E&C Engineer

Job Duties:

• Support our supply projects group to help manage capital projects at the power plants across the region.
• Responsible for managing all emergent capital projects at the plant as well as supporting larger base and major capital projects.
• Support reliability engineering in helping develop scopes and justifications for projects and putting those through our emergent capital request system/process and would be responsible for managing all the projects.
• Responsible for upwards of 20 small projects going on at one time in addition to supporting some of the larger base capital projects.
• Working with operations and reliability engineering to learn about plant systems, how they operate.
• In addition to planning out future work to keep the plants reliable.
• Attending morning
  * POD meetings, collaborating with operations and reliability personnel throughout the day, overseeing contractors performing/executing on the projects in the field and would be responsible for all the administrative project paperwork, such as developing scopes of work, technical specifications, helping get quotes for equipment, bidding out if necessary and coordinating material deliveries and installation with the plant as well.
• Interface with external consulting engineers and vendors as necessary
• Uses Project Wise drawing system to find existing drawings and documentation for the projects and the equipment that they will be working on.

Qualifications :

• Requires a Bachelors in engineering, no specific discipline, as long as it's related to work performed at the plant (mechanical/electrical/civil). Willing to consider other engineering fields as well.
• 2+ years of experience.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Teams, SharePoint) & Excel spreadsheets
• Engineering degree/background
• Strong ability to collaborate.
• Strong teamwork/interpersonal skills are required to be able to be successful in this role and build relationships.
• Ability to multi-task and juggle several tasks without sacrificing quality, takes initiative, teamwork, interpersonal/communication skills
• Experience with cradle to crave Project management experience.
• Prior experience working in manufacturing/plant environment like a power plant.
• Has taken/passed the FE (fundamentals in engineering) exam or would like to (preferred not required).
• Previous experience managing contractors.
• Previous experience with project management and project plan development, charters, managing budgets, good with managing money, etc.

Benefits:

Healthcare Insurance:
Synectics offers eligible employees and their dependents healthcare coverage through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics. Premiums are subsidized by Synectics.

Dental Insurance:
Synectics offers eligible employees and their dependents a dental plan through Met Life. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics.

Vision Insurance:
Synectics offers eligible employees vision insurance through VSP. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics.

401(k) Plan:
The Synectics Inc. Investment Savings Retirement Plan. Synectics offers all employees who are 21 years of age or older the opportunity to invest in the 401(k) Plan on the first of the month following at least 1 calendar year after employment begins.

Synectics is an equal opportunity employer.