Senior Mechanical Project Engineer - Multisite (TX/LA)

NES Fircroft; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

NES Fircroft in Houston is seeking a Mechanical Project Engineer for a long-term contract to support two project sites in Texas and Louisiana. The role will involve leading third-party engineering firms, coordinating with disciplines, and ensuring project execution aligns with cost and schedule targets.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years of capital project experience, familiarity with retrofit projects in manufacturing and with both rotating and static equipment.

Qualifications

• BS in Mechanical Engineering.
• Professional Engineering License in Mechanical Engineering preferred (LA or TX not specifically required).
• 10 years of engineering experience delivering capital projects with contract engineering firms and oversight of engineering teams.
• Experience with retrofit projects in existing manufacturing plants.
• Experience with equipment in hard asset manufacturing environments (chemical, oil & gas, cement, paper).
• Experience with rotating equipment (fans, blowers, high speed mills, compressors) and static equipment (storage tanks, silos).
• Experience with construction and equipment installation in manufacturing plants.
• Experience with solids handling equipment and piping design for high temperature.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and oversight of the third-party engineering firm and its subcontractors through all project phases (engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, startup).
• Coordinate with project team, operations, and the third-party firm to align scope, cost, schedule and execution.
• Perform technical reviews of mechanical and piping deliverables to ensure compliance with codes and design intent.
• Review vendor documentation and submittals for conformity with specs and operability.
• Evaluate existing systems to integrate new equipment while maintaining safe operations.
• Ensure compliance with licensing and stamping requirements in relevant states.
• Provide direction to optimize designs, reduce capital cost, and improve operability and reliability.
• Review packages for completeness and readiness before procurement and construction.
• Participate in constructability, operability, maintainability and value engineering reviews.
• Assess risks and changes, and propose mitigation strategies.
• Support procurement, construction, commissioning, startup and closeout with field issue resolution.

Skills

Technical leadership

Cross-disciplinary coordination

Education

BS in Mechanical Engineering

Professional Engineering License (Mechanical) preferred

Job description

NES Fircroft in Houston is seeking a Mechanical Project Engineer for a long-term contract to support two project sites in Texas and Louisiana. The role will involve leading third-party engineering firms, coordinating with disciplines, and ensuring project execution aligns with cost and schedule targets.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years of capital project experience, familiarity with retrofit projects in manufacturing and with both rotating and static equipment.