Work Location: Houston, TX (In office, Onsite)
Job Title: Process Principal Design Engineer
Job Description
The purpose of this position is to provide the essential administrative processes, technical knowledge and leadership as described below. This position has oversight of a specific project area and acts as a representative of the engineering discipline ensuring technical accuracy in project execution in all phases. This is a lead position on assigned projects performing engineering assignments of advanced complexity.

• Under general supervision of the Discipline Lead Engineer, serve as a Supervising Lead providing guidance/supervision to other engineers and designers
• Analyze and make independent recommendations regarding technical solutions to problems of advanced complexity in accordance with project requirements
• Develop and review specifications and design criteria
• Perform and check engineering analyses and calculations; specify materials, equipment and systems; and solve technical problems of advanced complexity
• Coordinate technical issues with other disciplines, project management, vendors and clients
• Execute work in compliance with Project Quality Plan and procedures
• Execute work in accordance with the approved project scope, cost and schedule baselines
• Develop and review estimates, schedules and progress reports including effort-hour estimating and staff forecasting
• Establish, control and report on material key quantities; provide analysis and forecasts
• Provide technical support to activities associated with equipment and material procurement and subcontracting including scopes of work, technical bid evaluations and review of vendor submittals
• Provide technical support to activities associated with construction administration including response to construction requests-for-information and field changes
• Other duties as assigned

Basic Job Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship required

• Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical or Nuclear Engineering and minimum fifteen (15) years of work-related experience

• Working knowledge of applicable federal (including Department of Energy orders), state, and local codes and standards

• Ability to communicate effectively with audiences that include but are not limited to project management, coworkers, clients, vendors, and subcontractors

• Job related technical knowledge necessary to complete the job

• Advanced knowledge of discipline codes and standards

• Intermediate computer and software skills to include proficiency in the use of word processing, e-mail, spreadsheet and electronic presentation programs

• Significant experience providing engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services on large industrial projects

• Proficiency executing large EPC projects utilizing engineering analysis, 3D modeling and 2D computer-aided drafting and design (CADD) automation tools in a multi-discipline environment

Discipline Specific Job Requirements

• Prepare and review calculations and specifications relating to Piping & Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID) development

• Demonstrated design experience in areas such as utility and/or process systems and specification

• Advanced knowledge in development of the following:

• - Process design criteria; process calculations; process simulation

• EPC project experience for the following industries:
  - U.S Department of Energy or other U.S. Federal Government Agency
  - Nuclear facilities under a nuclear quality assurance program
  - Manufacturing, pharmaceutical or biotechnology

- Hazops/Process Hazards Analysis

- Heat and material balances; utility summaries/balances

- Block flow diagrams; process flow diagrams

- Piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs)

- Equipment list

- Equipment process datasheets

- Control systems datasheets

- Functional logic narratives

- Piping design data/line list; tie-in data

- Hazardous area classification

- Power requirement - electrical load list

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional Engineer license
• Experience with design of systems, structures and components for nuclear facilities under the requirements of ASME NQA-1
• Advanced knowledge of commercial availability and cost of materials
• Demonstrated experience managing and leading large projects
• Proficiency with project set-up, development of control-level schedules, progress reporting and project close-out
• Practical field experience