Advisory Project Engineer

Omega Technical Services•Aiken, SC

4d•$180,000 - $200,000•Onsite

About The Position

Omega Technical Services is seeking a highly motivated Advisory Project Engineer to support ongoing operations in Aiken, SC. This role involves initiating technical programs, making recommendations to management based on customer needs and technology trends, and solving complex technical problems within and across disciplines. The engineer will apply extensive technical experience, utilize company and external resources, and incorporate advanced technical practices to address challenging requirements and new processes. Leadership in problem-solving and recognized expertise in a functional area are key. The position also involves recommending and planning research programs for others, influencing the technical direction of the department, and acting as a technical communicator across disciplines. The engineer will conceive needed programs, prioritize technical needs, sponsor new ideas, and prepare detailed plans including schedules, budgets, and personnel requirements. They will develop schedules, monitor progress and expenditures, review work quality, and incorporate research, development, testing, and quality assurance requirements. Communication of results through reports and presentations, representing Omega Technical Services in technical areas, and mentoring junior professionals in communication and technical knowledge are also crucial aspects of the role. A commitment to Total Quality (TQ) concepts and active leadership in implementing TQ initiatives is expected, serving as a resource for TQ efforts. The role also provides staff augmentation support, integrating and managing engineering activities for assigned projects by assisting in establishing design criteria, resource forecasts, schedules, and priorities. Project management tools and methods will be applied, and project tasks will be managed to deliver results for cost and schedule. Engineering services must adhere to SRNS processes and procedures, with programmatic guidance provided by SRNS. This includes providing overall engineering and design direction, leadership, and management for assigned projects and tasks, integrating engineering resources, and providing administrative guidance to leads and managers. Responsibilities extend to the overall management, scheduling, and priority of assigned tasks and projects, including the administration of document control, project controls, and quality engineering sections. The engineer will resolve conflicts between project and technical direction, participate in department and site-wide programmatic issue resolution and quality improvements, and create a team by evaluating and developing engineering expertise. Subcontractor tasks will be evaluated to ensure design output meets project objectives, and baselines for design activities will be established. Recommendations for subcontractor authorizations and changes to baselines will be made, and project cost and schedule variances will be evaluated with corrective actions implemented. Experience with EVMS tools, reviewing cost accounts for procurement of engineered materials, and working with diverse teams are required. Establishing projects' scope of work, including firm customer requirements, is also a key responsibility.

Requirements

Candidate must be a U.S. Citizen.
Satisfactory results of a pre-employment screening, which includes a drug and breath alcohol test, along with a Motor Vehicle Record check.
Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Security Clearance.
Providing overall engineering and design direction, leadership, and management for assigned projects and tasks.
Integrating engineering resources for assigned projects by assisting in establishing design criteria, resource forecasts, schedules, and engineering tools for engineering tasks
Providing administrative guidance to leads and managers.
Responsibilities for overall management, scheduling, and priority of the tasks and projects assigned.
Candidate must be able to perform field walk-downs of the job site for the engineering work being performed. These walk-downs may involve construction sites with uneven surfaces and work in progress, walking for distances over a half mile, climbing ladders to access remote areas, dressing out in protective clothing and environments where a respirator is required.
Candidate must have the ability to produce quality documents with attention to detail and meeting management defined expectations.
Candidate must have the ability to coordinate, interface, and communicate with management, engineering, facility, operations, quality assurance, and test personnel.
Candidate must have the ability to communicate clear, concise, and accurate reports, evaluations, documents, procedures, reviews, comment resolutions, email, and oral presentations.
Candidate must have the ability to mentor junior team members and develop their design knowledge.
Experience with EVMS tools.

Nice To Haves

Possession of an active DOE/DoD clearance within the past two (2) years is preferred.
Previous DOE/NNSA work experience.
Registered PE licensure in any state is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Initiate own technical programs and make recommendations to management on technical programs based on analysis of customer needs and technology trends.
Reach solutions to the most complex technical problems in field(s) of expertise and to influence solutions in neighboring disciplines.
Apply technical experience in field of specialization or broad-based experience in multiple technical fields, and use other technical resources in the company and external resources, to resolve complex problems.
Incorporate advanced technical practices and a variety of complex features such as complicated technical requirements, application of new or special materials or processes and difficult coordination or oversight requirements into problem solving and program planning.
Provide leadership in determining solutions to complex problems and is recognized as having expertise in a functional area of technical specialization.
Recommend research programs for others in group and assist in that planning.
Develop solutions to the most complex technical problems in areas of expertise and in adjacent technical fields.
Influence technical direction of other parts of the department, acts as a technical communicator across disciplines to optimize the creative solution of technical problems.
Conceive needed programs for self and for others in the department.
Put needs in perspective with regard to other technical needs at SRNS.
Sponsor new ideas in the department.
Prepare plans including schedules, budgets and personnel requirements for solving major technical tasks for division.
Develop schedules, monitor progress, monitor expenditures of budget and review quality of work performed.
Include research, development, testing, quality assurance requirements.
Communicate results verbally and in manuscripts form.
Report regularly the results and represent SRNS and SRS in technical areas to oversight groups and professional societies.
Mentor less senior professionals in communication skills.
Maintain excellent technical credibility by contributing significantly toward meeting Site missions and goals which may be demonstrated by issuing reports, making presentations, and /or involvement in national technical organizations.
Mentor less senior professionals as a means of transferring technical knowledge and insight.
Recommend engineering and technology research, development and application programs for others and assist in the planning of such programs.
Demonstrate commitment to TQ concepts by active leadership leading to successful implementation of Division and Department TQ Initiatives.
Be a resource for TQ initiatives in Department and Division.
Provide staff augmentation support to SRNS.
Integrate and manage engineering activities for assigned projects by assisting in establishing design criteria, resource forecasts, schedules, and priorities.
Provide project management tools and methods to assigned projects and support development of future projects.
Manage project tasks and deliver results for cost and schedule of those tasks.
Providing overall engineering and design direction, leadership, and management for assigned projects and tasks.
Integrating engineering resources for assigned projects by assisting in establishing design criteria, resource forecasts, schedules, and engineering tools for engineering tasks.
Providing administrative guidance to leads and managers.
Responsibilities for overall management, scheduling, and priority of the tasks and projects assigned.
Managing the administration, document control, project controls, and quality engineering sections for all assigned projects through section supervisors.
Resolving conflicts between project direction and technical direction from the functional managers.
Participating in department and site-wide programmatic issues resolution and quality improvements.
Responsibilities for creating a team through requesting, evaluating, and developing engineering expertise capable of achieving the objectives of the projects assigned.
Evaluating tasks of subcontractors to ensure design output meets project technical, cost, and schedule objectives.
Establishing baselines for design activities for all assigned projects and engineering work requests.
Recommending to project managers, subcontractor authorizations for new work and changes to baselines.
Evaluating project cost and schedule variances and implement corrective actions.
Reviewing cost accounts for procurement of engineered materials.
Working with diverse teams to deliver results.
Establishing projects' scope of work including assuring that there are firm customer requirements developed.