Exhibit 24


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY
                         For Executing Forms 3, 4 and 5
                            Re: ENGlobal Corporation


Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
NATALIE S. HAIRSTON the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)      execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4 and 5 pursuant
         to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
         thereunder with respect to the undersigned's securities holdings in
         ENGlobal Corporation;

(2)      do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
         which may be necessary or desirable to complete the execution of any
         such Form 3, 4 or 5 and the filing of such Form with the United States
         Securities and Exchange Commission and any other authority; and

(3)      take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
         foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
         benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required of, the
         undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
         attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of
         Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
         conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary
and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do personally, with full power of substitution, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that such attorney-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and
powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned,
is not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section
16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the earlier
of the time (i) the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5
with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities
issued by ENGlobal Corporation or (ii) the foregoing attorney-in-fact receives a
written revocation of this Power of Attorney.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 20th day of February 2004.


                                /s/ David W. Gent
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                                    David W. Gent