Project Engineer (Energy & Process)

Description:

Job Title: Project Engineer

Reports To: Engineering Manager

Division/Department: GHM/Engineering

Level of Work: Level II

Position Summary:

The Project Engineer serves as the primary technical and project management conduit between Graham and customer teams, ensuring effective communication, specification compliance, and schedule execution. Responsible for leading custom-engineered equipment projects from contract award through shop fabrication and delivery, this role manages technical submittals, resolves design inquiries, and aligns cross-functional internal teams, including design engineering, quality, procurement, weld engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing, with customer requirements. Success in this role requires a balance of engineering judgment, project coordination, and strong customer-facing skills to protect project scope, quality, and delivery milestones.

Key Results Areas by Level of Work

Level II: Service – Coordinating “production” with problem solving and prevention

Resource Management – Coordinate material and people

• Serve as the primary technical and project management conduit between Graham and customer teams throughout the project lifecycle.
• Coordinate with design engineering, quality, procurement, weld engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, and other internal stakeholders to ensure customer requirements are effectively communicated and addressed.
• Maintain a collaborative relationship with internal and external stakeholders to support successful project execution.
• Resolve design inquiries and technical issues by coordinating appropriate internal resources and developing effective solutions.

Resource Scheduling, Output Management and Reporting

• Lead custom-engineered equipment projects from contract award through shop fabrication and delivery.
• Manage project schedules and coordinate activities to support established delivery milestones.
• Manage technical submittals and ensure required project documentation is completed accurately and in accordance with customer requirements.
• Monitor project progress and communicate project status, technical issues, and potential schedule impacts to appropriate internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure project activities remain aligned with contractual requirements, customer specifications, project scope, quality expectations, and delivery milestones.

Continuous Improvement

• Identify and address project issues through effective problem solving and engineering judgment.
• Analyze problems, collect relevant data, establish facts, and develop effective solutions.
• Identify opportunities to prevent recurring technical or project-related issues through effective communication, coordination, and problem solving.
• Apply lessons learned and project experience to improve project execution and customer satisfaction.

Equipment & Process Maintenance

• Ensure engineering and project requirements are effectively communicated through the manufacturing process to support successful fabrication and delivery of custom-engineered equipment.
• Review and interpret applicable customer specifications, industry standards, and manufacturing code requirements to support project execution.
• Support resolution of technical and design inquiries that arise during fabrication and manufacturing.
• Utilize sound engineering judgment to ensure technical requirements are appropriately addressed throughout the project lifecycle.

Professional Development (self and reports)

• Maintain and develop technical knowledge related to engineering practices, customer requirements, applicable industry standards, and manufacturing processes.
• Continue to develop engineering, project management, technical writing, and customer relationship skills.
• Maintain current knowledge of applicable engineering tools, software, specifications, procedures, and processes.
• Demonstrate accountability for meeting project commitments and established deadlines.

Requirements:

Qualifications:

To qualify for this position, an individual must possess the knowledge, training, experience, and abilities required.

Education and Training

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.

Experience

• All levels of experience will be considered.

Preferred Experience

• Military Standard (MIL-STD) specifications.
• NAVSEA Technical Publications.
• Performing engineering calculations.
• Drawing creation.
• Technical writing.
• Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
• Specification, procedure, and/or work instruction writing.
• MATLAB and/or Mathcad.
• ANSYS (Structural and/or Fluent).
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler Pressure Vessel Code (ASME BPVC) specifications.
• American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) specifications.
• Heat transfer industry experience.
• Shipbuilding industry experience.
• Machining.
• Welding.
• Destructive testing (Tensile/Shear/Charpy/etc.).
• Non-destructive testing (PT/UT/MT/RT).
• Experience quoting new and/or repeat work.
• Customer interfacing.
• Vendor interfacing.
• Project management.

Other

• Must be willing to work overtime as required.
• Minimal travel may be required, both domestic and internationally.

Skills

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Must have proficiency in MS Office applications, enterprise resource planning, database, and specialized application software.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills required.
• Ability to successfully plan and implement objectives within established timelines and work schedules.
• Ability to analyze problems and develop effective solutions at both strategic and functional levels.
• Ability to work independently, with minimal direction, as a highly motivated self-starter and within a team-oriented culture.
• Maintain a collaborative relationship with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to apply mathematical operations to tasks such as geometric tolerances and drawing interpretation.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Strong reasoning ability required to assess a broad range of customer requirements.
• Proficient in mathematics required for first-level engineering calculations.
• Sound engineering judgment required to support customer-consulting tasks.
• Customer relationship skills to establish technical scope, requirements, and technical corrective actions.
• Ability to interpret applicable industry standards, customer specifications, and manufacturing code requirements.
• Ability to solve practical problems in a timely manner while dealing with a level of ambiguity.
• High degree of accountability to meet commitments.
• Ability to write detailed reports and correspondence.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical information and documentation.
• Demonstrates the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Ability to thrive in a team environment

Work Authorization/Security Clearance

Must be able to work in the U.S without sponsorship.