Job Description

RCS Staffing has an immediate need for an Analytical Engineer (Senior Level) in the United States. This is a full-time direct-hire Remote assignment with our client. This position offers a competitive package including benefits, vacation and holidays.

Overview of YOUR role as an Analytical Engineer (Senior Level)

Analytical Engineer (Senior Level) serves as technical leads on complex life assessment, failure investigation, and design projects. Senior staff members are responsible for ensuring technical excellence, strengthening client relationships, and mentoring technical teams. Work includes leadership on high-complexity projects supporting the power generation and energy industries.

As an Analytical Engineer (Senior Level) YOU will:

· Lead and manage complex engineering projects involving thermal heat transfer, creep and fatigue life assessment, fracture mechanics, and structural stress analysis using both classical and finite element methods
· Perform and review advanced FEA simulations using Abaqus or ANSYS, including nonlinear creep and time-dependent analyses
· Execute and oversee life assessment methodologies for creep, fatigue, and crack growth evaluations
· Provide technically defensible recommendations supporting continued operation, repair strategies, or remediation plans
· Participate in business development efforts, including cultivating client relationships, preparing and presenting proposals, developing new service offerings, and representing our client at industry events
· Mentor and train junior and mid-level engineers
· Lead technical peer reviews and contribute to engineering guidelines and procedures
· Deliver high-quality, technically defensible reports that withstand peer and client review
· Expand market presence through strong client relationships and technical leadership
· Develop engineers to elevate overall team capability and technical excellence

YOU are the ideal Analytical Engineer (Senior Level) candidate if you have:

· B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, or a closely related discipline
· M.S. or Ph.D.: 10+ years of relevant engineering experience OR 12+ years of relevant industry experience
· Knowledge of power generation and energy industry systems, particularly conventional boiler and combined cycle power plants
· Demonstrated experience with materials degradation mechanisms including creep and fatigue, high-temperature material behavior, and welding metallurgy
· Demonstrated experience performing fitness-for-service (FFS) assessments
· Advanced proficiency with Abaqus or ANSYS
· Experience with SolidWorks modeling and applied fracture mechanics principles
· Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to manage client engagements and lead complex technical teams
· Ability to provide technically defensible recommendations and engineering solutions
· Leadership and mentorship capabilities

It's a BONUS if you have:

· ASME Code Committee membership or active engagement
· Knowledge of ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code requirements
· Professional Engineer (P.E.) licensure or progress toward licensure
· Familiarity with EPRI materials and analytical programs
· Business development experience

About Our Client
Our Client., founded in 1983, is an engineering consulting firm of approximately 300 highly qualified professionals and support personnel and 12 office locations. They possesses products and expertise that span all aspects of our client in industrial components and equipment. In addition to our analytical services, our client offers a full spectrum of state-of-the-art NDE inspection and metallurgical services.

Who WE Are

RCS Staffing is a certified Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) specializing in the recruitment of professionals for best-of-class companies throughout the United States. Since 1994, RCS recruits top talent for direct hire, temp-to-perm and contract staffing positions and provides customized payroll services. Our Recruiting Specialties consist of all Engineering Disciplines, Project Management, Project Controls, Information Technology, Energy Efficiency and Business Professionals.

RCS is an equal opportunity employer that prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. RCS recruits, hires, and promotes for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, citizenship status, disability, military status, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, genetic information or age. All terms and conditions of employment such as compensation, benefits, work assignment, availability of facilities and privileges of employment are administered on the same basis of equality.