Senior Project Engineer

Job Summary

Works independently and in support of various project managers in designing, prioritizing, scheduling, and implementing major construction & engineering projects. Initiates project scope process, validating preliminary design engineering schedules, cost estimates, and qualitative and quantitative risk assessments. Authorizes preliminary project scope reviews, scope definitions, and estimates. Chairs regular update meetings to management on scope, budget, engineering costs, schedules, and estimates for engineering designs. This is an individual contributor role.

- Interfaces and acts as liaison to address and resolve engineering design problems.

- Manages engineering costs and project scope of change control for engineering activities throughout the life cycle of a project.

- Directs project scope initiation process, develops preliminary schedule (design engineering) and cost estimates, conducts qualitative and quantitative risk assessment.

- Manages the design development of projects through the conceptual, design, scheduling, analysis, installation, testing and commissioning phase of projects.

- Coordinate with various engineering teams to address issues that may arising during the design and project execution phase.

- Reviews and authorizes validated design packages which includes the preliminary project scope review, scope definition, and estimates.

- Ensures design schedule is on target and monitors engineering costs.

- Collaborates with stakeholders to ensure project is executed within scope while also developing contingency plans for planned outages during project construction.

- Supports and advocate for project managers by incorporating design changes requested by various permitting bodies and teams.

- Ensures compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements as well as provide certified drawings for permits.

- Chairs all scope meetings and provides updates of design status.

- Integrates project design and initial construction plans with Supply Chain, vendor and Project Manager to ensure coordination between engineering, procurement and construction.

- Provides technical support to the project manager.

- Coordinates inspection activities for equipment fabrications

- Collaborates with the project manager and engineering to ensure all engineering documentation is updated and accurate for all new construction and as-builds.

Minimum Education & Experience Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, engineering technology or construction management, and 6 years of experience in engineering, project management, or capital infrastructure projects.

- Project and or outage management in a utility setting

- PMI/PMP (Project Management Institute) certificate.

- Professional Engineer (PE) License

Other Requirements

- Ability to apply project planning & implementation and/or continuous improvement principles (typically acquired through several years of experience in these areas) to affect tangible, positive outcomes.

- Competent in multitasking (i.e., the ability to prioritize & manage multiple tasks, issues or projects that may include high visibility initiatives and require innovation, teamwork & planning).

- Ability to conduct efficacious meetings & manage the meeting process with optimal results.

- Flexibility & the ability to work with shifting priorities; embrace new/evolving responsibilities.

- Copes with multiple demands from superiors, and/or subordinates & peers in a positive and even-handed fashion; displays a calm demeanor under pressure.

- Initiates new ideas and approaches, challenges orthodox practices & approaches with reasonably sound alternatives.

- Broad understanding of power generation, transmission, distribution and regional power dispatch issues.

- Intermediate-to-advanced analytical and project management skills.

- Consulting and influencing skills consistent with the ability to build relationships and influence parties; may include getting parties to embrace changing expectations and initiatives

Additional Information

Incumbents may engage in all or some combination of the activities and accountabilities, and utilize a variety of the competencies cited in this description depending upon the organization and role to which they are assigned. This description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by incumbents in this job. It is not intended as an all-inclusive list of accountabilities or responsibilities, nor is it intended to limit the rights of supervisors or management representatives to assign, direct and control the work of employees under their supervision.