Remote Combustion Turbine/Combined Cycle Project Engineer - Open to visa sponsorship

Development Project Manager / Development Engineer

Location: U.S.-based; semi-remote, with Minneapolis location highly preferred

Salary: Dependent on experience

Athena is a consulting company operating in the power generation, transmission and distribution industry. We are developing power-generation projects across the Upper Midwest, Texas/Amarillo, and Denver specifically within combustion turbine and combined-cycle power plants, with a goal in expanding in longer-term carbon-reduction technologies. We are looking to strengthen both our project-management and technical-engineering capacity during early-stage development.

This role supports early-stage power-generation development projects, with a focus on combustion turbine and combined-cycle facilities. Projects span the entire US.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate stakeholder discussions across environmental, technical, siting, land-rights, and operational topics
• Manage and document meetings, decisions, action items, project information, schedules, and costs
• Coordinate with EPC partners on early estimates, project progress, and required information
• Partner with development managers, operations, execution teams, and external vendors
• Support projects within a designated region

Engineering

• Provide technical support and help project teams navigate technical decisions
• Research and coordinate technical data, specifications, standards, OEM information, and plant-layout requirements
• Work with EPC contractors, OEMs, internal partners, and execution teams
• Coordinate technical information across projects.

RequirementsRequired Background

• Bachelors in Engineering or similar, required for engineering related activities. Project management experience may replace the need for an engineering degree.
• 5–15 years of relevant experience preferred; minimum 3 years considered
• Experience in power-plant development, system design, or power-plant engineering
• Combustion turbine experience required
• Combined-cycle experience strongly preferred
• Early-stage development, consulting, construction-related, or project engineering experience is highly desirable
• Strong organization, communication, meeting-management, documentation, and project coordination skills
• Working knowledge of project schedules, cost tracking, technical specifications, and stakeholder management

Work Schedule & Travel

• Semi-remote: approximately 4–7 days per month in Minneapolis
• Initial onboarding may require more in-person time during the first 1–2 months
• Work must be performed from within the United States