Project Engineer; Energy & Process

Description

Job Title: Project Engineer

Reports To: Engineering Manager

Division/Department: GHM/Engineering

Level of Work: Level II

Position Summary:

The Project Engineer serves as the primary technical and project management conduit between Graham and customer teams, ensuring effective communication, specification compliance, and schedule execution. Responsible for leading custom-engineered equipment projects from contract award through shop fabrication and delivery, this role manages technical submittals, resolves design inquiries, and aligns cross-functional internal teams, including design engineering, quality, procurement, weld engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing, with customer requirements.

Success in this role requires a balance of engineering judgment, project coordination, and strong customer-facing skills to protect project scope, quality, and delivery milestones.

Level II:
Service – Coordinating “production” with problem solving and prevention

Resource Management – Coordinate material and people

• Serve as the primary technical and project management conduit between Graham and customer teams throughout the project lifecycle.
• Coordinate with design engineering, quality, procurement, weld engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, and other internal stakeholders to ensure customer requirements are effectively communicated and addressed.
• Maintain a collaborative relationship with internal and external stakeholders to support successful project execution.
• Resolve design inquiries and technical issues by coordinating appropriate internal resources and developing effective solutions.

Resource Scheduling, Output Management and Reporting

• Lead custom-engineered equipment projects from contract award through shop fabrication and delivery.
• Manage project schedules and coordinate activities to support established delivery milestones.
• Manage technical submittals and ensure required project documentation is completed accurately and in accordance with customer requirements.
• Monitor project progress and communicate project status, technical issues, and potential schedule impacts to appropriate internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure project activities remain aligned with contractual requirements, customer specifications, project scope, quality expectations, and delivery milestones.

Continuous Improvement

• Identify and address project issues through effective problem solving and engineering judgment.
• Analyze problems, collect relevant data, establish facts, and develop effective solutions.
• Identify opportunities to prevent recurring technical or project-related issues through effective communication, coordination, and problem solving.
• Apply lessons learned and project experience to improve project execution and customer satisfaction.

Equipment & Process Maintenance

• Ensure engineering and project requirements are effectively communicated through the manufacturing process to support successful fabrication and delivery of custom-engineered equipment.
• Review and interpret applicable customer specifications, industry standards, and manufacturing code requirements to support project execution.
• Support resolution of technical and design inquiries that arise during fabrication and manufacturing.
• Utilize sound engineering judgment to ensure technical requirements are appropriately addressed throughout the project lifecycle.

Professional Development (self and reports)

• Maintain and develop technical knowledge related to engineering practices, customer requirements, applicable industry standards, and manufacturing processes.
• Continue to develop engineering, project management, technical writing, and customer relationship skills.
• Maintain current knowledge of applicable engineering tools,…