Project Engineering

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Full Time Tomball, TX, US

4 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $90,000.00 To $ Annually

ABOUT THIS ROLE:

Paradigm Controls of Texas (PCTX) is hiring a Project Engineer to support the design and execution of industrial electrical equipment projects. This role is open to recent graduates and early-career engineers (0–5 years of experience) who hold a degree in Electrical Engineering or Electrical Engineering Technology and want to combine technical design work with hands-on project execution.

This is a hybrid technical design and project execution role, with a strong AI-augmented workflow component. Roughly half of your time will be spent working with AI tools to analyze customer specifications, produce and review engineering documentation, coordinate schedules, and manage project communications. The other half is hands-on engineering: single-line drawings, panel layouts, bills of materials, vendor coordination, kickoff and FAT meetings, and driving projects from purchase order through delivery.

We are looking for someone who treats AI as a daily working partner, not an occasional aid.

You will work with Application Engineers on the front end of projects, then own the technical design and execution as projects move through the shop and out to customers. You will interface daily with customer project managers and engineers at major industrial customers in the oil & gas, midstream, and data center industries, as well as our vendor and supplier network.

PCTX engineers and delivers Power Distribution Centers, switch gear, motor control centers, variable frequency drives, and UPS systems for these markets.

• Structured onboarding with mentorship shared across a team of senior Project Managers and Engineers
• Real technical ownership of live customer projects from day one — you will not be fetching coffee
• Daily use of advanced AI tools as a core part of the job — develop skills that will define the next decade of industrial engineering
• Direct customer and vendor exposure — kickoff meetings, design reviews, FATs, delivery coordination
• Clear career path into Senior Project Engineer, Engineering Manager, or Project Manager within 3–5 years
• Small enough company that your work is visible; large enough to deliver multi-million-dollar projects
• Located in Tomball, TX, approximately 25 minutes from northwest Houston

The Project Engineer is responsible for the technical design and execution of PCTX customer orders across our full product portfolio — Power Distribution Centers, medium-voltage switch gear, motor control centers, variable frequency drives, and UPS systems. This role sits at the intersection of engineering design (drawings, layouts, BOMs, technical documentation) and project execution (customer coordination, vendor management, schedule and cost tracking, kickoff through delivery).

Approximately half of the role involves AI-augmented workflows: using AI tools to analyze specifications, draft technical documents, review submittals, and coordinate project communications. Onboarding is structured to scale with your experience — new graduates work alongside senior staff for their first 12–18 months, while candidates with prior project engineering experience will ramp up more quickly and take on independent project ownership sooner.

• Use AI tools as a daily working partner — these are core tools at PCTX, not optional aids
• Extract and cross-check technical requirements from 100–300 page customer specifications, drawings, and approved-vendor lists
• Draft and refine engineering documentation — submittals, single-line diagrams, panel schedules, BOMs, test procedures, O&M manuals — with AI assistance
• Review vendor submittals and drawings against customer specifications, using AI to flag discrepancies and non-conformances
• Draft and review technical and commercial correspondence with customers and vendors for senior review
• Build and maintain project schedules,…