Project Engineer (Energy & Process) in Batavia, New York at Graham Manufacturing

Job Title: Project Engineer

Reports To: Engineering Manager

Division/Department: GHM/Engineering

Level of Work: Level II

Position Summary:

The Project Engineer serves as the primary technical and project management conduit between Graham and customer teams, ensuring effective communication, specification compliance, and schedule execution. Responsible for leading custom-engineered equipment projects from contract award through shop fabrication and delivery, this role manages technical submittals, resolves design inquiries, and aligns cross-functional internal teams, including design engineering, quality, procurement, weld engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing, with customer requirements. Success in this role requires a balance of engineering judgment, project coordination, and strong customer-facing skills to protect project scope, quality, and delivery milestones.

Level II: Service – Coordinating “production” with problem solving and prevention

Resource Management – Coordinate material and people

• Serve as the primary technical and project management conduit between Graham and customer teams throughout the project lifecycle.
• Coordinate with design engineering, quality, procurement, weld engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, and other internal stakeholders to ensure customer requirements are effectively communicated and addressed.
• Maintain a collaborative relationship with internal and external stakeholders to support successful project execution.
• Resolve design inquiries and technical issues by coordinating appropriate internal resources and developing effective solutions.

Resource Scheduling, Output Management and Reporting

• Lead custom-engineered equipment projects from contract award through shop fabrication and delivery.
• Manage project schedules and coordinate activities to support established delivery milestones.
• Manage technical submittals and ensure required project documentation is completed accurately and in accordance with customer requirements.
• Monitor project progress and communicate project status, technical issues, and potential schedule impacts to appropriate internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure project activities remain aligned with contractual requirements, customer specifications, project scope, quality expectations, and delivery milestones.

Continuous Improvement

• Identify and address project issues through effective problem solving and engineering judgment.
• Analyze problems, collect relevant data, establish facts, and develop effective solutions.
• Identify opportunities to prevent recurring technical or project-related issues through effective communication, coordination, and problem solving.
• Apply lessons learned and project experience to improve project execution and customer satisfaction.

Equipment & Process Maintenance

• Ensure engineering and project requirements are effectively communicated through the manufacturing process to support successful fabrication and delivery of custom-engineered equipment.
• Review and interpret applicable customer specifications, industry standards, and manufacturing code requirements to support project execution.
• Support resolution of technical and design inquiries that arise during fabrication and manufacturing.
• Utilize sound engineering judgment to ensure technical requirements are appropriately addressed throughout the project lifecycle.

Professional Development (self and reports)

• Maintain and develop technical knowledge related to engineering practices, customer requirements, applicable industry standards, and manufacturing processes.
• Continue to develop engineering, project management, technical writing, and customer relationship skills.
• Maintain current knowledge of applicable engineering tools, software, specifications, procedures, and processes.
• Demonstrate accountability for meeting project commitments and established deadlines.

Qualifications:

To qualify for this position, an individual must possess the knowledge, training, experience, and abilities required.

Education and Training

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.

Experience

• All levels of experience will be considered.

Preferred Experience

• Military Standard (MIL-STD) specifications.
• NAVSEA Technical Publications.
• Performing engineering calculations.
• Drawing creation.
• Technical writing.
• Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
• Specification, procedure, and/or work instruction writing.
• MATLAB and/or Mathcad.
• ANSYS (Structural and/or Fluent).
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler Pressure Vessel Code (ASME BPVC) specifications.
• American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) specifications.
• Heat transfer industry experience.
• Shipbuilding industry experience.
• Machining.
• Welding.
• Destructive testing (Tensile/Shear/Charpy/etc.).
• Non-destructive testing (PT/UT/MT/RT).
• Experience quoting new and/or repeat work.
• Customer interfacing.
• Vendor interfacing.
• Project management.

Other

• Must be willing to work overtime as required.
• Minimal travel may be required, both domestic and internationally.

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

1. Must have proficiency in MS Office applications, enterprise resource planning, database, and specialized application software.
2. Strong written and verbal communication skills required.
3. Ability to successfully plan and implement objectives within established timelines and work schedules.
4. Ability to analyze problems and develop effective solutions at both strategic and functional levels.
5. Ability to work independently, with minimal direction, as a highly motivated self-starter and within a team-oriented culture.
6. Maintain a collaborative relationship with internal and external stakeholders.
7. Ability to apply mathematical operations to tasks such as geometric tolerances and drawing interpretation.
8. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.
9. Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
10. Strong reasoning ability required to assess a broad range of customer requirements.
11. Proficient in mathematics required for first-level engineering calculations.
12. Sound engineering judgment required to support customer-consulting tasks.
13. Customer relationship skills to establish technical scope, requirements, and technical corrective actions.
14. Ability to interpret applicable industry standards, customer specifications, and manufacturing code requirements.
15. Ability to solve practical problems in a timely manner while dealing with a level of ambiguity.
16. High degree of accountability to meet commitments.
17. Ability to write detailed reports and correspondence.
18. Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical information and documentation.
19. Demonstrates the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
20. Ability to thrive in a team environment

Work Authorization/Security Clearance

Must be able to work in the U.S without sponsorship.