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Principal or Senior Power Generation Consultant

Department : Consulting

Employment Type : Permanent - Full Time

Location : Mannheim - Germany

Reporting To : Director Power Consultants

Description

At Lummus Technology, innovation thrives, and excellence is a shared pursuit. When you join the Lummus Family, you are empowered to make an impact and be part of a dynamic team that celebrates creativity, encourages professional development, and fosters collaboration.

From our technology portfolio to our global workforce, Lummus is growing at a rapid pace, and we hope that you will grow with us during this exciting time.

Job Overview :

Lummus Consultants International is looking for an experienced Principal or Senior Consultant with broad Power Engineering and Design background and experience in the provision of technical advisory services to the Power industry. The work will primarily entail technical due diligence evaluations for the financial community and project developers. Assignments require a high level of experience and ability to focus quickly on important issues.

Details of the Role

Lummus Consultants International is an autonomous business within Lummus Technology, that provides technical due diligence to lenders, investors, owners, sellers, buyers and project developers and is looking for an experienced engineer in our Middle East Power Project Services group. This individual should have knowledge and experience in providing expert technical and operational consultation for the assessment of existing or new build power generation projects that includes at a minimum gas-fired generation technologies and preferably experience with solar PV, wind power projects and battery energy storage. The position requires an individual with :

• A broad knowledge of power generation design and technology
• Experience in reviewing key new build project contracts, specifically engineering, procurement, and construction contracts.
• Ability to review construction costs and schedule for new power projects.
• Experience monitoring the construction of new power projects for lenders and / or owners.
• Ability to evaluate the condition of equipment at an existing power plant.
• Experience evaluating the operations and maintenance of different power plants including understanding O&M agreements, long-term service agreements, appropriate staffing levels, routine operating and maintenance costs, major maintenance schedules and costs, and expected performance.
• Ability to assess power plant operations and maintenance requirements and forecast annual operations and maintenance cost projections for new build and existing generation assets.
• Ability to forecast the necessary capital expenditure budget to ensure reliable long-term operation of the project for new build and existing generation assets.
• Ability to assess the power plants performance including output, heat rate, and availability.
• This individual must have strong written and verbal communication skills in order to prepare reports, interact with clients, and be a productive member of project team. This individual will work as part of a team evaluating the technology, conceptual design, capital costs for new build projects, O&M cost and capital expenditure projections for new and existing power generation facilities, equipment condition of existing facilities, and plant performance. The assignments may also include owner's engineer work, benchmarking, or feasibility studies as part of a team or lead the team in evaluating. The position requires sufficient experience to lead or independently support an assignment.
• Key Responsibilities / Accountabilities :
• Responsible for providing the expert technical review of new build or existing power projects.
• Have a strong working knowledge of equipment including combustion turbines, boilers, steam turbines, generators, transformers, air quality control equipment. Working knowledge of solar PV and / or wind turbine technology is desired.
• Lead technical due diligence activities including review of technology, design, execution plans, O&M and performance metrics, project capital costs, and contracts.
• Lead a site assessment team as part of the due diligence activities and be comfortable with interviewing plant staff.
• Able to quickly assess material issues based on past experience with other projects.
• Write clear and concise reports; coordinate activities with other team members and relay the results of the due diligence to the client or the client's advisors.
• Carry out multiple (short duration) projects concurrently, meeting tight client deadlines.
• Will be required to support business development, marketing and proposal development efforts.
• Additional business areas may be identified based on the candidate's work history, strengths, and interests.

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Lummus Consultants :

Lummus Consultants Power Project Services provides technical and operational evaluations of capital projects in the power generation industry with a focus on examining issues surrounding the technical design, execution, and operation of projects. We evaluate technology, design development, contracting strategies, project costs, prospective contractors, proposed execution, schedule and proposed operations and maintenance, overall project performance and the technical inputs to the pro forma financial models, i.e. how each of these parameters will separately and collectively affect the overall project economic forecast.

Benefits

Lummus Technology, LLC offers a superior benefit package to you as we know that you, our valued employees, are our greatest asset.