Retail Development & Construction Engr.

Shell • Houston, TX

4d • $149,000 - $223,000

About The Position

Shell is hiring an experienced engineering expert to shape the development of its global convenience retail network. The role, also referred to internally as Mobility & Convenience Engineering Non-Fuel Retail & Shop Expert or CR Engineering Senior Expert - Store Development and Construction, provides global technical and commercial expertise for non-fuel retail (NFR), shop formats, construction, and value engineering. It supports the design, optimization, and deployment of safe, customer-focused, commercially competitive retail solutions across Shell’s mobility network.

The position is part of the Network Engineering Solutions and Sustainability organization within Mobility & Convenience. It works with global marketing, local markets, suppliers, delivery partners, and market engineering teams to develop scalable engineering standards, support new and changing shop formats, improve commercial performance, and deliver cost-effective solutions. The role also contributes to reducing site energy consumption and emissions across the mobility network. The position is based in Texas, United States.

Requirements

• Must have legal authorization to work in the United States on a full-time basis for an employer other than the current employer.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction, architecture, project management, or a related technical discipline.
• At least 8 years of relevant engineering, construction, project delivery, and/or convenience retail experience.
• Hands-on experience delivering shop/store, convenience retail, car wash, or similar retail network construction or upgrade projects.
• Strong value-engineering mindset and ability to improve cost, quality, safety, scalability, and/or total cost of ownership.
• Experience working with contractors, suppliers, commercial partners, or framework agreement partners to deliver complex projects.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including ability to influence senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• Visible leadership in health, safety, security, and environmental performance, with experience embedding safe ways of working through partner and supplier organizations.
• Strong project management capability, including leading multiple workstreams, managing competing priorities, and delivering through others.
• Curiosity, learning agility, and a practical can-do mindset, with ability to use data, customer insight, and market intelligence to develop better solutions.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in convenience retail, fuel retail, quick-service restaurants, car wash, or distributed retail construction.
• Civil or structural engineering or architecture background, ideally with design and site delivery experience.
• Experience developing or evolving design standards, store layouts, fixture strategies, equipment specifications, and fit-for-purpose construction solutions.
• Experience working in a global or multi-market environment, including adapting global standards to local market requirements.
• Experience supporting technical capability building, accreditation, or structured engineering assurance programs.
• Commercial acumen and experience linking engineering choices to customer experience, brand execution, revenue growth, cost efficiency, and operational performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead global engineering and value-engineering solutions across non-fuel retail, including convenience shops, car wash, shop equipment, fixtures, materials, signage, and sustainable equipment.
• Serve as the global expert on Zero Based Value Engineering development and principles, as well as asset strategy applied to shop and non-fuel retail.
• Develop, maintain, and assure fit-for-purpose global engineering design standards and playbooks for safe, scalable, cost-competitive, customer-focused shop formats and non-fuel retail solutions.
• Provide design direction to markets and partners to support localization, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Partner with global marketing, local market teams, suppliers, and delivery partners to optimize shop format design, branding, sourcing, construction, and total cost of ownership.
• Translate convenience retail trends, customer insights, and competitive benchmarking into engineering solutions that improve commercial performance and customer experience.
• Support deployment of new shop formats and major format changes, including pilot delivery, reference design principles, unit costing, localization guidance, and replication across markets.
• Lead technical assurance and relationship management for global framework agreement partners supporting mobility shop and format delivery.
• Shape sourcing strategies for shop equipment, fixtures, and delivery partners to improve quality, cost efficiency, and speed to market.
• Lead and support market engineers involved in shop and non-fuel retail projects across detailed design, design, and execution.
• Build capability across market engineering teams by developing technical guidance and training materials and supporting accreditation for shop and non-fuel retail design, maintenance, and construction.
• Develop engineering solutions that profitably reduce site energy consumption and emissions across Shell’s mobility network.
• Influence stakeholders in a global virtual environment and align engineering solutions with brand, customer experience, safety, sustainability, and commercial objectives.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Business Travel Accident Insurance
• Occupational Accidental Death Benefit programs
• Company pension plan
• 401(k) plan
• Up to 6 weeks of paid vacation
• Up to 11 paid holidays
• Paid parental leave: 16 weeks for birthing parents and 8 weeks for non-birthing parents
• Short-term disability leave for up to 26 weeks at 100% or 50% of base pay
• Long-Term Disability insurance
• Financial reimbursement for adoption, wellness, education, and personal learning expenses
• Discretionary long-term incentives for eligible roles
• Flexible working hours and the possibility of remote/mobile working
• Annual performance-related salary increase
• Training and development programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior