Mechanical Engineer IV
Posted 1 week ago by 1755943252
Negotiable
Undetermined
Undetermined
Houston, Texas, United States
Summary: The Mechanical Engineer IV will oversee the design of Liquids Pump station facilities for expansion and maintenance projects in Houston, TX. This role involves ensuring compliance with company and industry standards while managing project budgets and schedules. The engineer will liaise with various functional groups and external engineering firms to achieve project goals. The position is initially for a 1-year contract with the possibility of extension.
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensure pump station facilities are designed in accordance with regulations, industry codes, and corporate standards.
- Define scope, schedule, and budget for design and materials for pump station facility projects.
- Manage execution of design deliverables by third-party engineering firms against project budget and schedule.
- Review and approve design deliverables, including drawings and technical reports.
- Participate in design review meetings with engineering firms and project personnel.
- Review vendor materials quotations and prepare technical evaluations.
- Incorporate lessons learned from past projects into future designs.
- Support department initiatives as required.
Key Skills:
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Civil, or related Engineering field.
- Minimum of 4 years of industry experience.
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects.
- Problem-solving skills using standards and previous experience.
- Effective communication of technical issues to both technical and non-technical staff.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Houston
Country: United States
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Our client is seeking a Mechanical Engineer IV to work within their facilities located in Houston, TX for an initial 1-year contract (with possibility of extension).
Primary Focus:
To oversee the design for Liquids Pump station facilities for expansion and maintenance capital projects executed by third party engineering firms to ensure compliance with Company standards and specifications and industry standards and managed to the project budget and schedule.
Liaison with other functional groups within Project Execution, Operations, and Shared Services to ensure project and company requirements are achieved and incorporated into the design deliverables.
Specific Accountabilities:
• Ensures that all pump station facilities are designed in accordance with all regulations, applicable industry codes and corporate standards.
• Defines the scope, schedule, and budget for the design and materials for pump station facility projects.
• Manages the execution of the design deliverables by a third party engineering firm against the project budget and schedule.
• Reviews and approves design deliverables, for example drawings, technical reports and material listing sheets.
• Participates in design review meeting with engineering firm, Project Manager, Operations, and Construction personnel to discuss the scope, design, and expected performance as well as work out constructability issues.
• Reviews vendor materials quotations, prepares technical evaluations, and recommends selections based on technical merit along with price and delivery. For example: pump and motor equipment, vessels, buildings, generators, pipe, valves and fittings.
• Reviews lessons learned from past projects and incorporates recommendations into future designs.
• Actively identifies and communicates new lessons learned and quality incidents for assigned projects.
• Support department initiatives as required.
Contacts (Working Relationships)
• Project Manager - Weekly interaction to provide updated status on progress, cost, schedule, and risk.
• Supervisor, Facilities Project Engineering - Daily interaction to address project issues and problems.
• Manager, Facilities Project Engineering - Weekly interaction to provide project status update.
• External Engineering Firm - Daily interaction to provide oversight on project design activities.
• Operations - Weekly interaction to provide project status update and seek guidance on required design features.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Civil, or other related Engineering field.
• Minimum of 4 years of industry experience.
Preferred:
• Capable of working independently, managing multiple projects and prioritizing tasks accordingly
• Problem solve issues through use of standards, modification of standards and/or previous experience
• Effectively communicate technical issues and impacts to other technical and non-technical staff
Working Conditions:
• 80% of work is office based working with multiple project teams
• 20% of time is in the field scoping projects or supporting procurement, construction, and commissioning activities
• Time sensitive deliverables
• Work requires strong computer skills typically using Microsoft Office applications