Lead Project Engineer

My Client, a Global giant in the heavy duty plant engineering industry is looking for a lead Project Engineer for a 1 year W2 contract. The position is hybrid with 2 days a week from home, this may change depending on the client needs.

As a member of the Project Engineering team, you will provide input and make decisions that influence major technical and financial outcomes for the client and/or the customer and customer representatives. The Lead Project Engineer provides technical project management, technical direction, and drives coordination of engineering activities and critical issue resolution for OTR-related issues for all assigned projects. The Lead Project Engineer functions as the technical liaison for the Customer and Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) representatives to ensure that the supplied design documentation and equipment fully complies with the contract requirements and drives continuous improvement in project execution.

You will also be responsible for the following:

• Providing continuous improvement and operational leadership as single point contact for all customer technical inquiries, change requests, and communications for all topics related to the technology and its auxiliaries (Project Engineer scope)

• Driving lessons learned back into the design engineering organizations to avoid repeating issues

• Providing technical guidance to Project Management and Applications/Regional Customer Applications Engineering

• Conducting Customer Kick-Off Meetings (CKOMs) and/or Design Liaison Meetings (DLMs) with customers and/or their design representatives (EPCs)

• Reviewing contract documentation and communicating project requirements to all design functions, utilizing internal documentation systems and regular communication with internal engineering organizations

• Evaluating the financial/schedule impacts of customer-requested scope changes via Cost & Cycle Estimates (CCEs) and implementing changes agreed to by Change Orders via the Change Management Process

• Supporting resolution of cross-functional design complexities and working to resolve technical issues

• Mitigating engineering schedule issues and taking preventative action to avoid delivery delays or late customer deliverables

• Managing the Engineering Budget and providing quarterly Estimate at Completions (EACs) to Finance

• Providing technical support to engineering, manufacturing, sourcing, suppliers, and installation personnel to ensure equipment meets all customer requirements and business objectives

• Presenting project issue resolutions periodically to upper management, highlighting risks, and creating action plans to remedy the risks

Required skills and experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from an accredited college or university OR a high school diploma/ GED with 5 years of relevant experience

• Minimum 2 years of experience in Project Engineering, Design Engineering, and/or Field Engineering

• Ability and willingness to travel, as required ~10% - 15%

• Ability and willingness to manage multiple priorities simultaneously

• Leadership-quality communication skills, both verbal and written

• Experience with GTCC – Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software

• Demonstrated creativity and problem-solving capability

• Experience and/or knowledge of plant system design engineering, manufacturing, assembly, installation, and/or testing