Engineering Project Manager - Mission Critical

Saulsbury; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Saulsbury Industries is seeking an Engineering Project Manager to plan, organize, review, and manage engineering work products for EPC projects in Texas. The role acts as the facilitator of engineering/design efforts across Saulsbury teams and subcontractors.

You will define objectives, manage scope and budget, develop execution plans, and coordinate with clients and senior management. Strong leadership and communication are essential, with travel to project sites as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering; PE license preferred in Texas.
• Minimum 5 years in engineering project management or related leadership.
• Experience coordinating cross-discipline engineering teams on capital projects.

Responsibilities

• Define project objectives and oversee engineering quality control.
• Develop execution plans, schedules, and communications.
• Manage project scope, budget, and procurement deliverables.
• Coordinate with clients, directors, and subcontractors.
• Facilitate change management and RFIs.
• Ensure compliance with safety, quality, and ethics.

Skills

Project leadership

Communication

Client-facing

Team coordination

Travel

Safety focus

Reading drawings

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering (mechanical/electrical/civil/structural/chemical)

Professional Engineer licensure (Texas)

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Word

Documentation management tools

Job description

Take your next step with Saulsbury Industries!

Location: Odessa, TX or Houston, TX

Type: Full time

General Information/Job Summary

Plan, organize, review, and manage all engineering work products and deliverables to Saulsbury EPC Project Directors, Saulsbury Construction teams, and Saulsbury Clients on behalf of Saulsbury’s engineering project team. The Engineering Project Manager is expected to be the facilitator of all engineering and design efforts made by the Saulsbury engineering project team or subcontracted 3rd party engineering firms.

Responsibilities/Competencies

• Define the project’s objectives and oversee engineering quality control throughout the project’s life cycle.
• Direct and manage project scope development and engineering budgeting/cost control throughout the life cycle of the project.
• Develop project execution plans, schedules, and associated communications documents to drive successful execution strategy for the projects.
• Provide and facilitate flexibility during engineering and design life cycle to ensure adherence to overall project schedule (creative thinker and problem solver) and expedite engineering deliverables and procurement deliverables when/as needed.
• Have hands‑on experience in some areas of the process plant engineering/construction business.
• Use effective communication skills in coordinating team members and in reporting to clients and senior management staff.
• Ability to make critical decisions timely with engagement amongst EPC Project Directors, Saulsbury Construction Teams, and Saulsbury Clients to mitigate project risk.
• Provide interface between engineering and construction team members and facilitate timely answering and closure of RFIs (Requests for Information)
• Possess well‑established personal time management practices.
• Effectively manage third‑party equipment vendors, fabricators, and subcontractors who are providing engineered tagged items or services to the project.
• Negotiate terms for procurement and subcontract deliverables to ensure adherence to overall project schedule and budget.
• Effectively manage third‑party engineering and/or third‑party specialty engineering subcontractors, if/as required
• Implement Saulsbury’s structured engineering design processes and metrics that effectively measure and monitor team performance.
• Be familiar with and successful in executing change management processes to manage project scope to adjust for both cost and schedule through the life cycle of the project.
• Monitor and implement industry best practices to develop techniques to accomplish rapid execution of design related tasks.
• Ensure all information needs and requirements for the project team are recognized and/or discovered, and the subsequent effort is made to quickly acquire and provide missing design data, vendor drawings, and client decisions, etc. required to keep projects moving forward and to minimize re‑work.
• Ensures that proper documentation, such as test specifications, design changes, meeting minutes, scope changes, and company or client procedures are provided to the appropriate functional groups within the project team.
• Acts as liaison with the client project engineer and/or project manager and with applicable internal groups (Purchasing, Project Controls, and Construction group project managers and job site supervision).
• Responsible for requesting appropriate allocations of staff to support project work demands in keeping with budgetary constraints.
• Monitors project status and pursues corrective action, as required in terms of schedules, budgets, priorities, staffing, and work quality.
• Manage and/or facilitate pre‑commissioning and commissioning services as required by project scope.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering discipline such as mechanical, electrical, civil, structural, architectural, or chemical engineering.
• Primary base location in either Odessa, TX or Houston, TX.
• Minimum of 5 years of engineering project management, project engineering, or related technical leadership experience, preferably in data centers, mission critical facilities, industrial EPC, power, oil and gas, refining, natural gas processing, or other complex capital projects.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams and managing design deliverables in a fast‑paced, construction‑driven environment.
• Working knowledge of mission critical systems such as electrical distribution, backup power, mechanical cooling, controls, fire protection, security, redundancy, and commissioning is preferred.
• Strong understanding of engineering deliverable development, design reviews, constructability, procurement support, RFIs, change management, and project controls.
• Strong people leadership, communication, facilitation, and client‑facing skills.
• Ability to serve as the primary engineering liaison with clients, project leadership, construction teams, vendors, and subcontractors.
• Ability to travel to client offices, project job sites, vendor facilities, and construction locations as needed.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, Project, and other project management, document control, or collaboration tools.
• Ability to read and interpret project drawings, specifications, P&IDs where applicable, single‑line diagrams, equipment data, and technical documentation.
• Impeccable personal and professional ethics with a demonstrated commitment to safety, quality, accountability, and client service.
• Professional Engineer licensure in Texas or the ability to obtain licensure is preferred.

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Ability to stand for extended periods of time.
• Ability to walk the property and laydown yards.
• Ability to carry up to 50 pounds.

Saulsbury is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status.