Project Engineer - Vogt

Position Summary: Babcock Power is a global leader in providing innovative, high quality steam generation and energy-related products and services to the power generation and processing industries. We are an organization comprised of complementary, strategically assembled business units, each with its own specialized technology and skills; its own extensive experience and knowledge base; and its own rich history of creating advanced engineering solutions.

Vogt Power International (VPI) is one of the business units of Babcock Power, based in Louisville, KY and specializes in the design, manufacture and supply of equipment and solutions to the power generation industry. VPI is an industry leader in heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs) with both domestic and international customers.

Job Summary

The Project Engineer is responsible for project engineering coordination for the department including, but not limited to activities related to project development, execution, review and approval of requisitions and review bought out equipment technical evaluations. This position has responsibility and accountability for ensuring engineering schedules, providing engineering man-hour forecasts and engineering budgets on assigned projects. This position is the technical manager of the project and communicates technical issues with the Project Manager and the Customer. This position will involve customer visits and other business-related activities such as support for project kick off meetings and site walk downs as necessary for projects. Essential Responsibilities: Project Technical Leader

Manages the technical aspect of the assigned projects during contract execution Provides on-site support to vendors, and manufacturing when necessary to ensure project success Understand and interpret specification requirements to ensure that they are met during project execution.

Customer Liaison

Lead technical contact for the customer on assigned projects. All technical correspondence with the customer will flow through and be reviewed by the PE Formulate and present all RFI’s to the customer for quick resolution to allow the project team to meet schedule requirements Advise customer on impacts of change requests.

Scheduling, Forecasting and Budget Analysis

Maintains a project’s engineering schedule for all assigned projects by coordinating tasks with Discipline Managers and project team personnel Responsible for developing and maintaining project man-hour forecasts Report out to upper management on schedule progress and provide recovery plans for areas where the schedule is behind.

Document Control

Manage the Document Control Automation Program (DCAP) for the project. Process all incoming vendor and customer documents to ensure that they are reviewed by the proper team members. Process all outgoing document submittals to the vendors or customers to ensure that necessary changes are communicated properly and in a timely manner. Set up and manage the Master Document List (MDL) of customer submittals to ensure that all documents are submitted on time as required by the project specification/contract.

Administrative

Development and coordination of project O&M manual as required. Conducts, participates in and maintains meeting minutes for team meetings, meetings with support personnel, and meetings with the customer. Takes an active role when working with other PEs to make improvements in cost, quality or efficiency of the department by revising procedures, work instructions or templates

Sales/Innovation

Represents the Engineering Department internally and externally as directed, including traveling when needed. Facilitates required design improvements/innovation projects based on customer inputs Review sales proposals, RFQ’s, proposal schedules and technical reports. Job Requirements / Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:

• Bachelor of Engineering in mechanical, chemical, or metallurgical Engineering or closely related field.
• Demonstrated excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Demonstrated knowledge of company standards and applications.
• Knowledge of various codes (ASME, NBIC, B31.1, etc.) desirable, including product application.
• Demonstrates a working knowledge of HRSG or boiler operations, design philosophy, principles, and details of application.
• Minimum five (5) years of related industry experience.
• Must have valid passport and be able to travel when required.
• Must be resourceful, organized, and able to work under pressure in order to meet deadlines, manage multiple projects simultaneously and respond quickly to requests.