Project Engineer - Houston, TX
About the role
S&B is seeking a Project Engineer to support engineering design across multiple areas on very large projects, reporting to a Project Manager. The Project Engineer may be placed in overall responsible charge of small to medium projects under $50 MM TIC and must be fully competent in the use of the S&B Project Management Manual, performing duties as described in the “Project Engineer/Manager Responsibilities.”
About S&B
S&B is an exceptional full-service Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) company, privately owned and operated for over five decades. With extensive experience, we deliver diverse projects across Oil & Gas, Chemicals, Petrochemicals, Energy Transition, Power, and Pulp & Paper. We are committed to safety, timely project completion, and cost-effective solutions while fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence. We offer competitive compensation, flexible and hybrid work schedules, and a comprehensive benefits program.
Supervisory responsibilities
- Ensures overall quality and timeliness of work from all discipline personnel assigned to the area or project
- Coordinates discipline leads
- May oversee personnel in engineering support groups responsible for tracking cost, progress, and schedule
Education
- Normally requires a four-year BS degree in engineering
Qualifications and experience
- Requires 5–10 years total experience, including at least four years in one or more discipline areas or in an engineering support role, and five years as a Project Lead/Engineer
- Equivalent working knowledge and experience may substitute for discipline-specific work
- Must have working knowledge of the various software packages and automated engineering and reporting systems used at S&B
Typical duties and responsibilities
- Assists in proposal development and presentations to potential clients
- Develops well-defined overall project scope of work
- Assists in development of cost estimates for engineering
- Participates in progress reporting to the client, both oral and written
- Communicates with the client and other groups and departments working on the project
- Approves all P&IDs revised or created for the project
- Approves all new or revised drawings, standards, and specifications
- Ensures accuracy of discipline audits and reviews deviations
- Participates in development and analysis of quantity-based trending
- Approves all inquiries and requisitions for procured items, including bulk materials
- Participates in constructibility reviews and construction planning
- Initiates project change orders when changes to scope affect the budget or schedule
- Promotes good work habits and attitudes within the various disciplines
- Coordinates project close-out and completion of archive documentation requirements
Language skills
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures and standards, and governmental regulations
- Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of clients, managers, designers, and engineers
Mathematical skills
- Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry
- Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations
Physical demands
- Occasionally conducts or participates in field trips to existing plants
- Requires ability to stand, walk, reach, climb, and balance
- Lifting of 25 pounds may be required
- Requires clear close and distance vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus
Work environment
- Normal work environment is a business office with moderate noise
- Occasionally conducts or participates in field trips to existing plants, which may involve exposure to outdoor weather conditions, loud noise, working near moving mechanical parts, vibration, fumes, toxic or caustic chemicals, and airborne particles
LI# Hybrid