Project Engineer I-ENG

Employer description

Zachry Engineering Corporation (ZEC) is currently looking for talented Project Engineers for upcoming employment opportunities to join our Project Management Department in Houston Briarpark office. This is a great opportunity to get involved in interesting and challenging design projects for clients in various industries predominantly in the process and power industries. • Support the Project Manager in planning, organizing, and controlling assigned aspects of a project, including monitoring project schedules and budgets, evaluating project productivity and quality, and directing the complete technical operations of the project. • Implement assignments and activities delegated from the Project Manager. • Responsible to define the work scope and prepare overall schedules and budgets on small projects. Update schedules and implement corrections or adjustments when necessary. • Assist in developing cost estimates for additional work or contract modifications. • Coordinate discipline engineering activities for development of engineered deliverables. • Review engineered drawings for consistency with work scope and adequately address input from disciplines. • Assist engineering discipline leads to coordinate engineering and design efforts, activities, and deliverables from overseas and other domestic offices. • Facilitate Zachry Group’s quality control procedure for deliverable generation, archiving, and distribution/transmittal. • Ensure field trip reports and meeting minutes are completed accurately and in a timely manner. • Review reports to ensure consistency with contractual requirements. • Responsible for managing project communications using appropriate project management tools. • Ensure that all work hour control is being implemented properly; Engineering Change Notices are being identified and reported to the Project Manager. • Prepare progress reports. • Support preparation of interactive planning sessions for scheduling engineering activities. • Review and evaluate staff expenditures and implement corrective actions or adjustments as required to address overall performance efficiencies for the engineering team. • Update, inform and clarify project outcomes, deliverables, potential problems, and project needs. • Other duties as assigned • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering. • 2 to 4 years of experience in Oil & Gas, Petrochemicals, Power and/or Renewable Energy sectors. • Experience as a Project Engineer or related project management experience preferred. Otherwise, engineering discipline experience is necessary. • Strong communication and inter-personal skills are required to provide effective intra and inter-discipline coordination on projects, as well as effective communication with clients and vendors. • Must be organized, self-directed, able to prioritize and multi-task, work in a team environment and take direction from others. • Willingness to learn and work on a variety of tasks within multiple industries. #LI-CT1