Project Engineer

Responsible for all project management processes on low complexity projects or work scopes, and/or supporting specific activities or work tasks of a medium to high complexity project – acting under the direction of the responsible program or project manager.  Supporting a Program/Project Manager in various aspects of project coordination during the project lifecycle. Once experience and qualification are achieved, may be assigned portions of a project under supervision of a Project Manager.  This assignment is targeted for Instrumentation and Control solutions in Commercial Nuclear Power Plants in Asia.

Example project disciplines include Engineering, Software, Quality, and Manufacturing/Test. All project management is performed in accordance with the established Westinghouse policies, procedures, systems, and requirements. 

Responsible for all project management processes on low complexity projects or work scopes, and/or supporting specific activities or work tasks of a medium to high complexity project – acting under the direction of the responsible program or project manager.  Supporting a Program/Project Manager in various aspects of project coordination during the project lifecycle. Once experience and qualification are achieved, may be assigned portions of a project under supervision of a Project Manager.  This assignment is targeted for Instrumentation and Control solutions in Commercial Nuclear Power Plants in Asia.

Example project disciplines include Engineering, Software, Quality, and Manufacturing/Test. All project management is performed in accordance with the established Westinghouse policies, procedures, systems, and requirements. 

 

Essential Functions / Supporting Responsibilities

Project planning : Complete all aspects of planning process including support of authoring project plans and developing scope, schedule, and cost baselines.

Project executing, monitoring and controlling :  Based on project plan, follow department protocols for acquiring team members as needed to complete the work. Support delivery of all aspects of project including scope, schedule, cost, risk, procurement, quality, resources, communications, and stakeholders.   Support project manager to Interpret and transmit project/contract requirements, and subsequent changes, to functional groups following an integrated change management process. Coordinate project communications with project manager. Help maintain project databases, systems and procedures to ensure efficient handling and transmission of project correspondence and documentation between project team members.

Project closing : Support program or project manager to properly close project by archiving work in financial, scheduling, document management, and resource management systems/tools. Support project manager to perform final project quality assessment and report out. Identify and communicate opportunities for improvement, lessons, and risk avoidance for future work.

Develop positive relationships with team, customer, suppliers, Westinghouse in-country representation (for international projects), and other stakeholders to drive project to successful completion: Utilize interpersonal skills such as effective verbal and written communications to cultivate positive relationships with team, customer, and other stakeholders (e.g. internal management) to facilitate successful project completion.

To support successful project execution, promote continuous improvement within the team: Identify, assess, and implement improvement opportunities which will add value. 

 

Education/Experience/KSAs/Certifications/Languages

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Project Management, Engineering, Construction, Manufacturing or Business

Experience : 4-6 years of experience on project team, as project coordinator or support resource, in a technical industry such as engineering, manufacturing, nuclear or construction.