Position Summary

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Contractor Interface

• Serve as the primary technical interface with the engineering contractor throughout detailed design and execution.
• Provide technical direction and ensure compliance with contract requirements, project specifications, engineering standards, and company procedures.
• Lead development and review of technical scope, design basis, project specifications, and engineering standards.
• Coordinate review and approval of engineering deliverables, including drawings, specifications, calculations, models, vendor data, and discipline packages.
• Manage technical deviations, RFIs, change orders, and design issues through timely resolution.
• Monitor contractor performance related to quality, progress, cost, schedule, constructability, and project requirements.
• Maintain a strong day-to-day presence at the engineering contractor's Houston office during detailed design to facilitate coordination and issue resolution.

Multidiscipline Project Coordination

• Coordinate internal and contractor discipline teams, including process, mechanical, piping, civil/structural, electrical, instrumentation and controls, metallurgy, inspection, and process safety.
• Manage interfaces between engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction, operations, maintenance, and other project stakeholders.
• Lead and participate in technical reviews, 3D model reviews, P&ID reviews, HAZOPs, risk assessments, and constructability reviews.
• Engage corporate and site subject matter experts to address technical, safety, reliability, and regulatory issues.
• Identify and resolve engineering and execution interfaces that could impact project scope, schedule, cost, or operability.

Construction and Field Execution

• Transition to the refinery site during construction and provide technical leadership and engineering support throughout field execution.
• Work closely with construction contractors to ensure engineering supports safe, efficient, and constructable field execution.
• Coordinate engineering support for construction, installation, tie-ins, pre-commissioning, and mechanical completion.
• Respond to field technical queries and ensure contractor, vendor, and engineering responses are timely and complete.
• Incorporate field feedback into engineering and coordinate timely resolution of design and constructability issues.
• Provide field leadership during turnaround execution, commissioning, startup, punch-list resolution, and system handover.

Commissioning, Startup, and Refinery Collaboration

• Partner with refinery operations, maintenance, reliability, and technical teams to prepare the project for commissioning and startup.
• Support development of commissioning, turnover, startup readiness, and system handover plans.
• Coordinate project responsibilities for PSSR, MOC, tie-in planning, OSBL interfaces, and turnover documentation.
• Ensure operations and maintenance are appropriately engaged in design reviews, procurement decisions, commissioning planning, and startup preparation.
• Support the safe and efficient transition of completed systems to refinery operations.

Project Controls, Quality, and Governance

• Manage assigned scope in accordance with approved budget and schedule while maintaining focus on safety, quality, operability, and cost.
• Support development and maintenance of project estimates, schedules, scope documents, and execution plans.
• Ensure project documentation, technical data, and equipment records are properly maintained and preserved.
• Ensure compliance with applicable company standards, engineering practices, codes, permits, and regulatory requirements.
• Support project closeout, documentation, and lessons-learned activities.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an accredited institution.
• Significant project engineering experience within refining, petrochemical, or related process industries.
• Demonstrated experience supporting multidiscipline capital projects from detailed design through construction, commissioning, startup, and handover.
• Experience working with engineering contractors, EPC/EPCM firms, construction contractors, and refinery/site stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of project execution processes, engineering deliverables, construction execution, commissioning, and startup.
• Strong technical, communication, leadership, coordination, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• Previous experience as a Lead Engineer, Senior Project Engineer, or owner's representative on major capital projects.
• Experience with refinery unit revamps, brownfield projects, tie-ins, turnaround execution, and startup.
• Experience supporting major refinery reliability or modernization projects.
• Experience working through both engineering office and site execution phases of a major capital project.
• Working knowledge of refinery engineering standards, project management systems, and project execution practices.