Project Engineer, Advisor

What You Can Expect

As our Project Engineer – Development (Engineering Advisor), you will serve as the technical authority within the ENGIE Capital Projects team at Georgetown University, ensuring that engineering rigor, constructability, and long-term operational value are embedded in every project before it moves to execution. You’ll bridge the gap between planning and delivery—reviewing designs, validating assumptions, and ensuring that each project aligns with ENGIE’s standards, University requirements, and long-term system performance goals.

 

This position supports ENGIE’s 50-year partnership with Georgetown University to operate, maintain, and enhance the campus utility systems. You’ll play a critical role in advancing projects involving chilled water, steam, electrical, HVAC, and renewable energy systems—helping the University achieve its reliability, efficiency, and decarbonization objectives.

 

No two days are the same. You’ll evaluate engineering studies, develop technical scopes, validate system models, and ensure constructability before handoff to the delivery team. Your success will be measured by your ability to ensure design integrity, minimize risk, and provide sound engineering assurance for all capital projects under development.

 

Additional duties include the following:

• Serve as the technical authority for utility and infrastructure project development.
• Review and develop design criteria, feasibility studies, and conceptual layouts for energy and utility systems.
• Evaluate technical assumptions, cost and schedule inputs, and constructability during project scoping.
• Develop and maintain engineering design standards and technical guidelines in alignment with ENGIE and University requirements.
• Develop conceptual designs for power, heating, and cooling including major equipment selection and budgetary capital cost estimates.
• Analyze thermal and electric loads for customers based on historical data, future load projections and potential energy conservation measures
• Perform process and performance assessment (i.e. equipment and pipe sizing) of district heating and cooling systems, from production (Combined Heat and Power (CHP), boiler and chiller plants), through distribution to energy transfer stations (ETS) at local end-users. 
• Collaborate with Development Advisors and Project Managers to prepare technically sound scopes for approval.
• Review thermal and electrical load analyses, modeling results, and system optimization studies.
• Support RFP preparation and technical evaluation of design and construction proposals.
• Provide engineering assurance on risk, safety, and operational integration for new projects.
• Coordinate with Delivery teams during design, commissioning, and startup phases to ensure consistency and performance.
• Identify opportunities for innovation, sustainability, and cost efficiency in system design.

 

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering
• Minimum seven (7) years of experience in utility systems, energy infrastructure, or large-scale capital projects
• Strong understanding of system design, codes, standards, and best practices for campus or industrial utilities
• Experience with feasibility and front-end engineering design (FEED/FEL) studies
• Proficiency with design tools (AutoCAD, Revit) and modeling software (e.g., KYpipe or similar)
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Experience reviewing design submittals, change orders, and RFId
• Familiarity with Public-Private Partnership (P3) or long-term concession environments
• Professional Engineer (PE) license or eligibility strongly preferred
• Demonstrated ability to ensure design constructability, safety, and lifecycle performance

 

Additional Details

• Eligible for hybrid work subject to project and site demands
• Must comply with all ENGIE ethics, governance, and safety standards
• Occasional site visits required for investigations and constructability reviews
• Physical ability to walk job sites and inspect mechanical/electrical systems
• Strong teamwork and communication skills required t