Project Engineer - Package (Engineering)

Seatrium; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Seatrium Houston seeks an experienced package engineering professional to oversee and coordinate multi-discipline engineering activities for complex equipment packages in the Oil & Gas sector. You will support planning, tracking, and execution across Process, Mechanical, Piping, Electrical, Instrumentation, and other disciplines.

The role requires 8+ years in engineering/package management, strong communication and vendor management skills, and the ability to drive packages through design

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Process, Chemical, Marine or related Engineering discipline.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in engineering, project engineering, or equipment package management within Oil & Gas, Offshore, FPSO/FPU, Marine or EPC industries.
• Experience managing equipment packages and coordinating multidisciplinary engineering activities.
• Strong understanding of engineering standards, industry codes, procurement engineering and vendor management processes.
• Familiarity with project planning, progress monitoring, cost control and document management systems.
• Excellent communication, coordination, and stakeholder management skills; able to handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced project environment.
• Experience supporting vendor inspections, FATs, construction, commissioning, and handover activities is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Understand the contract scope, technical specifications, and engineering requirements for assigned equipment packages.
• Support the Engineering Manager in planning, coordinating, and monitoring package engineering activities, deliverables, schedules, and manhour performance.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering activities and interfaces involving Process, Mechanical, Piping, Electrical, Instrumentation, Structural, Safety and other disciplines.
• Prepare and maintain package execution plans, schedules, action registers, interface registers, punch lists, and progress reports.
• Coordinate the preparation and review of technical requisitions, vendor documents, drawings, calculations, and data sheets.
• Act as the primary engineering interface with vendors, procurement, clients, subcontractors, classification societies, and regulatory authorities.
• Ensure timely resolution of technical queries, engineering issues, design clashes, and interface concerns.
• Monitor vendor engineering progress and ensure vendor information is incorporated into the project design in a timely manner.
• Organize and participate in design reviews, technical meetings, FATs, and engineering workshops; prepare meeting minutes and track action items to closure.
• Track package engineering progress, deliverables, resource utilization, and engineering manhours against approved budgets and schedules.
• Support Management of Change (MOC) activities and ensure engineering changes are properly reviewed, documented, and implemented.
• Coordinate with Construction and Commissioning teams to ensure package engineering supports fabrication, installation, commissioning, and system completion priorities.
• Ensure all package engineering activities comply with project quality, safety, contractual, and regulatory requirements.
• Support project close-out activities, including as-built documentation, lessons learned, and final engineering dossiers.

Skills

Communication

Coordination

Problem-solving

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Process, Chemical, Marine, or related Engineering discipline

Job description

• Understand the contract scope, technical specifications, and engineering requirements for assigned equipment packages.
• Support the Engineering Manager (EM) in planning, coordinating, and monitoring package engineering activities, deliverables, schedules, and manhour performance.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering activities and interfaces involving Process, Mechanical, Piping, Electrical, Instrumentation, Structural, Safety, and other disciplines.
• Prepare and maintain package execution plans, schedules, action registers, interface registers, punch lists, and progress reports.
• Coordinate the preparation and review of technical requisitions, vendor documents, drawings, calculations, and data sheets.
• Act as the primary engineering interface with vendors, procurement, clients, subcontractors, classification societies, and regulatory authorities.
• Ensure timely resolution of technical queries, engineering issues, design clashes, and interface concerns.
• Monitor vendor engineering progress and ensure vendor information is incorporated into the project design in a timely manner.
• Organize and participate in design reviews, technical meetings, FATs, and engineering workshops; prepare meeting minutes and track action items to closure.
• Track package engineering progress, deliverables, resource utilization, and engineering manhours against approved budgets and schedules.
• Support Management of Change (MOC) activities and ensure engineering changes are properly reviewed, documented, and implemented.
• Coordinate with Construction and Commissioning teams to ensure package engineering supports fabrication, installation, commissioning, and system completion priorities.
• Ensure all package engineering activities comply with project quality, safety, contractual, and regulatory requirements.
• Support project close-out activities, including as-built documentation, lessons learned, and final engineering dossiers.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Process, Chemical, Marine, or related Engineering discipline.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in engineering, project engineering, or equipment package management within the Oil & Gas, Offshore, FPSO/FPU, Marine, or EPC industry.
• Experience managing equipment packages and coordinating multidisciplinary engineering activities.
• Good understanding of engineering standards, industry codes, procurement engineering, and vendor management processes.
• Familiarity with project planning, progress monitoring, cost control, and document management systems.
• Strong communication, coordination, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in a fast-paced project environment.
• Experience supporting vendor inspections, FATs, construction, commissioning, and handover activities is an advantage.
• Willingness to travel for vendor meetings, audits, inspections, and FATs when required.

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

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