Lead Mechanical Engineer

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate awareness and commitment to health, safety, and environmental issues, ensuring zero harm to all employees, clients, and contractors.
• Ensure all mechanical engineering designs meet applicable codes and standards, including company standards, API, and ASME.
• Supervise a staff of Mechanical Engineers, providing training and guidance.
• Participate in weekly project priority and resource meetings, providing input for all mechanical projects.
• Perform code calculations for ASME B31.1/B31.3, ASME BPVC Sec I and Sec VIII.
• Prepare equipment and piping technical specification packages for vendor quotes and bid requests.
• Perform technical bid evaluations and review vendor drawings.
• Check drawings such as piping isometrics, layouts, section views, pipe support details, and other piping specialty items.
• Select welding procedures, NDE, and testing requirements.
• Select coating and insulation systems for equipment and piping.
• Prepare the mechanical portion of construction packages.
• Communicate clearly with contractors during scope development and installation activities.
• Complete final job walk downs for mechanical acceptance of installed scope and Pre-Startup Safety Reviews.
• Interact effectively with all levels of employees, clients, and vendors.
• Deal with change and demonstrate flexibility as required.
• Manage multiple projects with competing priorities, consistently achieving goals, delivering quality work, and meeting timelines.
• Commit to continued learning and education through participation in internal and/or external training opportunities.

Requirements

• BS/MS in Mechanical Engineering and eight or more years of related experience.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently with little guidance and oversight.
• Previous experience leading a group and managing workloads.
• Experience estimating required hours to complete a design and preparing a bill of material or material take off (BOM/MTO).
• Understanding of the need for coordination between other disciplines during design.
• Experience interacting with clients, vendor representatives, project field personnel, construction contractors, and other staff.
• Experience developing and reviewing technical documents and drawings to support the procurement or modification of stationary and rotating equipment.
• Experience creating a scope of work document to communicate proper construction or installation of a design.
• Familiarity with relevant refinery standards, including ASME piping and pressure vessel code, various API standards, and the NBIC.
• Experience with both design and engineering support of the fabrication of B31.3 process piping.
• Ability to climb ladders and be comfortable at heights.

Work Environment And Physical Demands

• Reasonable accommodation will be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing duties of this job, you would occasionally be required to stand, walk, sit, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop or kneel, talk and hear (this includes being able to hear and talk on site based communication equipment), distinguish between various colors, be able to hear safety tones/notifications, and use fingers and hands to feel objects, tools, temperature or controls.
• Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, depth perceptions, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Overtime may be necessary as workload dictates.
• This may include weekdays and weekends.
• Candidates will be required to follow our clients' site-based rules and protocols regarding infectious diseases.