Technical Project Manager/Project Engineer

Location: Erie, PA, United States

Company: John Cockerill – John Cockerill Energy North America, LLC

Overview

Projects in the energy sector of John Cockerill are managed by a Project Manager for the commercial and logistic aspects and a Technical Project Manager (TPM) or Project Engineer (PE) is responsible for all engineering and technical aspects. The TPM/PE is part of a project team who coordinates and organizes the design engineering team assigned to the project he/she is responsible for contract conformance at award of an order to the installation and acceptance of the equipment. He/She is primarily responsible to ensure that the Design Process is applied as defined in the QMS (quality management system) of the Energy Sector.

Objectives

The TPM/PE’s objective for the project he/she oversees with the following objectives:

• Customer satisfaction – technical lead
• Apply applicable codes, contractual scope of supply, Customer’s technical specifications, internal standards and local regulations,
• Quality, conformity, and completeness of the technical documentation,
• Responsible for oversite of documents and equipment delivery schedules,
• Optimization of the design and the costs,
• Monitoring of the proposal BOQ’s (bill of quantities) and estimates to actuals.
• Responsible for project internal and external interfaces.

Responsibilities include:

Areas of responsibility include scope, schedule, and cost management, quality, stakeholder, risk management and integration. Duties include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Apply Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) to reflect required project deliverables.
• Ensure that the engineering, manufacturing, installation, and commissioning plans adhere to the required project scope, contractual requirements, and schedule.
• Provide regular, accurate forecast cost updates as part of periodic project updates.
• Ensure quality standards, processes and metrics are being implemented during project execution.
• Manage communications to ensure needs of stakeholders are being met through the distribution of communications via reports, graphics, emails, meetings and other in-person communication.
• Organize, lead, and facilitate internal, supplier, and customer meetings effectively.
• Develop risk management plan that describes how risk management activities will be structured and performed for all sources of project risk including technical, management, commercial, and eternal risks.
• Develop and review equipment requisition packages to verify accuracy of scope selected, application of WBS cost elements, requested Incoterms, and required shipping documents.
• Manage supplier conformance with contract requirements, and review exceptions and clarifications.

Skills and Experience:

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering – (Mechanical Engineering preferred)
• Experience in utility or industrial boiler industry or HRSGs is a plus
• Must have the ability to read and interpret drawings.
• Have excellent computer skills including Excel.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong team player
• Registered Professional Engineer a plus
• Prior experience using SAP is a plus
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong analytical and organizational skills

Up to 25% travel required, both domestic and international