Project Engineer

Airswift; Geismar (LA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Airswift is seeking a Project Engineer in Geismar, Louisiana to support small capital projects within a chemical or Petrochemical plant environment. You will focus on maintenance replacement projects, delivering them safely and efficiently while complying with EH&S and codes.

The role involves managing multiple assignments with project values from $100K to $5MM, coordinating between engineering and operations, and leveraging in-house and external design support to ensure successful execution.

Qualifications

• Degree-qualified engineer (Civil preferred).
• Minimum 2 years of project engineering experience.
• Experience in a chemical/petrochemical plant environment.
• Strong project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as liaison with operations to support project development and delivery.
• Develop and manage scopes, schedules, and cost estimates for small capital projects.
• Control project costs and optimize capital, operating, and engineering expenditure.
• Ensure all work complies with client, regulatory, environmental, health, safety, legal, and code requirements.
• Define and coordinate work of engineering disciplines (in-house and contract).
• Review and approve technical drawings and vendor submittals (flowsheets, isometrics, layouts).
• Prepare procedures, specifications, and bid packages to support project execution.
• Specify, requisition, and expedite materials and equipment.
• Coordinate construction activities and turnover to operations.
• Communicate design and technical matters through reports and design documents.
• Support, direct, and review lower-level technical staff as required.
• Recommend actions to improve engineering quality and use of new methods.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional coordination

Education

Civil engineering degree

Job description

Duration: Initially 1-year like to be extended

Location: Geismar, LA

Schedule: 9/80

Position Overview

This opportunity is for a Project Engineer supporting small capital projects within a chemical or petrochemical plant environment. The Project Engineer will focus on delivering maintenance replacement projects safely, efficiently, and in line with applicable environmental, health, safety, legal, and code requirements. This Project Engineer position offers the chance to manage multiple assignments with project values ranging from $100K to $5MM. The role is well suited to candidates with strong project management capability and plant-based engineering experience who are looking to build further exposure in a technically demanding setting.

Role Context

This role is based at a facility in Geismar, Louisiana, within the chemical and petrochemical sector. The Project Engineer will work across small capital projects, primarily focused on maintenance replacements, and will act as a key link between engineering and operations. In-house and external design and engineering support is available as needed, providing a collaborative project delivery environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the liaison with operations to support effective project development and delivery.
• Develop and manage project scopes, schedules, and cost estimates for small capital projects.
• Control project costs and support the optimisation of capital, operating, and engineering expenditure.
• Ensure all project work complies with applicable client, regulatory, environmental, health, safety, legal, and code requirements.
• Define and coordinate the work of engineering disciplines, including both in-house and contract support.
• Review and approve technical drawings and vendor submittals, including flow sheets, isometrics, and layouts.
• Prepare procedures, specifications, and bid packages to support project execution.
• Specify, requisition, and expedite materials and equipment.
• Coordinate construction activities and turnover to operations.
• Communicate design and technical matters clearly through reports, memos, design documents, and presentations.
• Support, direct, and review the work of lower-level technical staff where required.
• Recommend actions to improve engineering quality and support the use of new engineering methods.

Qualifications & Experience

• Essential: Degree-qualified engineer. Civil engineering is preferred.
• Essential: At least 2 years of project engineering experience.
• Essential: Minimum 2 years of experience in a chemical or petrochemical plant environment.
• Essential: Strong project management skills.
• Essential: Ability to manage multiple assignments with project values ranging from $100K to $5MM.
• Essential: Experience supporting safe, timely, and economical project completion.

About The Company

This company operates within the chemicals sector and supports production across multiple manufacturing locations in the United States. The business is associated with products including chlor-alkali and vinyl-related chemical products, as well as other industrial chemical outputs. This Project Engineer opportunity offers exposure to a technically complex plant environment where engineering delivery, safety, and operational coordination are central to project success.

About Airswift

Airswift is an international workforce solutions provider within the energy, process and infrastructure industries. Airswift serves as a strategic partner to our clients, offering a turnkey workforce solution to capture and deliver the top talent needed to complete successful projects by aligning with the unique needs of our clients. With over 1000 employees and 9,000 contractors operating in over 60 countries, our geographical reach and pool of talent available is unmatched in the industry and the level of experience, exposure, and expertise that the organization has is unparalleled.