Senior Project Engineer

ERSG is currently looking for a Senior Project Engineer - Design Assurance for a large offshore wind developer in Boston, MA.

Position Overview

Employment Type: Contract (at least 2 years with the opportunity of contract extensions or to become a direct employee).

Benefits: We offer health, dental, vision insurance and help contribute to 75% of that monthly cost and offer 401K with a 4% match after 12 months of employment.

Geographic Location Boston, Massachusetts, USA (unfortunately no relocation package is available).

Title of Line Manager: Engineering Manager

Number of Direct Reports: 0

Number of Indirect Reports: 0

Company Background

Our client is a leading developer, owner, and operator of renewable energy facilities in the United States with an eight-gigawatt portfolio of onshore wind and solar projects across 22 states. Their offshore wind business is pioneering this new industry with a development pipeline of five gigawatts off the East Coast. Our offshore portfolio consists of the first-in-the-nation joint venture project Vineyard Wind, which will deliver 800 MW of clean energy into Massachusetts starting in 2023; Park City Wind, an 804 MW project to serve the state of Connecticut; and Kitty Hawk Offshore Wind that has the potential to deliver 2,500 MW of clean energy into Virginia and North Carolina. We aspire to be the employer of choice by providing purposeful and challenging work revolutionizing the renewable energy industry in the United States. This role will be part of a team developing, designing, constructing, and operating large scale offshore wind projects which will provide affordable, clean energy and will have a transformational impact on local communities.

Our client employs approximately 7,000 people and has been recognized by Forbes and Just Capital as one of the 2021 JUST 100 companies – a list of America’s best corporate citizens – and was ranked number one within the utility sector for its commitment to the environment and the communities it serves. The company supports the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals and was named among the World’s Most Ethical Companies in 2021 for the third consecutive year by the Ethisphere Institute.

Position Overview:

The Lead Project Engineer is a key role within the Offshore Renewables Business, focusing on

the delivery of large-scale offshore wind projects in the US and overseas.

The individual is responsible to facilitate the design process of an offshore wind project from

origination through feasibility, concept, FEED (Front End Engineering Design), detail design,

procurement, manufacturing, installation, commissioning, and handover to operations. This role

focuses on providing overall technical coordination, leading design assurance, ensuring

compliance with industry standards, meeting project requirements, and maximizing returns on

investment throughout the project lifecycle.

The Lead Project Engineer will develop the detailed processes required to implement Design

Assurance principles across the Project. This includes adherence to existing project validation

tools including Lessons Learned, Project Decisions, Schedule, Project Risk Register, and

Certification requirements. In addition, this role will oversee implementation of the Engineering

State Gate process, facilitating technical review sessions, ensuring participation from relevant Package teams, reporting status of deliverables, and maintaining list of outstanding items. The

Engineering Stage Gate process is critical to the Project, and the Senior Engineer will be

responsible for ensuring all technical deliverables have been evaluated and reviewed with agreed

criteria and reporting of the status, including up to Senior Management.

This role will be part of the Engineering Management Team and will provide cross-functional

support across all Packages.

Responsibilities:

Design Assurance:

• Develop process to ensure Design Assurance is implemented across all relevant Packages within the Project.
• Ensure project validation tools are being utilized in the overall design and development.
• Ensure that processes are being followed as it relates to design assurance objectives.
• Record the rationale for the decisions made and/or the overall status of the design assurance indicators in the associated design assurance checklist.
• Confirm risks associated with design have been appropriately mitigated and documented to ensure design certainty.
• Assess the risk as the project approaches key technical decision points; and provides confirmation that the technical solution is being managed appropriately through the implementation of the governing procedures, and regulations.

Design Management:

• Implement global Design Management Procedure across all packages on the Project.
• Coordinate and facilitate Engineering Stage Gate Reviews through all phases of project execution including Feasibility, Concept, Basic Design, Advanced Design, and Detail Design.
• Provide input and feedback into design maturity and advancement of design stages.
• Inform the project decision making process, giving a clear understanding of the level of fixation associated with the design and the level of certainty.
• Formalize the record keeping of the design management process and Stage Gate reviews through technical assessments, minutes of meetings, and project decisions via the Project EDMS.

Design Safety:

• Prioritize and enforce safety protocols in the design phase, managing the Design Risk Register.
• Identify potential risks associated with the overall design or potential challenges during manufacturing, installation and operation and develop contingency plans.

Design Optimization:

• Identify opportunities to optimize costs without compromising project integrity, performance, or safety.
• Evaluate and recommend innovative solutions to enhance the performance, reliability, and cost effectiveness of the offshore windfarm and transmission system.
• Compile Technical Opportunities Register to capture opportunities for optimization and innovation.

Reporting:

• Develop reporting methodology to illustrate Package progress through each phase of the Engineering Stage Gate process.
• Provide weekly, bi-weekly, monthly updates on Design Review and Assurance as required.
• Develop project dashboard for tracking of key items associated with Design Review and Assurance across Packages, including compliance to existing project validation tools.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering discipline with a higher-level degree (e.g., MSc) desirable.
• Chartered, PE, or working towards Chartered/PE status (or relevant equivalent) desirable.

Experience:

• Extensive experience designing and working in the offshore industry, preferably offshore wind.
• Significant experience working in teams involved in large multidisciplinary work packages in international environments.
• Experience in dealing with health and safety and environmental legislation associated with construction, marine and offshore projects.
• Extensive experience with Engineering Design and Design Management on large scale infrastructure projects, offshore wind, or oil and gas.
• Experience with implementation of methodologies associated with design management principles, design assurance, and design safety.

People Management:

• Proven communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to influence and develop key engineering decisions.
• Tenacity, persistence, and determination to succeed in overcoming obstacles.
• HSE (Health, Safety, and Environment):
• Understanding of key HSE principles to be implemented into Design Review and
• Assurance activities.
• Basic understanding of local, regional, and global HSE regulations (OSHA, etc.).

Skills:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to influence and develop key project and business decisions.
• Excellent report writing, presentation skills and ability to summarize key parameters and drivers impacting the project and business.
• Innovative and creative thinking.
• Problem-solving – dealing with conflicting requirements.
• Effective teamwork and communication with stakeholders at all levels of the project.