Director of Engineering - Gas Power Generation

Job Description

Director of Engineering - Gas-Fired Generation

Talisman is currently retained by a growing power solutions business delivering on-site, gas-fired generation to large-load energy customers across North America. Working with data center, industrial, and oil & gas offtakers, the company builds, owns, and operates behind-the-meter and grid-adjacent generation assets that bring multi-megawatt load online on timelines conventional utility interconnection cannot support. As the platform scales across a growing project pipeline, the business is building out its internal engineering function to standardize design, manage OEM and supply chain exposure, and support increasingly complex customer commitments.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical design basis for gas-fired generation packages, covering gensets, fuel delivery, balance of plant, emissions control, switchgear, and interconnection for islanded and grid-parallel operation.
• Lead engineering delivery from conceptual sizing through detailed design, vendor package review, and commissioning support, owning design reviews and technical risk.
• Establish repeatable plant configurations and equipment standards that scale across sites, feeding O&M performance data back into design.
• Build and lead the engineering function, including team structure, discipline coverage, and scope split between the internal team and external EPC and owner's engineer partners.
• Act as senior technical authority in commercial pursuits, shaping generation sizing, cost inputs to pricing, and technical terms within energy services agreements.
• Set technology and equipment strategy, directing OEM relationships and managing lead-time positioning in a constrained turbine and engine supply market.

Experience Required

• 10+ years of mechanical or electrical engineering experience with reciprocating engines or gas turbines for multi-megawatt on-site, behind-the-meter/fast-tracked power projects.
• Ownership of distributed gas-fired generation from design through commissioning.
• Experience leading engineering teams and managing external EPC, owner's engineer, and OEM partners across concurrent projects.
• Track record building or scaling an engineering function within a growth-stage platform.
• Customer-facing technical experience with large-load offtakers, translating reliability and availability requirements into engineered scope.

BS in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering required; PE preferred.