Engineer, Project

Caturus; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Commonwealth LNG is seeking a Project Engineer to manage minor capital projects within the Commonwealth LNG Engineering team in Houston. The role involves preparing, scheduling, coordinating and monitoring assigned engineering projects, ensuring safety, schedule, budget, codes, and QA/QC standards.

You will collaborate with multiple disciplines, develop scopes of work, cost estimates, and interact with contractors to safeguard project profitability and timely delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering required.
• 5+ years of prior or relevant work experience as an Engineer required.
• LNG experience preferred.
• Ability to work with multiple engineering disciplines and supervise others.

Responsibilities

• Develops and/or reviews project scopes of work, project execution plans, divisions of responsibility between stakeholders.
• Develops and/or reviews project cost estimates, schedule, manpower and forecast.
• Monitors and develops reports on progress of project execution.
• Review project quality assurance plans.
• Leads development of ITB packages.
• Responsible for formal communication with contractors.
• Manages multidiscipline Management of Change (MOCs) for quality documentation and efficient approval and execution.
• Provides project justification and stewards proposed projects through internal approvals.
• Ensures quality of project deliverables, including documentation, materials and field execution.
• Collaborates with subject matter experts to create more efficient engineering solutions and execution methods to maintain project profitability.

Skills

Design specifications comprehension

Interpersonal and communication skills

Efficient meetings

Oil and Gas industry best practices

Develop scopes of work

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

Location: US TX Houston - Technip Office

Department: Engineering

About Us

The Caturus platform founded by Kimmeridge – an alternative asset manager focused on the energy sector – supports Kimmeridge’s overarching goal of providing low-cost energy on demand with the lowest carbon footprint.

Kimmeridge’s vision in creating Caturus is to build the only independent, fully integrated natural gas and LNG export platform in the U.S. through a combination of its upstream operations and via Commonwealth LNG, a 9.5 million tonnes per annum liquefied natural gas export terminal in southwestern Louisiana on the U.S. Gulf Coast. The combined entities are committed to delivering responsibly sourced, low-emission fuel to domestic and international markets.

Caturus is a Houston-based, private exploration and production company seeking to materially grow production through development of deep, high pressure, dry gas windows of the Eagle Ford and Austin Chalk, as well as Haynesville formations located in Texas and Louisiana while maintaining a relentless focus on safety.

Commonwealth LNG was founded by industry veterans who decided to re-engineer the LNG construction model. Using proven best practices, Commonwealth is committed to building a world‑class LNG export facility while focusing on safety, managing risk and achieving best‑in‑class environmental standards.

Job Description

Position Summary: The Engineer, Project manages minor capital projects within the Commonwealth LNG Engineering team. Responsibilities will include preparing, scheduling, coordinating and monitoring the assigned engineering projects. Monitoring compliance to safety, schedule, budget, applicable codes, regulatory, best practices, QA/QC policies, performance standards and specifications. The Engineer, Project should have the ability to work with multiple engineering disciplines and demonstrate excellent project management and supervision skills.

Key Accountabilities

• Develops and/or reviews project scopes of work, project execution plans, divisions of responsibility between various stakeholders.
• Develops and/or reviews project cost estimates, schedule, manpower and forecast.
• Monitors and develops reports on progress of project execution.
• Review project quality assurance plans.
• Use best practices in change management to control scope changes and the associated cost and schedule impacts.
• Ensures quality of project deliverables, including documentation, materials and field execution (if applicable).
• Collaborates with subject matter experts to create more efficient engineering solutions and execution methods to maintain project profitability.
• Leads development of ITB packages.
• Responsible for formal communication with contractors.
• Manages multidiscipline Management of Change (MOCs) to ensure quality documentation and efficient approval and execution.
• Provides project justification and stewards proposed projects through the internal approval process.

Qualifications

Education, Certificates, and Licenses:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering required

Experience:

• 5+ years of prior or relevant work experience as an Engineer required.
• LNG experience preferred

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to comprehend design specifications, standards, and contracts.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to conduct efficient meetings.
• Familiarity with Oil and Gas industry best in class specifications and practices
• Ability to develop comprehensive scopes of work.