Pacifico Energy

Project Engineering Manager

Pacifico Energy Cedar Creek, Texas, United States

Electric Power Generation · 11-50 employees

5 h ago
engineering-manager Principal (10+ yrs) Full-time United States
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About the role

Lead the owner's engineering team and govern the contractor's design development against technical specifications. Manage technical evaluations of change requests and drive the resolution of technical disputes with contractors and OEMs.

What they look for

Project Engineering Management Power Plant Engineering EPC Contract Management Gas Turbine Design Technical Evaluation Change Request Management Design Review Technical Risk Mitigation Bluebeam Revu Procore AI Tools Team Leadership Technical Dispute Resolution Interface Management

Requirements

Requires 15+ years of power plant engineering experience with at least 5 years in an owner's representative role under lump-sum EPC contracts. A bachelor's degree in engineering is mandatory, along with hands-on gas turbine design experience.

Full description

Cedar Creek is a 1,100 MW simple-cycle gas turbine power project built under a lump-sum EPC contract. As Project Engineering Manager you lead the owner's engineering team, govern the contractor's design, and lead technical evaluation of every change request. When the design is challenged, yours is the judgement that has to hold.

What you get to do:

  • Lead the owner's discipline engineering team and the interface function.
  • Govern the contractor's design development against the technical specification.
  • Lead your team's technical evaluation of change request content.
  • Provide the final change request recommendation to the Project Director.
  • Own the owner's design review and comment process.
  • Drive resolution of technical disputes with the contractor and the OEM.
  • Own technical risk identification and mitigation.

What you bring to the role:

  • 15+ years in power plant engineering, including team leadership on large projects.
  • 5+ years representing an owner or client over an EPC contractor under a lump-sum contract.
  • Hands-on gas turbine plant design experience.
  • Proficiency with Bluebeam Revu, Procore and AI tools used with human verification.
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering — required for this position.

Nice to have:

  • Professional engineering registration.

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