Job Description
Atwell is looking for a Project Engineer with energy-sector experience to support oil & natural gas, CO₂, hydrogen, RNG, pipeline, and facility projects.
Key Responsibilities
- Direct and support project team members on various assignments as directed by the Project Manager, providing technical guidance, training, and mentorship.
- Recommend and implement design changes based on client requests, project requirements, technical standards, and constructability considerations.
- Communicate with clients, regulatory agencies, vendors, subcontractors, and internal project teams as needed to respond to inquiries and support project execution.
- Serve as a liaison between clients and project team members while helping communicate project scope, status, schedule, risks, and deliverables.
- Support project proposal efforts, including scope development, budget input, schedule planning, and coordination with project team members.
- Review, develop, and finalize engineering documents, design packages, technical reports, calculations, opinions of probable cost, and recommendations for Project Manager review and approval.
- Provide construction-related support, including reviewing submittals, responding to RFIs, supporting field questions, reviewing quantity and cost estimates, and helping resolve construction issues.
- Supervise, advise, train, and mentor assigned project team members while fostering collaboration across project teams and other teams within the firm.
- Maintain professional and technical knowledge by building personal networks, participating in applicable professional societies or trade associations, and staying current on industry standards and best practices.
- Work closely with other Energy teams within Atwell to share expertise, coordinate resources, and support overall project delivery.
- Manage workload effectively and communicate with the Project Manager and Team Leader regarding project status, priorities, and deadlines.
- Travel to project sites, client offices, Atwell offices, vendor facilities, or construction locations as needed.
- Employee may be required to perform additional duties as assigned.
- Manage and support engineering activities related to the design and execution of major Oil & Gas / Energy projects, including pipelines, facilities, and related infrastructure throughout the U.S.
- Provide engineering technical input into projects at various stages, from feasibility and preliminary design through detailed design, construction support, and final deliverables.
- Coordinate engineering design efforts with internal teams, EPC partners, external consultants, subcontractors, and Atwell subject matter experts to review and comment on design submittals.
- Help ensure deliverables meet project specifications, client standards, applicable codes, safety requirements, and Atwell quality expectations.
- Manage and coordinate various engineering disciplines, including civil, mechanical, structural, electrical, instrumentation, controls, survey, permitting, GIS, and land teams.
- Review and monitor contractor or consultant progress against project milestones, schedules, budgets, and deliverable expectations.
- Support procurement efforts by assisting with RFP packages, vendor/subcontractor coordination, technical clarifications, and bid review.
- Develop, review, and refine electrical, instrumentation, mechanical, civil, or facility-related design packages depending on project scope and discipline background.
- Support projects involving natural gas transmission facilities, mainline valve stations, metering and regulating stations, pipelines, compressor stations, terminals, pump stations, and related energy infrastructure.
- Collaborate with project teams to define requirements and produce basis-of-design documents, engineering scopes, calculations, reports, design drawings, specifications, and construction support documentation.
- Identify project risks, technical issues, schedule impacts, and design challenges while working with project leadership to develop practical solutions.
- Maintain organized project files, calculations, design documentation, change tracking, QA/QC records, and client deliverables.
Requirements
- Six or more years of relevant engineering experience preferred.
- Experience supporting Oil & Gas, midstream, pipeline, facilities, CO₂, hydrogen, RNG, industrial, utility, or broader energy infrastructure projects.
- Experience leading or supporting project teams, mentoring junior staff, and coordinating with clients or external partners.
- Experience managing project scope, schedule, budget, deliverables, and technical quality.
- Familiarity with engineering design software and tools relevant to the candidate’s discipline, such as AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD, Bluebeam, hydraulic modeling tools, electrical analysis tools, or related engineering software packages.
- Working knowledge of applicable industry codes, design standards, safety requirements, and client-specific engineering procedures.
- Consulting, EPC, owner/operator, or energy-sector project experience preferred.
- Pay Range - $100,000 - $150,000 base, + bonus.
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