Mechanical Engineer IV

Our client is actively seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer IV to join their team out of either Duluth, MN or Houston, TX! This individual will be responsible for the over site of design for liquid pump station facilities for expansion and maintenance capitol projects executed by third party engineering firms to ensure company compliance. Additionally, this individual will work daily with project execution, operations and shared services teams to ensure company standards are adhered to and design deliverables are met.

Ideal candidates will have a degree in Mechanical Engineering (or other applicable studies) as well as 4+ years experience within oil and gas or related industries. This is the opportunity to work with a well-known Midstream oil and gas entity, providing competitive pay, 401K options, life insurance and more!

Description

Location - Duluth or Houston

Primary Focus

To oversee the design for Liquids Pump 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 internal 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 pump 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 pump 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: pump and motor 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.
  
  

Contacts (Working Relationships)

• Project Manager – Weekly interaction to provide updated status on progress, cost, schedule, and risk.
• Supervisor, Facilities Project Engineering – Daily interaction to address project issues and problems.
• Manager, Facilities Project Engineering – Weekly interaction to provide project status update.
• External Engineering Firm – Daily interaction to provide oversight on project design activities.
• Operations – Weekly interaction to provide project status update and seek guidance on required design features.
  
  

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Civil, or other related Engineering field.
• Minimum of 4 years of industry experience.
  
  

Preferred

• 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
  
  

Working Conditions

• 80% of work is office based working with multiple project teams
• 20% of time is in the field scoping projects or supporting procurement, construction, and commissioning activities
• Time sensitive deliverables
• Work requires strong computer skills typically using Microsoft Office applications
  
  

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