Project Engineer

The Project Engineer role in Houston, TX onsite with Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions focuses on leading and coordinating design and technical activities, ensuring deliverables meet contractual requirements and applicable standards.

Responsibilities

• Promote safety culture and uphold safety standards across the organization.
• Coordinate assigned engineering resources with local and remote international team members and peers.
• Foster collaboration and alignment among disciplines and engineering contractors.
• Lead weekly meetings with engineering stakeholders, capture minutes, and track action items.
• Apply an interdisciplinary mindset across Civil, Structural, Mechanical (static and rotating), Piping, Process, Process Control, Systems, Electrical and Instrumentation engineering.
• Ensure timely delivery of engineering deliverables per the project schedule; inform the project scheduler and PM of status, delay risks and recovery plans; conduct weekly expediting across disciplines.
• Verify deliverables and Basis of Design comply with E&C Global standards and US/local codes.
• Support the Proposal team and review the Basis of Design.
• Prepare the Technical Requisition Summary for procurement and guide technical clarifications with material and equipment suppliers.
• Assist the procurement team in expediting Vendor Documentation Records and provide technical support during manufacturing.
• Maintain a log of pending actions and open topics from minutes; implement document control practices and tools (Alair, Google Drive) for technical documents.
• Maintain a record of engineering capitalization points.
• Ensure adherence to the project execution plan and assist in updating the plan as needed.
• Identify, track and mitigate post signature changes; align on approvals and accelerate resolution.
• Support technical Design Reviews and facilitate project gate reviews per Air Liquide standards, including invitations, planning and minutes.
• Interface with Design Authorities and the Overall Design Authority.
• Support fabrication and construction by coordinating resolution of technical issues.
• Apply a collaborative change management approach with commercial awareness.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering required; Chemical or Mechanical focus preferred.
• Minimum 3 years in a Project Engineering role within related industrial design or operations.
• Proficiency with Google Workspace and Microsoft Office.
• Ability to travel to multiple job sites on short notice.

Technologies

• Google Workspace
• Microsoft Office
• Alair
• Google Drive

Benefits

• Work schedule: Monday through Friday.
• Referral bonus.
• Comprehensive family benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance.
• 14-week paid childbirth benefit to support growing families.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match, plus Tuition Assistance, paid Holidays, Vacation, and Sick time.
• Benefits start on day one.

Preferred Qualifications

• Foundational knowledge of engineering across disciplines and processes.
• Experience in project management and customer relationship management.
• Site experience in construction or commissioning.
• Second language proficiency in French or German is a plus.
• PMI/PMP project management certification preferred.

Work Conditions

• Office environment with occasional business trips.