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Project Engineer in La Porte, Texas, North America

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Airswift has been tasked by a major chemical client to seek a Project Engineer to work within their facility in La Porte, TX for a long-term contract. 




Responsibilities 



  • Maintain protection of the environment and the health and safety of our employees, customers, and the communities in which we operate and transport our products, as our highest priority.

  • Develop and execute small capital projects to deliver timely, economical, and safe completion.  Projects are primarily maintenance replacements.  In-house and external design/engineering support is available as needed.

  • Reviews and approves drawings including flow sheets, iso, layouts, PLC programming, loop diagrams, cable tray schematics, etc.

  • Prepares procedures, specifications, and bid packages;

  • Proven ability to handle multiple projects ranging in size from $10K to $2MM.  The Project Engineer is responsible for project management including, but not limited to, routine project updates and forecasts, project cost control, maintaining project documentation and the project database, and project close-out and archive.

  • Communicating the design and technical issues to technical and non-technical functions through reports, memos, design documents, and presentations in a manner that is concise, factual and effective.  Trains, directs, and reviews the work of lower level technical staff.

  • Recommending action to improve the quality of the engineering function and working on new engineering methods.








Qualifications



  • Graduate engineer with 5-15 years or more of project engineering experience.   BSEE Degree .   

  • Minimum 3 years experience in chemical or petro-chemical plant with experience

  • Field experience with installation of chemical plant equipment.

  • Must be able to develop strong relationships with project sponsors, stakeholders, outside engineering, construction, and equipment supply firms.

  • Responsible for assuring that capital, operating and engineering costs are optimized, that all work is completed as scheduled and meets all environmental, health, safety, legal and code requirements.

  • Must be capable of handling multiple assignments with project ranging in size from $10K to $2MM.








Additional Qualification



  • Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SAP.

  • MS Project and SAP a plus.

  • Project Management Professional license .

  • Professional Engineer license .

  • TWIC will be required





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Project Engineer in La Porte, Texas, North America

La Porte, TX 77571
Full time

Published on 01/04/2026

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