Mechanical Site Engineer

Buzzi Unicem USA, Inc.•San Antonio, TX

15d•Onsite

About The Position

Alamo Cement Company, a part of the Buzzi Unicem family, is seeking a Mechanical Site Engineer to provide site-based mechanical engineering support and technical oversight for CAPEX projects at their San Antonio, Texas plant. This role is crucial for supporting project execution from initial reviews through mechanical completion, commissioning, start-up, and turnover. The engineer will work closely with various internal teams, contractors, and suppliers to ensure safe, timely, and high-quality project execution. Alamo Cement Company values supporting evolving innovations and learning from experienced personnel, offering a dynamic environment for those looking to contribute to a competitive and forward-thinking company.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or closely related engineering discipline.
5-8 years of relevant mechanical engineering, project engineering, and industrial construction experience.
Practical site experience with mechanical equipment installation and industrial construction.
Experience with heavy equipment, conveyors, material-handling systems, piping, utilities, or comparable industrial mechanical systems.
Experience working with contractors, equipment suppliers, multidisciplinary project teams, and engineering documentation.
Experience supporting mechanical completion, commissioning, and start-up activities.
Strong understanding of industrial mechanical equipment, installation, and construction practices.
Ability to read and interpret mechanical drawings, equipment layouts, P&IDs, specifications, and vendor documentation.
Working knowledge of equipment alignment, tolerances, piping installation, testing, and commissioning practices.
Strong constructability, field problem-solving, and technical troubleshooting capability.
Good understanding of construction sequencing and its relationship to project schedule and commissioning.
Ability to work effectively with contractors, suppliers, and multidisciplinary project teams.
Strong communication and documentation skills.
Strong field presence and hands-on, pragmatic approach to problem solving.
Sound engineering judgment and proactive identification of issues and constraints.
Detail-oriented while maintaining awareness of overall project priorities.
Able to challenge contractors, suppliers, and technical proposals constructively and professionally.
Effective multidisciplinary coordination and communication.
Calm and structured under construction, schedule, and start-up pressure.
Strong ownership, safety, and quality mindset.
Eligible to work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

Experience in the cement industry is highly desirable.
Experience in cement, minerals processing, heavy manufacturing, or comparable continuous-process industry preferred.
Brownfield plant experience, including shutdowns, tie-ins, and installation around operating equipment, is desirable.
Familiarity with standard project-management, CAD, and document-management systems is desirable.

Responsibilities

Provide site-based mechanical engineering support and technical oversight for CAPEX projects.
Support project execution from constructability review and field installation through mechanical completion, commissioning, start-up, and turnover.
Provide technical oversight of contractors and suppliers, verifying mechanical installation against approved drawings, specifications, vendor requirements, and applicable quality standards.
Support timely resolution of field engineering and construction issues.
Review mechanical drawings, specifications, vendor documentation, materials, and installation requirements for constructability and field execution.
Review equipment layouts considering installation, operation, safety, maintenance, access, and future equipment removal or replacement.
Identify constructability issues, interferences, and installation constraints and coordinate resolution with appropriate engineering disciplines.
Support resolution of RFIs, field technical questions, deviations, and other mechanical engineering issues arising during construction.
Participate in design, constructability, and installation-readiness reviews and provide practical field input to proposed technical solutions.
Provide day-to-day technical oversight of mechanical contractors and subcontractors.
Verify that mechanical work is performed in accordance with approved drawings, specifications, vendor requirements, and project quality requirements.
Review contractor work planning from a mechanical execution perspective.
Identify deficient, incomplete, or non-compliant mechanical work and support appropriate technical resolution and corrective action.
Coordinate field technical issues with contractors, subcontractors, equipment suppliers, and the project team.
Monitor installation and erection of major equipment, mechanical packages, conveyors, material-handling systems, process ductwork, piping, utilities, and ancillary mechanical systems.
Verify equipment positioning, orientation, elevations, alignment, clearances, and installation tolerances.
Support verification of foundations, embeds, anchor bolts, structural interfaces, and other prerequisites prior to equipment installation.
Coordinate mechanical interfaces with Civil/Structural, Electrical, Automation and Controls, utilities, and other project disciplines.
Coordinate with OEM and equipment supplier representatives during installation, inspection, field adjustments, and troubleshooting.
Support mechanical tie-ins, shutdown activities, and other critical installation activities.
Verify that required mechanical inspections, tests, and quality checks are performed and appropriately documented.
Recommend and support testing required to demonstrate compliance with project quality requirements.
Support verification of alignment, tolerances, bolting and torque requirements, welding and NDE where applicable, pressure testing, flushing, lubrication, and other mechanical quality-control activities.
Support Quality personnel in evaluating mechanical deficiencies, NCRs, and corrective actions.
Monitor equipment preservation and protection requirements during construction and prior to commissioning.
Monitor mechanical construction progress against the approved project schedule and planned work sequence.
Verify that contractor short-term planning is technically sound and consistent with work-front readiness and available resources.
Identify mechanical activities, interfaces, and constraints that may affect project milestones or critical-path activities.
Review the technical practicality of contractor recovery plans and corrective actions where mechanical work is behind schedule.
Provide accurate field information for look-ahead planning and project reporting and escalate material schedule risks or unresolved constraints.
Support definition and verification of mechanical completion requirements for equipment and systems.
Participate in mechanical completion walkdowns and system readiness reviews.
Verify completion of required construction, inspection, testing, and documentation activities and identify mechanical punch-list items.
Support prioritization and closure of outstanding items and progressive turnover to commissioning.
Support pre-commissioning activities including lubrication, flushing, cleaning, equipment checks, rotation checks, alignment verification, and other readiness activities.
Participate in commissioning and start-up of mechanical equipment and systems, including no-load and load testing, functional checks, adjustments, and troubleshooting.
Coordinate with OEM and vendor representatives and support resolution of mechanical issues identified during commissioning and initial operation.
Verify that temporary construction conditions affecting commissioning are identified and appropriately addressed.
Coordinate with Construction, Commissioning, Operations, and Maintenance to support orderly system turnover, start-up, and initial operating stabilization.
Maintain field redlines reflecting approved changes and actual installed conditions and support preparation and verification of mechanical as-built documentation.
Verify completeness and accuracy of mechanical construction, inspection, testing, alignment, and vendor records.
Support compilation and review of mechanical completion and turnover packages.
Coordinate field changes and outstanding documentation with Engineering and Document Control through final project closeout.
Identify field conditions, rework, quantity growth, technical deviations, and other matters with potential cost, scope, or schedule impact and communicate them promptly to the Project Manager.
Provide technical input to evaluation of mechanical field changes, contractor change proposals, and technically complete scopes of work or field instructions.
Verify technical quantities, conditions, or completed work when requested in support of commercial evaluation.
Incorporate safety considerations into constructability reviews, technical evaluations, installation sequencing, and field engineering decisions.
Identify and escalate technically unsafe or non-compliant mechanical installation conditions.
Review contractor-proposed erection methods, temporary arrangements, corrective actions, lifting activities, tie-ins, testing, and commissioning from a technical and safety perspective.
Stop or escalate work where an immediate technical condition presents a significant safety or equipment-integrity concern.