Project Engineer

Polynt Group; Ennis (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Polynt Group in Ennis, TX seeks a Project Engineer to lead site capital projects, ensuring safety, quality, and on-time delivery. You’ll direct engineering tasks, manage budgets, coordinate contractors, and drive commissioning and start-up activities to support business objectives.

The ideal candidate has a chemical or mechanical engineering background, 5–10 years in the chemicals sector, strong project management, and familiarity with PLC/DCS control schemes as well as Lean and AutoCAD.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering.
• 5–10 years’ experience in the chemicals processing industry.
• Strong project management, organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Experience with PLC and DCS control schemes.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Proficiency with project management software/tools.
• Exposure to Lean Manufacturing a plus.
• AutoCAD experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• Perform preliminary engineering to identify critical project requirements, develop alternatives, cost/benefit analyses, prioritize options.
• Perform detailed engineering to meet requirements, including budget, schedule and performance.
• Project packages shall support operability, maintainability, constructability, safety and permit reviews.
• Understand and use applicable design standards and codes.
• Identify and resolve technical issues and problems that arise during the project.
• Work with plant and maintenance personnel to scope out and implement capital projects.
• Lead, manage, coordinate contract personnel during construction phase.
• Manage multiple capital projects to ensure costs remain within budget and projects are completed on schedule.
• Develop commissioning and start-up procedures as needed for capital projects.
• Provide documentation for all engineering and process design including equipment and piping drawings, specifications, calculations.
• Routinely monitor costs vs. budget, project completion timelines and communicate variances.
• Support a coordinated approach to contractor management that includes both maintenance and capital work.
• Support start-up activities including calibration, commissioning, PSSR, procedures training.
• Support PHAs and PSM audits and activities as needed.
• Understand regulatory & permit requirements and work with EHS to obtain required documents.
• Ensure environmental compliance and waste minimization on Capital Projects.
• Support all aspects of Process Safety Management.
• Lead and originate the MOC process and ensure it is followed for all capital projects.
• Support incident investigations as appropriate.
• Ensure projects adhere to company Quality standards and regulations.
• Effectively communicate with Manufacturing, Maintenance, EHS, and Corporate personnel.

Job description

Scope

To provide the Ennis Polynt Employees with descriptions of the tasks and responsibilities while performing the specific job that will comply with Company policies, rules, requirements. This job description is to serve as a basic guideline of the expectations of the job, it is not to be considered limited to these functions.

Summary

The Project Engineer has responsibility as a technical resource for managing and directing manufacturing site projects with accountability for the safety, health, and environmental performance, cost, quality, reliability, capital utilization, and communications for the Operations group. He/she is responsibility for developing, maintaining, and executing operations projects which support the business objects of the company.

Responsibilities

• Perform preliminary engineering to identify critical project requirements, develop alternatives, conduct cost/benefit analysis to prioritize options, anticipate issues, bottlenecks, and roadblocks.
• Perform detailed engineering to develop project design/scope/package that meets requirements, including budget, schedule, and performance.
• Project packages shall support operability, maintainability, constructability, safety and permit reviews.
• Understand and use applicable design standards and codes.
• Identify and resolve technical issues and problems that arise during the project.
• Work with plant and maintenance personnel to scope out and implement capital projects.
• Lead, manage, coordinate contract personnel during construction phase.
• Manage multiple capital projects to ensure costs remain within budget and projects are completed on schedule.
• Develop commissioning and start-up procedures as needed for capital projects.
• Provide documentation for all engineering and process design including equipment and piping drawings, specifications, calculations.
• Routinely monitor costs vs. budget, project completion timelines and ensure that assignable causes for variances are documented and communicated. Develop intervention plans as appropriate.
• Support a coordinated approach to contractor management that includes both maintenance and capital work.
• Support start-up activities including calibration, commissioning, PSSR, procedures training.
• Actively pursue potential utility cost savings opportunities.
• Participate, support PHAs audits, activities as needed.
• Participate, support PSM audits, activities as needed.
• Understand regulatory & permit requirements, and work with EHS personnel to obtain required documents in a timely basis by providing necessary information.
• Ensure that environmental compliance and waste minimization are addressed on Capital Projects.
• Support all aspects of Process Safety Management.
• Lead, and originate the MOC process, ensure is followed for all capital projects.
• Support in incident investigations as appropriate.
• Ensure the projects adhere to company Quality standards and regulations.
• Effectively communicate with Manufacturing, Maintenance, EHS, and Corporate personnel.
• Communicate issues of immediate concern to management.

Physical Demands

• Sitting.
• Standing.
• Walking.
• Pushing.
• Pulling.
• Kneeling.
• Climbing over 4ft.

Education & Skills

• B. S. in Engineering (Chemical or Mechanical)
• 5 – 10 years’ experience in the chemicals process industry
• Must have strong project management, organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Experience with PLC and DCS control schemes.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point.
• Proficiency with project management software/tools.
• Exposure to Lean Manufacturing a plus.
• Auto CAD experience a plus.

Nearest Major Market: Dallas

Nearest Secondary Market: Fort Worth