract opportunity supporting steam power services operations across the Americas.

📍 Location: Richmond, Virginia (Hybrid – 1-2 days onsite weekly)

🕗 Hours: Monday–Friday, 8:00am–5:00pm

💰 Rate: $61.46 per hour

📅 Contract Length: 12 months

✈️ Travel: Up to 10% domestic travel for customer site visits

Join a specialist engineering team focused on steam turbine service delivery, outage planning, complex repairs, technical troubleshooting, and component design. This role offers the chance to work across industrial, fossil, and nuclear turbine projects while collaborating with global engineering teams to deliver safe, reliable, and quality-driven solutions.

Responsibilities

Provide technical guidance during outage planning and field execution
Lead complex repairs involving rotors, diaphragms, casings, valves, and related components
Act as engineering focal point across projects, liaising with sales, sourcing, quality, project management, and service teams
Deliver engineering milestones on time and to technical requirements
Support upgrades, capital parts programs, valve solutions, and engineering studies
Conduct root cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions
Support inspection/test planning for assembly, disassembly, and repair scopes
Participate in qualification reviews, risk assessments, and customer-facing technical discussions
Mentor junior engineers and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field
5+ years’ experience in steam turbine service engineering
2+ years’ field execution experience within power generation preferred
Strong understanding of steam turbine systems and balance of plant operations
Experience with turbine inspections, repairs, assembly/disassembly, startups, and operations
CATIA CAD experience is advantageous

Why Apply?

This is an excellent opportunity to join a globally recognized engineering environment, contribute to critical power generation projects, and work with highly experienced technical teams.

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