Our client, a major Oil & Gas Company is seeking a Mechanical Engineer IV to work within their facilities located in Houston, TX for a 1-year contract (possible to extend).
Primary Focus: To oversee the design for compressor station facilities for expansion and maintenance capital projects executed by third party engineering firms to ensure compliance with Company standards and specifications and industry standards and managed to the project budget and schedule. Liaison with other company's functional groups within Project Execution, Operations, and Shared Services to ensure project and company requirements are achieved and incorporated into the design deliverables.
Specific Accountabilities:
- Ensures that all compressor station facilities are designed in accordance with all regulations, applicable industry codes and corporate standards.
- Defines the scope, schedule, and budget for the design and materials for compressor station facility projects.
- Manages the execution of the design deliverables by a third party engineering firm against the project budget and schedule.
- Reviews and approves design deliverables, for example drawings, technical reports and material listing sheets.
- Participates in design review meeting with engineering firm, Project Manager, Operations, and Construction personnel to discuss the scope, design, and expected performance as well as work out constructability issues.
- Reviews vendor materials quotations, prepares technical evaluations, and recommends selections based on technical merit along with price and delivery. For example: gas compression equipment, vessels, buildings, generators, pipe, valves and fittings.
- Reviews lessons learned from past projects and incorporates recommendations into future designs.
- Actively identifies and communicates new lessons learned and quality incidents for assigned projects.
- Support department initiatives as required.
Qualifications:
Required:
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Civil, or other related Engineering field.
- Minimum of 4 years of industry experience.
Preferred:
- Previous experience working with reciprocating engines and performing post installation engine modifications to manage emissions
- Capable of working independently, managing multiple projects and prioritizing tasks accordingly
- Problem solve issues through use of standards, modification of standards and/or previous experience
- Effectively communicate technical issues and impacts to other technical and non-technical staff
- Time sensitive deliverables
- Work requires strong computer skills typically using Microsoft Office applications
