Job Description – Advance Project Engineer
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When you join Honeywell, you become a member of our global team of thinkers, innovators, dreamers and doers who make the things that make the future.
UOP, a Honeywell company headquartered in Des Plaines, Illinois, is a leading international licensor of processing technology and supplier of engineering services, catalysts and adsorbents, equipment, specialty materials and digital solutions for the global refining, gas processing and petrochemical industries. With more than a century of leadership in hydrocarbon processing technologies, UOP has led six revolutions in technology that transformed our industry. For more information visit www.uop.com.
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The Advanced Project Engineer will contribute to various projects across multiple business lines, with a primary focus on the design and fabrication of skids, equipment, and module design. This role involves working with Senior Project Engineer, multi-discipline engineering teams as applicable in executing PSA, complex hydrogen, and modular projects for petroleum refining, petrochemical, gas processing, and renewable industries.
This role requires adeptness in comprehending customer specifications, steering detailed engineering design, orchestrating equipment procurement, and supervising fabrication processes to surpass client expectations. You will act as the primary technical liaison with customers, detail designers, fabricators, and internal discipline teams, ensuring seamless communication and effective resolution of technical hurdles. This role presents an exciting opportunity for individuals with robust leadership skills, technical proficiency, and a proactive mindset to drive project success in a dynamic and collaborative setting.
Key responsibilities:
•Responsibilities of understanding the customer specification requirements and ensure their integration into the Piping and Instrument Diagram (P&ID) / Mechanical Flow Diagram (MFD) and the detail engineering design
•Manage the development of detail engineering design and lead the internal and external Design Reviews not limited to P&ID reviews, 3D Model Reviews, Constructability reviews as applicable based on the project scope.
•Hold weekly meetings with the discipline engineering team members/ detail designer/ fabricator to address project development status and solve challenging technical requirements and problems
•Coordinate equipment procurement activities with the engineering team (modules, vessels, exchanges, rotating, instrumentation, and miscellaneous equipment)
•Create technical requisitions for the detailed engineering design and module fabrication conforming to the project requirements
•Manage the fabrication process and partner with the fabricator to deliver equipment that exceeds customer’s expectations
•Support the module fabrication process by providing onsite support to the resident engineer
•Manage technical interface with customers, detail designer, fabricator (s), and internal discipline team
•Coordinate document submittals to/from Customer, detail design, and Fabricator(s)
•Responsible for the assembly and issuance of Manufacturing Data Books
•Managing the project quality plans
•Identify development steps to improve engineering quality and productivity, minimize detail design and fabrication change orders
•Provide sales support for project opportunities being pursued
•Domestic/ International Travel to customer and supplier sites – 20% annually in 1 to 2 weeks’ duration based on project requirements
•Accountable for working with Senior Project Engineer, multi-discipline engineering and design team to execute modular process plant projects
•Share lessons learned and provide suggestion for infrastructure (UOP specifications and standards, work procedures, etc.) improvement
•Responsible for overseeing engineering and design workhour budgets, project workhour forecasts, engineering schedules, and design quantities against budgets
•Key client interface for project technical issues including project design review meetings, 3D Model reviews, constructability reviews, and closeout for modular projects
•Assist project management with quantity tracking and trending, change management, and schedule reviews
•Oversee cross functional team in assembling and submitting subcontractor work packages for equipment manufacturing
WE VALUE
•Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Design and Construction Management, or related field
•5+ years’ experience in project engineering or design engineering role focused on mechanical equipment, modulization design of systems utilized in the petroleum refining, petrochemical, gas processing and/or renewable industries
WE VALUE
•Experience in projects, design engineering, or construction in the petroleum refining, petrochemical, gas processing or renewable industries
•Individuals who are self-motivated and able to lead teams, who consistently take the initiative to get things done, do things before being asked by others or forced to by events
•Strong oral and written communications skills
•Work effectively within a team based environment
•Strong organizational skills, multi-tasking, and ability to adjust priorities quickly
•International, multi-cultural experience
•Project engineering experience with an EPC contractor
•Professional Engineer or Project Management Professional Certification
•Project Controls experience (Cost and/or Schedule)