Application Engineer - Power and Process Burners
On-sitePune, Maharashtra, India or Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Job Summary
Provide technical application support to the sales team during pre-sales and proposal stages for industrial burner projects. Review customer inquiries, process data sheets, PFDs, P&IDs, specifications, and tender documents to determine project requirements. Perform combustion and thermal calculations for burner selection, sizing, heat balance, combustion air requirements, fuel consumption, and emissions. Prepare technical proposals, datasheets, equipment sizing calculations, and process documentation. Recommend optimum burner technologies based on process conditions, fuel characteristics, emissions requirements, and customer objectives. Support customers by providing technical clarifications during bid evaluations and commercial discussions. Coordinate with global engineering teams to ensure technically compliant and competitive proposals. Review engineering deliverables, GA drawings, process calculations, and technical documentation before project execution. Participate in HAZOP, design review meetings, and technical risk assessments where required. Assist project execution and commissioning teams in resolving process and combustion-related technical issues. Provide troubleshooting support for burner performance, flame stability, combustion efficiency, and emissions optimization. Travel to customer sites for technical discussions, commissioning support, troubleshooting, and performance testing as required.
Required Qualifications
- 5 to 10+ years
- Application Engineer / Process Engineer / Combustion Engineer / Proposal Engineer
- Industrial Burners, Boilers, Fired Heaters, Thermal Oxidizers, Combustion Systems, Oil & Gas
- Burner applications
- Combustion engineering
- Thermal calculations
- Proposal engineering
- Customer technical support
- Pre-sales engineering
- Strong understanding of industrial combustion systems and burner technologies
- Oil & Gas Burners
- Process Burners
- Boiler Burners
- Fired Heater Burners
- Combustion Air Systems
- Burner sizing and selection
- Combustion calculations
- Heat & Material Balance (HMB)
- Valve sizing
- Pressure drop calculations
- Thermal design calculations
- Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs)
- Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs)
- API standards
- ASME codes
- PED
- IBR
- Familiarity with low-NOx combustion technologies and emissions reduction solutions
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, VBA, Python, or process simulation software
- Willingness to travel for customer meetings and site support
Desired Qualifications
- Exposure to hydrogen firing, alternative fuels, or decarbonization technologies
- Experience supporting industrial combustion equipment for industries such as: Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Refining, Chemical Processing, Industrial Boilers, Process Heating
- Experience with combustion OEMs or engineering companies such as Koch Engineered Solutions, Thermax, John Zink, Fives, Honeywell, Zeeco, Callidus, or similar organizations
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent customer-facing and presentation abilities
- Ability to interpret customer requirements and develop technically sound solutions
- Strong proposal engineering and technical documentation skills
- Effective communication and cross-functional collaboration
- Self-driven with the ability to manage multiple opportunities simultaneously
- Industry: Industrial Burners, Boilers, Fired Heaters, Thermal Oxidizers, Combustion Systems, Oil & Gas (Highly Preferred)
- Preferred Background: Candidates with hands-on experience supporting sales and customers for industrial burner solutions, including combustion calculations, equipment selection, and technical proposal development
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