Advisory Engineer - Project Engineer

About the Role

Client is seeking an experienced Advisory Engineer to serve in a Project Engineer working capacity, providing staff augmentation support and engineering leadership on assigned projects. This is a senior-level technical role for a candidate who can initiate independent technical programs, resolve highly complex engineering problems, and provide project management leadership across engineering, design, and construction activities.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

• Initiate technical programs and advise management based on analysis of customer needs and technology trends
• Resolve the most complex technical problems within area of expertise and influence solutions in adjacent disciplines
• Apply advanced technical practices to complex requirements, special materials/processes, and difficult coordination challenges
• Recommend and help plan research, development, testing, and quality assurance programs
• Communicate results through reports, manuscripts, and presentations to oversight groups and professional societies
• Mentor less senior professionals in technical and communication skills
• Champion Total Quality (TQ) initiatives at the Division and Department level

Project & Program Management

• Provide staff augmentation support, integrating and managing engineering activities for assigned projects
• Establish design criteria, resource forecasts, schedules, and priorities
• Manage project tasks and deliver results against cost and schedule targets
• Provide overall engineering and design direction, leadership, and management for assigned projects/tasks
• Oversee administration, document control, project controls, and quality engineering functions through section supervisors
• Resolve conflicts between project direction and functional/technical direction
• Build project teams by requesting, evaluating, and developing engineering expertise
• Evaluate subcontractor performance to ensure design output meets technical, cost, and schedule objectives
• Establish design activity baselines and recommend subcontractor authorizations and baseline changes
• Evaluate cost/schedule variances and implement corrective actions (EVMS experience required)
• Review cost accounts for procurement of engineered materials
• Define project scope of work, ensuring firm customer requirements are established

Required Qualifications

Education & Experience (one of the following):

• PhD + approximately 15 years of experience
• MS + approximately 17 years of experience
• BS + approximately 21 years of experience
• BS in Engineering or current Professional Engineer (PE) registration

Experience:

• Providing overall engineering/design direction, leadership, and management for assigned projects and tasks
• Integrating engineering resources including design criteria, resource forecasts, schedules, and tools
• Providing administrative guidance to leads and managers
• Managing project administration, document control, project controls, and quality engineering
• Working with diverse teams and resolving cross-functional conflicts
• Experience with Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS)

Security Clearance:

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE "Q" security clearance (active clearance not required at time of hire; candidate will be notified when to apply based on work assignment)

Other Requirements:

• Ability to perform field walk-downs at job sites, including uneven surfaces, active construction areas, walking distances over a half mile, climbing ladders, wearing protective clothing/respirators as needed
• Strong attention to detail in producing quality technical documents
• Excellent communication skills across management, engineering, facility, operations, QA, and test personnel
• Ability to mentor junior team members

Preferred Qualifications

• Registered Professional Engineer (PE) license in any state
• Active DOE clearance (L or Q) held within the past two (2) years
• Prior experience supporting DOE/NNSA-regulated environments