Senior Mechanical Engineer

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

Job summary

Hargrove EPC, Houston, TX, seeks a seasoned Owner’s Engineer Lead to supervise all mechanical design work for complex industrial projects. You’ll guide the Third-Party Firm, ensure code compliance, and drive reliable plant operation from concept through startup.

The role requires 10+ years in mechanical engineering, PE preferred, and strong collaboration across disciplines, with travel to Texas and Louisiana sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from an accredited university.
• Professional Engineering registration preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership of the engineering firm and subcontractors across all project phases.
• Coordinate with owner’s project team to ensure alignment of technical, scope, cost, schedule.
• Review mechanical and piping deliverables for compliance with codes and project requirements.
• Approve vendor documentation and submittals for design intent and reliability.
• Evaluate existing systems for seamless integration with new equipment.
• Support procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup activities.
• Participate in PSM activities including MOC, PHA, PSSR.

Education

Bachelor or Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Professional Engineering registration

Job description

What You’ll Be Doing

Job Scope: This position serves as seconded Owner’s Engineer Lead, generally responsible for performing all aspects for a complete design of complex mechanical engineering assignments. Work at this level requires extensive progressive experience in mechanical engineering and involves applying advanced engineering techniques and analysis. This work will be performed under general supervision.

Primary responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

• Provide technical leadership and oversight of the Third-Party Engineering Firm and its subcontractors throughout all phases of engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup
• Coordinate with the Owner’s project team, operations, and the Third-Party Engineering Firm to ensure timely communication and alignment of technical, scope, cost, schedule, and project execution activities
• Perform comprehensive technical reviews of mechanical and piping engineering deliverables, including but not limited to drawings, 3D models, specifications, calculations, datasheets, and engineering reports, to ensure compliance with project requirements, applicable codes and standards, and Owner’s engineering practices
• Review and approve equipment vendor documentation, calculations, fabrication drawings, and technical submittals to verify compliance with project specifications, design intent, operability, maintainability, and long-term reliability
• Evaluate existing mechanical systems, utilities, and infrastructure to ensure seamless integration of new equipment and facilities while maintaining safe, reliable, and uninterrupted plant operations
• Verify compliance with applicable industry codes, standards, and regulations, and ensure engineering deliverables satisfy Louisiana and Texas Professional Engineering licensing and stamping requirements
• Provide technical direction and challenge the engineering contractor to optimize designs by identifying opportunities to eliminate over-design, correct under-design, improve constructability, reduce capital cost, and enhance long-term operability, maintainability, and reliability
• Review engineering packages for completeness, technical accuracy, interdisciplinary coordination, and readiness prior to procurement, bid issuance, and construction.
• Participate in constructability, operability, maintainability, and value engineering reviews, providing recommendations to improve safety, project execution, lifecycle performance, and overall project value
• Evaluate technical risks, engineering changes, and design deviations, assessing impacts to scope, cost, schedule, quality, safety, and plant operations while recommending appropriate mitigation strategies
• Provide technical support during procurement, construction, equipment installation, commissioning, startup, and project closeout by resolving field engineering issues and coordinating technical interfaces between disciplines
• Actively participate in Process Safety Management (PSM) activities, including Management of Change (MOC), Process Hazard Analysis (PHA), Pre-Startup Safety Reviews (PSSR), and resolution of associated action items

Ideal Background

• Education: Bachelor or Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from an accredited university is required.
• Registration: Professional Engineering registration is highly preferred.
• Experience: This position requires 10+ years of relevant industrial experience in mechanical engineering.
• Experience with retrofit projects in existing manufacturing plants
• Experience with equipment in a hard asset manufacturing environment, chemical, oil & gas, cement, paper, etc. is preferred
• Experience with both rotating equipment (fans, blowers, high speed mills, compressors), and static equipment (storage tanks, and silos) is required
• Experience with construction and equipment installation in chemical/oil & gas/cement/paper manufacturing plants is desired
• Experience with solids handling (metering, storage, conveying) and solids handling equipment is highly desired
• Experience with piping design and materials specification for high temperature is preferred.
• Experience collaborating with Process, Instrumentation & Controls, Civil/Structural/Architectural and Electrical disciplines
• Ability to travel to the Project sites (Texas & Louisiana), and Third-Party Engineering Firm office in Houston
• High level of proficiency with project controls (cost and schedule) program

Physical Requirements

• Ability to sit, stand, or walk for long periods of time.

Hargrove Culture

We work to create an environment founded on trust, personal integrity, and a "team mentality" so that each person understands the value of their contributions both on a project and company-wide level. We know that each person on our team contributes to the success of our company by pairing expertise and passion to meet and exceed the needs of the clients we serve across the globe. Our safety culture prote