Project Engineer

ANDRITZ; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401k matching

Hybrid work mode

Annual bonus program

Employee assistance program

Career development plan

Job summary

ANDRITZ Hydro seeks a Project Engineer to bridge engineering and project management, leading technical activities across engineering, procurement and installation teams. This role is the primary technical contact for the project team and reports to the Project Manager.

Ideal candidates will hold a Mechanical or Electrical Engineering degree, have hydroelectric project experience, and excel in coordinating engineering activities and subcontracting, with a strong emphasis on communication and

Qualifications

• Bachelor in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, preferred.
• Experience in hydroelectric or energy-producing equipment design/manufacturing.
• Experience coordinating engineering activities and subcontracting.

Responsibilities

• Lead overall technical activities with engineering, procurement and installation teams.
• Manage costs, schedule, quality and system targets across project scope.
• Create schedules, work breakdown structures and supplier negotiations.
• Validate supplier production schedules and handle technical clarifications.
• Organize design reviews, manufacturing kick-off and meetings.
• Assess documentation, approve deviations, and submit technical deliverables.
• Coordinate with customers and vendors to ensure on-time, quality deliveries.
• Develop contingency plans with the Project Manager to address issues.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Team coordination

Education

Bachelor of Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Job description

Job description:

SUMMARY OF ROLE

The Project Engineer bridges the boundaries between engineering and project management, leading the technical activities as a whole with the Engineering, Procurement and Installation teams. This position is the primary technical point of contact for the project team and reports to the Project Manager in the team context.

PRINCIPLE DUTIES

Primary responsibilities are listed but not limited to the following: Responsible for the related costs, delivery schedule, quality and targets of the System (“System” means generator and auxiliaries, turbine and auxiliaries, penstock, gates, electrical power systems or any other assigned systems);

• Participation in the creation of the overall time schedule and work breakdown structure.
• Creation of the Purchase Order Requisition and participation in negotiations with suppliers.
• Responsible for the general scope determination and for managing and following up the supply of the process from conceptualizing the design to delivery of the components to site
• Responsible for validating and approving the supplier production schedules;
• Responsible for the technical clarifications with customer and supplier;
• Responsible for organizing design review meetings and the manufacturing kick-off;
• Elaborate, collect and assess the documentation required and veto technical dispositions in case of deviations (cost, schedule, quality);
• Assemble and submittal of technical deliverables;
• Organizes and facilitates meetings regarding technical activities;
• Ensures stakeholders interpret the technical specification and expectations correctly, contract based concept;
• Consolidates the opinions of others to define the technical strategy and the supply plan in collaboration with the Project Manager and the Procurement Department;
• Participates in the selection, negotiations and technical discussions of the main suppliers and sub-contractors;
• Responsible for making sure engineering deliverables and supply deliveries are made on-time and according to established quality criteria for the related System;
• Follows-up on Non-Conformances and Change Management with the customer, vendors and engineering;
• In collaboration with the Project Manager, analyzes, defines and implements a contingency plan to correct any issues or deviations that can have an impact on their projects.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor of Mechanical or Electrical Engineering preferred
• Experience in the fields of hydroelectricity, energy producing equipment or related design and manufacturing activities;
• Experience in technical coordination of engineering activities and subcontracting;
• Good verbal and written communication.

We offer:

• Life, disability, dental and extended health insurance
• 401k matching
• Hybrid work mode
• Annual bonus program
• Employee assistance program
• Employee individualized training and career plan

Did you know?

ANDRITZ Hydro has:

• Over 185 years of experience in turbine design
• Over 489,000 MW of installed and upgraded capacity
• Over 33 200 turbine units delivered
• Over 135 years in electrical engineering
• 65 representative offices worldwide
• More than 6100 employees worldwide
• Over 50 Compact Hydro units per year
• A complete range of designs up to 800 MW
• 20 manufacturing sites worldwide
• 20% of all turbines in operation worldwide