Kratos Industries LLC is an engineering-focused organization serving customers through engineered-to-order electrical equipment projects. The Project Engineer role supports delivery from order intake through engineering closeout, serving as a primary technical interface across customer, consulting, utility, sales, and internal engineering and project teams. In this onsite position in Arvada, CO, you will translate requirements into complete design-input packages and help ensure deliverables stay aligned with approved project requirements.
Location: Arvada, CO (onsite)
Address: KP&C, 14401 W 65th Way, Unit B, Arvada, CO 80004
Salary: USD 90,000 - 125,000 per year
Experience: 3+ years
Schedule: Full time, M-F, 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Position Summary
The Project Engineer is responsible for the full-life cycle of assigned engineered-to-order electrical equipment projects from order intake through engineering closeout. This role interprets customer and contractual requirements, develops and coordinates customer submittals, prepares complete design-input packages, and ensures engineering deliverables remain aligned with approved project requirements. The Project Engineer serves as a primary technical interface among customers, consulting engineers, utilities, sales, project management, electrical and mechanical engineering, supply chain, and other internal stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Partner with Sales during project intake to confirm alignment of customer requirements, quoted scope, approved exceptions, and purchase-order requirements before engineering execution begins.
- Identify scope gaps, conflicting requirements, technical risks, deviations, and missing information during project intake.
- Identify and document applicable product standards, customer specifications, utility requirements, and project-specific compliance obligations.
- Establish and maintain project logs for request for information, action items, technical decisions, and open items.
- Coordinate technical questions with customers, consulting engineers, utilities, sales representatives, suppliers, and internal stakeholders.
- Own preparation, coordination, revision, comment incorporation, and approval tracking of customer submittal packages.
- Prepare or coordinate submittal-level one-line diagrams, preliminary equipment layouts, overall dimensions, equipment ratings, major component selections, open items, and other required technical information.
- Identify comments or requests that may represent a change in contractual scope and provide technical input to the change-order process.
- Obtain documented customer approval before release to detailed design unless otherwise authorized.
- Identify long-lead, customer-specified, and project-critical components during the submittal and design phases.
- Complete engineering input packages in coordination with electrical and mechanical design teams.
- Conduct project handoff meetings to verify engineering outputs against the customer purchase order, approved quotation, specifications, approved submittals, and documented exceptions.
- Support technical evaluation of component substitutions, supplier deviations, and alternate manufacturers to confirm compliance with project requirements and applicable standards.
- Ensure required technical information, customer decisions, approvals, and open-item dispositions are complete or clearly identified before release to detailed design.
- Evaluate proposed customer, supplier, and design changes for technical feasibility and compliance, and identify high-level impacts to cost, schedule, materials, and documentation.
- Maintain engineering project milestones, approvals, open items, and revision status within company ERP and document-control systems.
- Coordinate and maintain project closeout documentation, including as-built drawings, bills of material, equipment labels, and other required engineering records.
- Participate in continuous-improvement, root-cause analysis, lessons-learned, and standardization initiatives.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, engineering technology, manufacturing engineering technology, or a related technical discipline; equivalent relevant industry experience may be considered.
- Three or more years of experience in project engineering, applications engineering, electrical or mechanical design, or technical project execution within an engineered-to-order environment.
- Experience reviewing customer specifications, purchase orders, quotations, drawings, and other technical contract documents.
- Ability to read and interpret one-line diagrams, electrical schematics, bills of material, equipment layouts, and mechanical drawings.
- Demonstrated ability to review and interpret drawings produced using 2D or 3D CAD software.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to organize and manage multiple projects, open items, deadlines, and changing priorities.
- Strong attention to detail, follow-through, and document-control discipline.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with customers and cross-functional teams.
- Experience using ERP or MRP systems; SAP experience preferred.
- Experience with AutoCAD, SOLIDWORKS, Inventor, or similar CAD platforms.
Technologies
- ERP, MRP, SAP
- AutoCAD, SOLIDWORKS, Inventor
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with UL 891 switchboards, UL 508A industrial control panels, UL 1008 transfer-switch equipment, or metal-clad medium-voltage switchgear.
- Working knowledge of UL 891 and familiarity with other applicable UL standards.
- Familiarity with NEC, ANSI, IEEE, and utility requirements.
- Experience preparing and managing customer submittal packages.
- Familiarity with medium-voltage power distribution, protection, controls, and switchgear construction.
- Demonstrated systems-thinking and continuous-improvement capabilities.
Benefits
- In-house position: Full time, M-F, 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM
- Salary: $90,000-125,000 annually based off experience
- Relocation: Not offered
Additional Notes: Kratos Industries started in 2020. The company mission is to foster and deliver excellent customer experience through high-quality products, services, and organizational culture. The team is described as inclusive, and values include accountability, creativity, decisiveness, intentionality, effectiveness, and consistent values. Resumes must be up to date to be considered.
