Summary:The Project Engineer, also referred to as the Responsible Engineer (RE) role in the quality program, is responsible for coordinating and leading the engineering activities associated with assigned projects. The Responsible Engineer serves as the primary technical liaison between the client, Project Manager, and multidisciplinary engineering team and is responsible for ensuring engineering deliverables meet project requirements, applicable codes and standards, quality requirements, and client expectations.
This position works closely with the Project Manager and Engineering management to plan engineering activities, coordinate technical resources, manage engineering interfaces, and support successful project execution from initial planning and design through procurement, construction, testing, and project closeout.
Responsibilities:- Technical Leadership: Lead and coordinate engineering activities for assigned projects and provide day-to-day technical direction to multidisciplinary engineering teams.
- Client Interface: Serve as the primary technical liaison between the client and project engineering team and participate in project, design, and technical review meetings.
- Engineering Coordination: Coordinate engineering disciplines, designers, vendors, subcontractors, and other technical resources required to execute the project.
- Design Requirements: Ensure client technical requirements, design inputs, applicable codes and standards, contractual requirements, and quality requirements are incorporated into engineering deliverables.
- Project Planning: Work with the Project Manager to develop project scope, engineering execution plans, schedules, deliverables, resource requirements, and technical priorities.
- Engineering Resources: Coordinate with the Project Manager and Engineering management to identify appropriate engineering resources and resolve staffing or workload constraints.
- Design Execution: Coordinate development of calculations, specifications, drawings, design packages, technical reports, studies, and other engineering deliverables.
- Design Reviews: Coordinate technical and interdisciplinary design reviews, ensure comments are appropriately dispositioned, and support final acceptance of engineering deliverables.
- Technical Interfaces: Manage interfaces between engineering disciplines and identify and resolve conflicting or incomplete technical requirements.
- Design Control: Ensure engineering activities are performed in accordance with applicable design control, document control, configuration management, and Quality Assurance requirements.
- Technical Changes: Evaluate and coordinate engineering changes, field changes, design change notices, Requests for Information (RFIs), and other technical changes affecting the project design.
- Procurement Support: Develop or review technical procurement requirements, Statements of Work, specifications, vendor submittals, technical evaluations, and supplier documentation.
- Construction Support: Provide engineering support during fabrication, construction, installation, testing, startup, and commissioning activities.
- Technical Issues: Identify, evaluate, and resolve technical issues, design challenges, nonconformances, and project risks in coordination with the Project Manager, Engineering management, and Quality Assurance.
- Schedule Support: Monitor engineering deliverables against the project schedule and communicate potential delays, resource constraints, or technical issues affecting project execution.
- Project Communication: Communicate engineering status, technical risks, design decisions, and required actions to the Project Manager, client, engineering team, and other stakeholders.
- Project Documentation: Ensure engineering records, calculations, drawings, technical correspondence, design decisions, and other required project documentation are properly developed and maintained.
- Quality & Safety: Promote a strong culture of engineering rigor, safety, quality, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement.
- Project Closeout: Support completion of engineering deliverables, resolution of outstanding technical items, as-built documentation, turnover documentation, and project closeout activities.
Education / Experience:- Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an accredited four-year college or university required.
- Minimum of 5 years of engineering experience preferred, including experience supporting or leading multidisciplinary engineering projects.
- Experience as a Project Engineer, Responsible Engineer, Lead Engineer, Discipline Engineer, or similar technical project role preferred.
- Experience supporting projects in nuclear, DOE, DOD, government, commercial nuclear, or other highly regulated industrial environments preferred.
- Demonstrated experience coordinating engineering activities across multiple disciplines.
- Experience with engineering design controls, technical specifications, calculations, drawings, design reviews, and configuration/change control processes.
- Working knowledge of applicable engineering codes, standards, and Quality Assurance requirements.
- Experience working within an ASME NQA-1 Quality Assurance program preferred.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license or progress toward professional licensure preferred.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or project management experience preferred.
- U.S. Citizenship required.
- DOE Q-Clearance or ability to obtain a DOE Q-Clearance preferred.
Additional Skills:- Strong technical leadership and engineering coordination skills.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and technical decision-making skills.
- Ability to understand and coordinate multidisciplinary engineering requirements.
- Excellent internal and external customer service and communication/interpersonal skills.
- Ability to communicate technical information effectively to clients, Project Managers, engineers, designers, vendors, and other stakeholders.
- Ability to provide technical direction while working collaboratively with Project Management and Engineering leadership.
- Ability to organize and prioritize multiple engineering deliverables and assignments.
- Ability to identify technical risks and proactively develop solutions.
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary project team.
- Ability to deal effectively with conflicts and stressful project situations.
- Familiarity with engineering drawings, specifications, calculations, design packages, and technical procurement documentation.
- Familiarity with AutoCAD, MicroStation, or similar engineering/design software preferred.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.
Benefits:All eligible employees enjoy an excellent benefits package, including medical/dental/vision insurance, short/long-term disability, life insurance, 401(k), paid time off including holidays, and tuition reimbursement.
