Project Engineer III-ENG

Zachry Engineering Corporation (ZEC) is currently looking for talented Project Engineers for upcoming employment opportunities to join our Project Management Department in our Houston Briarpark office. This is a great opportunity to get involved in interesting and challenging design projects for clients in various industries predominantly in the process and power industries.

• Support the Project Manager in planning, organizing, and controlling assigned aspects of a project, including monitoring project schedules and budgets, evaluating project productivity and quality, and directing the complete technical operations of the project.

• Implement assignments and activities delegated from the Project Manager.

• Responsible to define the work scope and prepare overall schedules and budgets on small projects. Update schedules and implement corrections or adjustments when necessary.

• Assist in developing cost estimates for additional work or contract modifications.

• Coordinate discipline engineering activities for development of engineered deliverables.

• Review engineered drawings for consistency with work scope and adequately address input from disciplines.

• Assist engineering discipline leads to coordinate engineering and design efforts, activities, and deliverables from overseas and other domestic offices.

• Facilitate Zachry Group’s quality control procedure for deliverable generation, archiving, and distribution/transmittal.

• Ensure field trip reports and meeting minutes are completed accurately and in a timely manner.

• Review reports to ensure consistency with contractual requirements.

• Responsible for managing project communications using appropriate project management tools.

• Ensure that all work hour control is being implemented properly; Engineering Change Notices are being identified and reported to the Project Manager.

• Support preparation of interactive planning sessions for scheduling engineering activities.

• Review and evaluate staff expenditures and implement corrective actions or adjustments as required to address overall performance efficiencies for the engineering team.

• Update, inform and clarify project outcomes, deliverables, potential problems, and project needs.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering.

• Minimum 10 years of experience in Oil & Gas, Petrochemicals, and/or Renewable Energy sectors.

• Experience as a Project Engineer preferred.  Otherwise, discipline experience is necessary.

• Experience collaborating with company overseas engineering centers.

• Strong communication and inter-personal skills are required to provide effective intra and inter-discipline coordination on projects, as well as effective communication with clients and vendors.

• Must be organized, self-directed, able to prioritize and multi-task, work in a team environment and take direction from others.

• Willingness to learn and work on a variety of tasks within multiple industries.