Job Title-Mechanical Engineer IV
Job Duration-12 Months
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 company 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 meetings with the engineering firm, the 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 the 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 based working with multiple project teams
• 20% of the 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

 
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 65.15/hr.