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


     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 17 day of April, 2006.


                                             /s/ R. David Kelley
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                                             R. David Kelley