Chief Engineer, Mechanical

Location:

Mt. Laurel, NJ, US;
Charlotte, NC, US

Operating Sector:
Nuclear

At Aecon Engineering Services Inc. (United), we are a team of engineers, builders, planners, and thinkers that design and build today’s infrastructure, for tomorrow. We come to work every day committed to driving growth and delivering projects that matter for our clients, ourselves, and our communities. Through our work in the nuclear, conventional generation, renewable and power delivery markets, we create resilient infrastructure to last generations.

In December 2024, United Engineers and Constructors was acquired by Aecon Group Inc. Aecon and United have a proven working relationship and the United team continues to operate in the market as an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company.

We are seeking a Chief Discipline Engineer with experience in the power generation market, to lead our mechanical/piping engineering and design teams. The Chief Discipline Engineer would be responsible for leading and developing the mechanical and piping groups as well as equipping the groups with up-to-date engineering, design and management tools, technical and managerial capabilities, and operating procedures to execute projects and consulting services successfully and efficiently.

The Chief Discipline Engineer would collaborate closely with the Director of Engineering to implement company objectives and plans.

• Develop the work processes, tools and knowledge resources that support constant improvement of the discipline’s work performance. Manage and recommend selection of design/analytical software for the discipline.
• Manage the assignment of discipline engineers for projects and proposals and participate in the staffing plan for the group based on workload forecast input from the projects and group management.
• Analyze and document engineering practices, manpower expenditures and costs related to the experience and performance of region/office projects.
• Assess the technical adequacy of the group on an independent basis and act as the source of technical discipline knowledge.
• Provide technical guidance to the project assigned discipline staff by direct consultation, technical bulletins and other formats.
• Assess discipline staffing needs and guide the recruiting process.
• Work with Business Development in developing proposals and presenting company capabilities to enhance success in meeting new business objectives.
• Assist in establishing project design bases taking into consideration costs, technology, operability, reliability, availability, and maintainability.
• Assist the project engineers in establishing and implementing technical project requirements, preparing discipline work plans and implementing the engineering/purchasing schedules and cost estimates.
• Assist in project definition, definition of economic evaluation factors, preparation of major specifications, major purchase evaluations, preparation of key technical studies and critical engineering decisions.
• Perform independent engineering design and execution reviews as required to ensure quality of engineering conformance with project objectives and to comply with company procedures and regulatory requirements.
• Lead the collection and evaluation of project performance data to maintain or improve project performance including engineering cost performance, schedule performance, rework and quantity tracking. Collects and evaluates discipline productivity benchmarks.
• Lead the collection and evaluation of lessons learned across the discipline.
• Establish and monitor the effectiveness of employee development planning and goal setting for the discipline with input and feedback. Identify top talent among the discipline’s employees and…