Senior Project Engineer (Lead)

About the role

The Project Engineer serves as the Owner’s Engineer and technical assurance lead for large-scale ($1bn +) greenfield power-generation projects within the Entergy Texas service territory. The role is based out of the Woodlands, TX office, with frequent travel to the assigned project site.

Responsibilities

• Serves as the Owner’s technical representative for assigned major generation project.
• Promotes safe behavior, in accordance with Company expectations, and adherence to the safety rules on the project.
• Lead and coordinate Owner-side multidisciplinary engineering reviews.
• Review and validate EPC engineering deliverables for compliance with company, regulatory, utility/power generation industry standards, code requirements, and project requirements/specifications.
• Support technical evaluation of RFIs, field changes, design deviations, and EPC change-order requests.
• Ensure constructability, operability, maintainability, and reliability considerations are incorporated into the engineering deliverables.
• Identifies engineered safety controls and hazard removal during engineering design and coach to safe practices in the field.
• Coverage of technical alignment between engineering, construction, commissioning, operations, OEMs, and project stakeholders through project lifecycle.
• Ensures documentation of engineering and construction quality is adequately captured to support audit and regulatory prudence review.
• Supports/Leads Owner’s Project Execution team in writing official Records of Decision to capture prudence of major project decisions.
• Acts as Contract Manager for various engineering and construction contracts outside of the EPC contract, including 3rd Party Owner’s Engineer supplemental support subcontract.
• Performs/Manages the review of engineering design to assure compliance with the contract, permits, codes, and utility standards while ensuring design supports the strategic, operational and maintenance goals of the project.
• Coordinates with the Project Manager in following the Project Delivery System and ensuring requirements are met and producing associated deliverables.
• Participates in contractor/vendor selection process with a specific goal of assessing engineering experience, competencies, and capability.
• Affirms that all firms solicited to provide engineering services are duly licensed in the state of the project.
• Affirms Project compliance with NERC and Security Standards.
• Ensures all engineering documents generated on the project are stored in designated repository at closeout.
• Coordinates with contractors/vendors to participate in equipment/material inspection activities as agreed upon.
• Supports/Leads Owner’s Project Execution team in reviewing and signing off of System Turnover packages from Construction to Start-up and from EPC to Owner.
• Supports commissioning and ensures performance, reliability and emissions testing are completed per contract.

Requirements

• Minimum education required: Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering. Advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum experience required: 12+ years of applicable and progressive professional experience, preferably engineering design, construction or operation of power systems (10 years with a PE/PMP Certification/Masters Degree).
• Desired: Fossil (gas) plant experience, preferably in the combined cycle (CCGT) technology and/or construction.

Qualifications

• Excellent technical writing and verbal communication skills with strong computer skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office 360.
• Strong interpersonal skills and leadership behaviors.
• Expert knowledge of engineering fundamentals within at least one discipline (civil/mechanical/electrical/controls/chemical/construction).
• Advanced knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology to power generation.
• Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of power generation facilities and associated QA/QC protocol.
• Knowledge of permits required for construction and operation of power generation facilities.
• Experience with reviewing, executing, and managing large EPC contracts.
• Advanced critical thinking skills and capability to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Adept in complex problem solving; able to identify complex problems and review related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

Skills

• Professional Engineer license and PMP certification desired.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

TBD

Schedule

Onsite