Senior Package Engineer – Oil & Gas Projects

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

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