ETO Project Engineering Manager - 20735 - Houston, TX
About The Position
The ETO Project Engineering Manager serves as the technical representative for assigned projects and proposals, interfacing with clients, vendors, and third parties. The role leads engineering teams, ensures compliance with project requirements, and delivers high-quality technical solutions. During the sale and tender phase, the role analyzes client technical requirements and develops engineering documentation for cost estimation, attends bid clarification meetings, supervises Technical Requisitions and Technical Bid Evaluations, and reviews engineering-hour estimates. During execution, the role ensures projects are delivered as sold and comply with SLB standards and client specifications. It leads multidisciplinary engineering work, develops execution strategies and baseline schedules, participates in kickoff meetings and design reviews, monitors scope and project compliance, approves engineering documents, manages subcontracted technical work and safety studies, reviews progress and forecasts, and provides technical approvals for variation orders or management-of-change requests. The role also oversees engineering deliverables, schedules, forecasts, recovery planning, and adherence to the Engineering Design Change Notification process.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited university; Chemical or Mechanical Engineering is preferred.
- At least 10 years of industry experience, particularly in production facilities or process package engineering.
- Strong leadership capabilities in multicultural, multidisciplinary teams, both on-site and remote.
- Experience managing technical discussions with clients and delivering technical presentations.
- High initiative, decision-making, and prioritization skills.
- Familiarity with industry standards and codes such as ASME, API, NFPA, IEC, and NEC.
- Experience participating in HAZOP and other safety studies, as well as model reviews.
Nice To Haves
- Operation and constructability workshop experience.
Responsibilities
- Oversee engineering and technical deliverables to ensure alignment with client requirements.
- Lead multidisciplinary engineering teams across locations, including internal and external resources.
- Manage engineering schedules, forecasts, and recovery plans to maintain project timelines.
- Ensure adherence to the Engineering Design Change Notification (EDCN) process.
- Analyze client technical requirements during budgetary quotation and proposal phases, and develop engineering documentation for cost estimation.
- Attend bid clarification meetings and provide technical expertise.
- Supervise development of Technical Requisitions (TRs) and Technical Bid Evaluations (TBEs) based on vendor offers.
- Review and compile engineering-hour estimates for accurate costing.
- Ensure projects are executed as sold and comply with SLB standards and client specifications.
- Manage engineering workflow and coordinate activities across multiple disciplines.
- Develop and communicate engineering execution strategies and baseline schedules.
- Attend kickoff meetings and design reviews, helping prevent scope creep.
- Monitor compliance with agreed scope and initiate Variation Order Requests (VORs) when required.
- Validate and approve engineering documents, ensuring quality and consistency.
- Manage subcontracted technical work and specialized safety studies.
- Conduct weekly or monthly engineering progress reviews and update forecasts and recovery plans as needed.
- Monitor compliance with the EDCN process.
- Provide technical approvals for Commercial Variation Orders (VORs) or Management of Change (MOC) requests.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
