Senior Project Engineer — Refinery Capital Projects Lead

Omega AS; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

NSB Omega is seeking a Senior Project Engineer to lead the Borger U40 FCC Reliability Improvement Project from detailed design through construction, commissioning, startup, and handover. The role includes coordinating with engineering contractors, procurement, and site teams to ensure safety, quality, and schedule adherence in a $140MM TIC context.

The incumbent will start in Houston during FEL/detailed design, then transition to Borger for construction, startup, and handover activities,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited institution.
• Significant project engineering experience in refining, petrochemical, or related process industries, including multidiscipline capital project execution.
• Demonstrated experience interfacing with engineering contractors, EPC/EPCM firms, construction teams, and site stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of project execution processes from FEL through detailed design, construction, commissioning, startup, and handover.
• Strong technical, communication, leadership, and coordination skills in a multidiscipline environment.

Responsibilities

• Direct the engineering contractor and manage compliance with contract requirements.
• Lead preparation of technical scope, design basis, project specifications, and standards for contractor execution.
• Coordinate review and acceptance of engineering deliverables, including drawings, specifications, calculations, models, vendor data, and discipline packages.
• Manage technical deviations, change orders, RFIs, and resolution of design issues arising during engineering, fabrication, and field execution.
• Monitor contractor performance for quality, progress, cost, schedule, constructability, and compliance with company procedures and CPMS requirements.
• Be based in Houston at the engineering contractor’s office during detailed design to provide day‑to‑day technical direction, expedite decisions, and maintain close alignment on deliverables, model development, and issue resolution.

Skills

Project management

Multidiscipline coordination

Contractor management

Engineering leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Job description

NSB Omega is seeking a Senior Project Engineer to lead the Borger U40 FCC Reliability Improvement Project from detailed design through construction, commissioning, startup, and handover. The role includes coordinating with engineering contractors, procurement, and site teams to ensure safety, quality, and schedule adherence in a $140MM TIC context.

The incumbent will start in Houston during FEL/detailed design, then transition to Borger for construction, startup, and handover activities,