Manager Project Engineering

Elliott Company; Jeannette (Westmoreland County); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Elliott Company in Jeannette, United States is seeking a Project Engineer to manage project engineering personnel and technical tasks. This individual will supervise a team handling equipment upgrades and develop strong customer relationships.

Applicants should have a BSME or similar degree with over 5 years of relevant engineering experience. The role involves leading a team and engaging cross-functionally to optimize project execution while ensuring customer satisfaction. A commitment to continuous improvement and technical oversight is essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years engineering experience in a custom engineered environment.
• Experience with rotating equipment or turbomachinery preferred.
• Proficient at coordinating technical activities of a sophisticated engineering group.

Responsibilities

• Manage and direct project engineering tasks and personnel.
• Provide guidance on day-to-day decisions with a small team of project engineers.
• Participate in customer meetings and visits for testing witnesses.

Skills

Leadership skills

Communication skills

Engineering experience

Customer-facing experience

Risk evaluation

Education

BSME or similar Engineering/Science Degree

Job description

Overview & Responsibilities

Position involves direct management of project engineering personnel to evaluate and implement equipment rerates, upgrades and modifications to Elliott and non-Elliott equipment. The project engineer team acts as the primary interface for the client for technical issues regarding their purchase of Elliott equipment and auxiliary systems. The project engineer interprets specifications, technical requirements, and translates them for Elliott internal use during the execution phase of an assigned customer order. This individual will supervise, direct, train and mentor project engineer reports within the Engineered Solutions team. The role includes technical project management of numerous compressor, turbine and pump rerate and upgrade orders. Workload volume of projects is moderate with a varied and global customer base. In addition, this position will continue day‑to‑day project engineering tasks with emphasis on improving customer relationships and working closely with the customer to drive satisfaction and promote Elliott for future projects/bookings, assigning projects appropriately within the team based on experience and skill level, and ensuring that practices and processes match the New Apparatus group but remain workable for Engineered Solutions. The position interfaces primarily with Project Management, Drafting, and Engineering personnel in addition to many other functions at Elliott.

Responsibilities

The principal activities of this position are to technically manage and direct project engineering tasks and personnel within the Engineered Solutions engineering team. This is a technical role where day‑to‑day decision making and leadership focus on customer and project related challenges requiring thought or calculation. With a small team of project engineering reports, this person provides guidance on major day‑to‑day decisions and supervises the decisions of direct reports. They identify and implement training and development requirements for all direct reports, maintain and analyze key performance indicators to identify and implement process performance improvements, represent ES in discussions with New Apparatus and Global Manufacturing teams, and participate in customer meetings and visits for testing witnesses. Travel (up to 20%) is required in support of meetings and on‑site project handovers.

Qualifications

• BSME, Engineering/Science Degree or similar
• 5+ years engineering experience in a custom engineered environment
• Experience with rotating equipment or turbomachinery preferred
• Ability to communicate with customers, Application Engineers and consultants at all levels
• Demonstrated leadership skills; prior supervisory experience preferred
• Excellent written and oral communications skills
• Commercial acumen and customer‑facing experience
• Ability to work cross‑functionally within and outside of Elliott to achieve joint objectives and resolve issues
• Ability to identify and evaluate technical and commercial risk, and develop strategies to mitigate such risks
• Proficient at coordinating technical activities of a sophisticated engineering group

Equal Employment Opportunity

Ebara Elliott Energy is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws of the United States. Applicants and employees are protected under U.S. federal law from discrimination.