Project Engineer, Electrical Engineering

Job Summary / Purpose

As a key member of the Project Management team, the Project Engineer is responsible for the management and coordination of all technical aspects of new power generation capital projects. This role ensures that engineering is aligned with corporate goals and is complete, accurate and constructible for all elements of a project's scope. The Project Engineer oversees contractor's engineering performance and coordinates all contractor and owner's engineering interfaces, ensuring projects are completed according to construction drawings, specifications, quality and performance requirements.

This position coordinates cross‑functional teams and builds effective relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, including contractors. The Project Engineer works directly with the Project Manager and Project Controls Specialist to ensure process alignment and compliance.

• Promotes safe behavior, in accordance with company expectations, and adherence to the safety rules on the project.
• Identifies engineered safety controls and hazard removal during engineering design and coaches to safe practices in the field.
• Supports / leads a cross‑functional team consisting of internal subject matter experts, owners engineers, EPC contractors and technical consultants from development of the EPC contract through permitting, engineering, construction, commissioning and closeout.
• Ensures documentation of engineering and construction quality is adequately captured to support audit and prudency review.
• Supports / leads the owner team in writing official records of decision to capture prudency of major project decisions.
• Acts as contract manager for various engineering and construction contracts outside of the EPC, including owner’s engineer.
• Performs / manages the review of engineering design to assure compliance with the contract, permits, codes and utility standards while ensuring design supports the strategic, operational and maintenance goals of the project.
• Coordinates with the Project Manager in following the Project Delivery System and ensuring requirements are met and producing associated deliverables.
• Participates in contractor/vendor selection process with a specific goal of assessing engineering experience, competencies and capability.
• Supports / leads a technical open‑book engineering process with contractors during development of major projects and applies value engineering concepts to ensure projects are competitive.
• Assists contractor and vendors during design and construction to resolve technical queries and interfaces.
• Assures that all firms solicited to provide engineering services are duly licensed in the state of the project.
• Assures project compliance with NERC and security standards.
• Ensures all documents generated on the project are stored in designated repository at closeout.
• Supports / leads / follows change management process for any potential design changes.
• Participates in equipment inspection activities as agreed with the contractor.
• Supports / leads owner review and sign‑off of system turnover packages from construction to start‑up and from EPC to owner.
• Supports commissioning and ensures performance, reliability and emissions testing are completed per contract.

Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering. Advanced degree preferred.

• Project Engineer Sr: 6+ years of applicable and progressive professional experience, preferably in engineering design, construction or operation of power systems. (5 years with a PE/PMP certification / Master’s degree)
• Project Engineer Sr Lead: 10+ years of applicable and progressive professional experience, preferably in engineering design, construction or operation of power systems. (8 years with a PE/PMP certification / Master’s degree)
• Project Engineer Sr Staff: 12+ years of applicable and progressive professional experience, preferably in engineering design, construction or operation of power systems. (10 years with a PE/PMP certification / Master’s degree)

Fossil (gas) plant experience, preferably in the combined cycle (CCGT) technology and/or construction.