Project Engineer I

Summary

Organizes project teams, assigns individual responsibilities, developing project schedules, and determines resource requirements. Monitors and reports on the status of projects including cost, timing, and staffing. Ensures adherence to internal and external quality standards. Roles include those for technical project/program activities, in which the NYPA employee has foundational knowledge in the specific area to advise on scope changes, and other more technical aspects.

Management of complex engineering projects, including management of personnel, safety, quality, scope, schedule, and budget to deliver a successful project outcome.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for Project Management for all stages of the project lifecycle from initiation through close out for projects and/or programs and ensuring deliverables are received incompliance with schedule. Responsibilities and tasks require some support and guidance from higher-lever Project Engineer(s) or manager. Under intermittent supervision will own medium sized projects.  Manage and implement multiple projects and modifications concurrently.


• Oversee and coordinate all in-house as well as external resources for all activities related to the project.


• Ensure applicable licensing, environmental, permitting, safety, code compliance, construction, and requirements/input of all project stakeholders is incorporated into the project especially during initiation through design phase of the project.


• Develop & manage design documents/specifications, project presentations, Trustee Items, project funding requests, budgets, forecasts, bid documents, evaluate bid proposals, and make award recommendations. 


• Partner with Construction Engineers, Engineering, Customers or Service Providers in developing/negotiating contract change orders, preparing invoices and coordinating construction sequencing and site outages, coordinate all field & design changes and quality testing/inspections.


• Review and contribute to all project documentation including drawings, technical specifications, assessment reports, asset and risk registry, budgets, forecasts, invoices, schedules, variances, etc. for the project. 


• Perform occasional emergency response, including outside of normal business hours.


• Support and guide/mentor lower-level Project Engineer(s).


• For assigned work and projects, provide supervision of maintenance department(s) staff, and contractors, and prepare and monitor the day-to-day work activities of the crafts. Work with planners in scheduling work activities; oversee the safety of employees. Review job packages to ensure they are complete and current prior to performance of the work. Review completed work, job packages, and work orders to verify all steps are complete and to ensure that all data/information is recorded.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Competency in project management of electrical, mechanical, structural and/or water projects specific to the electric utility, canal/waterways, building systems, distributed energy resource and/or electric vehicle industries. 


• Proven success in the management of technical and commercial aspects of medium sized projects and programs.


• Collaborative and team-oriented with ability to build relationships with vendors and stakeholders.


• Ability to develop project plans, timelines, and work schedules as well as coordinate among customers, contractors, permitting agencies, etc.


• Experience with  applicable codes, standards, regulations, project budgets, costs, project management software and NYPA external stakeholders.


• Ability to perform engineering calculations, and complete specifications, scopes of work, reports, and interdisciplinary design packages.

Education, Experience and Certifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering or Energy Engineering or related field.


• Minimum of 4 years of experience preferred in Project / Construction Management, preferably in the utility, commercial or related mechanical/electrical industries. 


• One or more of the following preferred:
  
  
  
  • New York State Engineer in Training (EIT) certification or ability to get one within 2 years.
  
  
  • Project Management Professional certification or ability to obtain within 2 years.
  
  
  • Design Build Institute of America certification or ability to obtain within 2 years.
  
  
  • Certified Construction Manager (CCM)
  
  
  • Certified Energy Manager (CEM) certification
  
  
  
  

Physical Requirements

• Approximately 25% travel primarily within NY State


• Willingness to enter confined spaces and climb/scale power system apparatuses.  


• Ability to travel to vendor facilities (worldwide) to support construction activities and to inspect equipment fabrication and commissioning for length of time needed.


• Availability to work outside of normal business hours (including weekends) when project demands.