Project Engineer

Project Engineer General Location: Houston, Texas, USA Reporting to: E&C Engineering Manager (or Head of Engineering) Travel: Potential short assignments on Project sites.

Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions is a technology partner of choice for the design, engineering and construction of leading-edge processing facilities and related infrastructures worldwide. We enable our customers to optimize the use of the planet's natural resources in order to provide clean and sustainable energy thanks to our people and their capability to innovate constantly. Through cutting edge innovation applied to our proprietary technology we contribute to the transformation of the energy industry and help to preserve & protect the atmosphere of our planet. Looking back on decades of operational expertise within the world leader in gases for industry, health and the environment, we develop creative, safe, reliable and competitive solutions for our customers, proposing a sustainable worldwide offer of best-in-class plants in a dynamically changing marketplace.

Missions and Responsibilities

As a Project Engineer, you will be assigned on projects, reporting to the Project Manager / Director (PM) and responsible for the technical coordination of the engineering effort related to assigned project(s). The Project Engineer is responsible for:

• Promoting the safety within the company; meeting or exceeding the company's safety standards

• Coordinating the assigned engineering resources, either with local and/or with remote international team members and peers

• Managing interfaces between disciplines as well as engineering contractors

• Leading weekly meetings with different engineering parties; issuing minutes of meetings; and following up on action items

• Demonstrating an interdisciplinary mindset including but not limited to Civil, Structural, Mechanical (static and rotating), Piping, Process, Process Control, Systems, Electrical and Instrumentation engineering

• Ensuring delivery of engineering deliverables as per project schedule; informing the project scheduler and PM of the status of each deliverable, risk of delays and recovery plans; weekly expediting of the different engineering disciplines

• Ensuring the quality of the deliverables; verifying that the engineering deliverables and Basis of Design are compliant with the E&C Global standards and with the US and local codes

• Supporting the Proposal team and supporting the review of the Basis of Design

• Estimating and controlling engineering hours assigned to the project tasks

• Preparing the Technical Requisition Summary for procurement and leading the technical clarifications with material/equipment suppliers

• Supporting the procurement team in expediting the Vendor Documentation Records and providing technical support and review during the manufacturing period

• Managing a log of pending actions / open topics (from minutes)

• Implementing Document Control practices and tools (Alair, G-drive) for technical project documents

• Maintaining a record of engineering capitalization points

• Ensuring the project execution plan is followed and assist in maintaining and updating the plan

• Identifying, tracking and mitigating the impact of any changes generated after the signature of the project; managing the approval of these changes and expediting resolution

• Supporting Design Reviews according to Air Liquide standards, including inviting, planning and issuing meeting minute

• Interfacing with Design Authorities and the Overall Design Authority

• Bachelor's Degree in Science Chemical or Mechanical Engineering required

• 2-5 years experience in Project Engineering Role within related Industrial Design or Operations

• Proficient with Google workspace and MS Office

• Ability to travel to various job sites on short notice Preferred

• Basic knowledge of Engineering in all disciplines and process

• Experience in Project Management and Customer relationships

• Site experience (Construction or Commissioning)

• Second language (French or German)

Candidates must have valid employment authorization in the U.S. and must not require visa sponsorship now or in the future. This position is not open for non-immigrant visa sponsorship.

Our Differences make our Performance

At Air Liquide, we are committed to build a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.

We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their background. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.