Senior Project Engineer

Location

Deer Park, United States

Category

Project management

Date Published

21/11/25

Status

Open

About you:

Join us. Unleash your energy within.

If you have world-class ambitions to reach the stars while keeping your feet on the ground, we're the team for you. We've created a new breed of company – future-focused with reimagined ambition across all disciplines within the energy sector.

We love people who know their own potential and are not afraid to use it. We know that together, we're far more than the sum of our parts. So, we celebrate people who want to grow and develop as we work together on some of the largest projects on the energy world stage.

We are committed to our diverse and inclusive community – a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. From day one, we offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures, and abilities.

We're a disability-friendly employer and can make adjustments to support you to perform at your best during the recruitment process.

Our purpose and beliefs:

As Kent, we're tackling the greatest challenge of our time - to bring our world the energy it needs in the most responsible way ever imagined.

It's the energy of every member of our team driven by our beliefs that is making this happen. Whatever our skill, our language, or our culture. These beliefs define and direct us every day to be the very best - for ourselves, our clients, our key stakeholders, the communities we operate in and the planet:

We PLAY BIG

We thrive on EMOTIONAL AGILITY

We are FANATICAL ABOUT PERFORMANCE

We are built on INFINITE THINKING

Read more about the Purpose, Beliefs and Guiding Principles that drive us:

Our vision for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging:

We recognise that diversity & inclusion are catalysts for success. We're heightening awareness on the benefits of people diversity, diversity of experiences and diversity of our perspectives. Creating a culture of inclusivity where all employees feel a sense of belonging.

Our combined energy is fueled by different nationalities, across 6 continents and 24 countries. Our commitment is to celebrate character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability.

About the job:

Kent is looking for a Senior Project Engineer to be based in Deer Park, TX and support regional project site(s).

The Project Engineer will be responsible in coordinating the production of engineering deliverables and provides progress reporting for a project in accordance with the project plan. Supports the management of the interfaces between engineering offices, engineering disciplines, project controls, procurement, and third-party contractors or suppliers. Responsible for an area of a medium sized project or the delivery of a grouping of project scopes.

Skills and Responsibilities:

Responsibilities:

• Coordinates the interfaces between the Engineering team and the Project Management team and ensures effective transfer of information between the two.
• Participates in the planning and scheduling of the scope of Engineering for the project and provides inputs to the project technical document register.
• Monitors the engineering progress, addresses shortfalls, assists in developing recovery plans where required and ensures plans are implemented.
• Provides feedback to Direct Supervisor and engineering discipline supervisors as and when required on the progress.
• Ensure participation of the engineering team members in project engineering reviews and assist in resolution of any issues arising out of the same.
• Attends project review meetings and ensures that associated reports are compiled and distributed accordingly.
• Ensure that interface issues between disciplines are addressed and seek management advice and assistance where required.
• Assists in the production of the project execution plan and prepares the coordination procedures for the project.
• Provides progress monitoring and reporting against that plan.
• Implements corrective action with assistance from Direct Supervisor, as and when variations from plans occur.
• Capable of formulating resolutions to technically challenging and/or high profile issues with support from Engineering/Project services personnel and resolving with Project Management and Client.
• Coordinates preparation and presentation of the final documentation in accordance with requirements of the Client acceptance certificates.
• Participates in a formal review of the project with relevant parties on completion and identifies opportunities for learning and development.
• Participates in employee performance evaluations, establishes performance criteria, identifies employee strengths and weaknesses and recommends training and development requirements.
• Ensures compliance with Kent's ISO Quality procedures, Project Quality Plan and Design Integrity processes and procedures. Complying with other Kent accredited frameworks such as ISO14001.
• Ensures that the TDR and all project registers (e.g. Trends, action tracker, interface, TQ etc) are populated and maintained.
• Attend all key project and vendor meetings and minutes where required by the PM or EM.
• Performs related duties as and when instructed by Direct Supervisor.
• Coordinates the production of the engineering deliverables for an area of a project or a small project/study, in accordance with the plan. Coordinates input from multiple offices, engineering disciplines, procurement, project controls and third parties.
• Decisions relating to general resource requirements, general technical issues between disciplines, and day to day corrective action to maintain progress in accordance with the plan.
• Decisions limited to those delegated by Direct Supervisor.
• Duties are essentially performed in Main Office. Time spent on planning, coordination, and attending meetings, support tendering / proposal work (Staff positions only).

In addition to the responsibilities listed herein, the employee may be required to perform other ad-hoc tasks as needed or directed by the supervisor or management. These tasks will be within the reasonable scope of the employee's skills, capabilities, and role within the organization. The intent of this provision is to allow for flexibility and adaptability in meeting the dynamic needs of the organization, ensuring that operational requirements can be met efficiently. All such tasks will be assigned considering the employee's current workload and with respect to their professional development.

Your knowledge/skills, education, and experience:

Knowledge/ Qualification/ Training/ Certification:

• Degree in Engineering for an accredited College or University, or related experience 8-10+ yrs working for an Engineering/Client organization in the Oil and Gas Industry and/or Low Carbon.
• Experience of FEED/Detailed Design and EPC projects.
• Chartered Status preferred.
• Energy Transition industry.
• Ability to meet schedules and deadlines.
• Knowledge of other engineering disciplines.
• Knowledge of international equipment specifications and codes.
• Knowledge of standard international specifications and codes.
• Knowledge of Safety and Quality procedures.

Communication:

• Excellent command of the English language in both oral and written communication and skills.

Behavior/ Core Competencies:

• Strong computer skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Effective time management, planning and organizational skills.
• Ability to work in multiple groups in a team-oriented environment and independently when necessary.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Traveling is required as well as between various job sites.
• Ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
• Ability to bring the project to successful completion.
• Ability to work for extended durations, holidays, and weekends when necessary.
• Demonstrate a positive attitude and embrace charter values.
• Foster good relationships and team working ethic with sub-contract teams to promote safe working practices and efficiency.
• Experience of working in an integrated team from diverse locations required.

HSSEQ:

The Employee shall observe the Health, Safety, Sustainability, Environment and Quality rules of the Company; it's clients and the governing authorities of the host country.

Details about the role:

Location: Deer Park, TX

Relocation required: N/A

Travel required: Per Project Requirements

Contract type: N/A

Experience level: 8-10+ years