Project Engineer

SENIOR

PROJECT ENGINEER

Deployable Energy


Position Summary

Senior, hands-on engineering professional leading technical execution across complex nuclear engineering work streams. The Senior Project Engineer provides project-level technical leadership by integrating schedules, engineering deliverables, testing activities, suppliers, risks, decisions, and cross-functional dependencies. The role drives disciplined execution during design development and testing, moves work from decision through completion, mentors less-experienced engineers, and serves as a key interface among the Project Manager, engineering leadership, discipline leads, and external partners.

Functional Scope

• Technical Project Execution - Coordinate assigned engineering work packages, deliverables, milestones, and technical dependencies.

• Cross-Functional Coordination - Connect Mechanical, Electrical, Reactor Physics, Thermal-Fluids, Systems Engineering, Drafting/Design, Quality, Testing, Supply Chain, Licensing/Regulatory, and Project Controls.

• Schedule & Action Management - Maintain near-term schedules, action registers, priorities, dependencies, and milestone tracking supporting engineering execution.

• Engineering Deliverables Coordination - Track drawings, calculations, specifications, test inputs, supplier information, technical decisions, and other project deliverables through closure.

• Testing & Development Support - Coordinate technical readiness for testing, design updates, issue resolution, supplier activities, and engineering reviews.

• Risk & Issue Coordination - Identify execution risks, constraints, and blockers; drive ownership, track closure, and escalate when required.

• Change & Configuration Coordination - Support controlled technical changes and ensure affected disciplines, documentation, actions, and schedules remain aligned.

• Supplier & Partner Coordination - Support technical engagement with suppliers, fabricators, laboratories, contractors, and external engineering partners.

• Project Reporting - Prepare concise status updates, action logs, decision records, forecasts, and project communications.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day technical execution of assigned engineering projects, major work packages, or cross-functional technical initiatives.

• Translate project objectives into integrated execution plans with clear scope, engineering tasks, accountable owners, milestones, due dates, interfaces, and decision points.

• Lead cross-functional meetings, action management, technical follow-through, trade-off discussions, and issue resolution while maintaining alignment with discipline technical authorities.

• Coordinate engineering deliverables with testing, quality, procurement, suppliers, laboratories, and project controls.

• Maintain visibility of scope, schedule, risk, technical dependencies, and approved changes affecting project outcomes.

• Support design reviews, test-readiness reviews, supplier reviews, and project decision points.

• Escalate blockers early and help develop practical options for resolution.

• Maintain disciplined project documentation, action logs, decision records, and change/configuration records.

• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to project engineers and early-career team members, reinforcing effective execution practices, accountability, and sound engineering judgment.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical discipline.

• Typically 8+ years of relevant engineering experience, including substantial responsibility for project engineering, multidisciplinary technical coordination, or execution of complex hardware programs.

• Demonstrated success leading multidisciplinary engineering work, technical deliverables, schedules, risks, interfaces, and decisions on complex hardware projects.

• Strong technical judgment and systems-level understanding sufficient to identify interfaces, challenge assumptions, resolve execution conflicts, frame decisions, and escalate matters appropriately without displacing discipline technical authority.

• Strong written and verbal communication, organization, problem-solving, and follow-through.

• Demonstrated ownership and ability to operate effectively in a lean, fast-paced, and ambiguous environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in nuclear energy, power generation, aerospace, defense, EPC/EPCM, advanced technology, or another highly regulated / safety-critical environment.

• Experience supporting first-of-a-kind programs, complex hardware development, prototype/test programs, or technical-development projects.

• Exposure to Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Jira, Smartsheet, or comparable scheduling / work-management tools.

• Experience coordinating suppliers, fabrication, testing, procurement, manufacturing, laboratories, or technical-development activities.

• Familiarity with configuration management, quality systems, requirements management, document control, or formal change-control practices.

• Professional Engineer licensure, PMP certification, or another relevant engineering or project-management credential preferred.

Core Competencies

• Project Execution

• Technical Coordination

• Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Schedule & Action Management

• Risk & Issue Resolution

• Supplier Coordination

• Technical Documentation

• Quality Focus

• Safety Culture

• Ownership & Accountability