Project Engineer

Job Title: Project Engineer Duration: 12+ months with yearly extensions. Schedule: 9/80 Location: Texas, United States This opportunity is based at a chemical and petrochemical plant site and focuses on delivering small capital projects with a strong emphasis on safety, cost control, schedule performance, and compliance. The role will support maintenance replacement projects and work closely with operations, engineering disciplines, vendors, and construction teams to achieve timely project completion. This position offers broad exposure to project engineering, design coordination, bid package preparation, and plant-based capital project execution. Responsibilities: Act as the liaison with operations; Develop and manage project scopes and schedules; Estimate and control costs; Determine applicable client and regulatory policies and procedures and assure project compliance; Define and coordinate the work of engineering disciplines, both in-house and contract; Review and approve drawings including flow sheets, isos, layouts, etc. and vendor submittals; Prepare procedures, specifications, and bid packages; Specify, requisitions, and expedite materials and equipment; Coordinate construction and turn-over to operations; and Communicate the design and technical issues to technical and non-technical functions through reports, memos, design documents, and presentations in a manner that is concise, factual and effective. Trains, directs, and reviews the work of lower level technical staff. Recommend action to improve the quality of the engineering function and working on new engineering methods. Required Education: Graduate engineer Required Experience: 5–10 years or more of project engineering experience At least 3 years of experience in a chemical or petrochemical plant environment Experience managing multiple assignments with project values ranging from $50K to $6MM Experience delivering capital projects with responsibility for cost optimization, schedule adherence, and compliance with environmental, health, safety, legal, and code requirements Required Skills: Ability to develop and manage project scopes and schedules Cost estimating and cost control capability Ability to coordinate in-house and contract engineering disciplines Experience reviewing and approving drawings, including flow sheets, isometrics, and layouts, as well as vendor submittals Ability to prepare procedures, specifications, and bid packages Experience specifying, requisitioning, and expediting materials and equipment Ability to coordinate construction activities and turnover to operations Strong communication skills to present technical issues clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders through reports, memos, design documents, and presentations Strong project management skills Ability to train, direct, and review the work of lower-level technical staff About Airswift: Airswift is an international workforce solutions provider within the energy, process and infrastructure industries. Airswift serves as a strategic partner to clients, offering a turnkey workforce solution to capture and deliver the top talent needed to complete successful projects by aligning with unique project needs. With over 1000 employees and 9,000 contractors operating in over 60 countries, Airswift's geographical reach and pool of talent available is unmatched in the industry. #LI-JG2