Advisory Engineer - Project Engineer

Advisory Engineer

Working Title: Project Engineer

Location:  Aiken, SC (100% on-site)

Pay Rate:  $105-$110/hr

Contract:  1-year base with two (2) 1-year option periods

Work Schedule:  Monday-Thursday, 6:45 AM-5:15 PM EST

Clearance:  DOE “Q” (ability to obtain)

About the Role

We are recruiting on behalf of our client at the Savannah River Site (SRS) for an Advisory Engineer, working title Project Engineer. This is a senior individual-contributor engineering role supporting Central Engineering across H Area, F Area, and the Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility (SRPPF). You will integrate and manage engineering activities for assigned projects, helping establish design criteria, resource forecasts, schedules, and priorities, and delivering results against the cost and schedule of those tasks.

At this level you are expected to initiate your own technical programs, resolve the most complex problems in your field and in adjacent disciplines, and act as a technical communicator across disciplines. You will also mentor less senior professionals and represent the site in technical forums. Engineering services are provided using the client’s processes and procedures, with programmatic guidance supplied by the client.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide overall engineering and design direction, leadership, and management for assigned projects and tasks, including responsibility for scheduling and priority setting.
• Integrate engineering resources for assigned projects by helping establish design criteria, resource forecasts, schedules, and engineering tools.
• Prepare project plans covering schedules, budgets, and personnel requirements for major technical tasks, then monitor progress, expenditures, and the quality of work performed.
• Establish baselines for design activities across assigned projects and engineering work requests, and recommend subcontractor authorizations and baseline changes to project managers.
• Evaluate project cost and schedule variances using EVMS tools and implement corrective actions; review cost accounts for procurement of engineered materials.
• Establish project scope of work and confirm that firm customer requirements have been developed.
• Evaluate subcontractor tasks to ensure design output meets project technical, cost, and schedule objectives.
• Manage the administration, document control, project controls, and quality engineering sections for assigned projects through section supervisors.
• Provide administrative guidance to leads and managers, and resolve conflicts between project direction and technical direction from functional managers.
• Develop solutions to the most complex technical problems in your area of expertise and in adjacent technical fields, and influence the technical direction of other parts of the department.
• Recommend engineering, technology, research, development, and application programs for others in the group and assist in planning them.
• Participate in department and site-wide programmatic issue resolution and quality improvement efforts.
• Communicate results verbally and in written form; report regularly to oversight groups and professional societies and contribute to site missions through reports, presentations, and involvement in national technical organizations.
• Mentor less senior professionals in both technical knowledge and communication skills, and build project teams by requesting, evaluating, and developing engineering expertise.

Required Education & Experience

Typically an advanced degree plus experience: a PhD and about 15 years of experience, an MS and about 17 years, or a BS and about 21 years. A BS degree in Engineering or current registration as a Professional Engineer is required.

Top Skills & Requirements

• Providing overall engineering and design direction, leadership, and management for assigned projects and tasks.
• Integrating engineering resources for assigned projects by assisting in establishing design criteria, resource forecasts, schedules, and engineering tools for engineering tasks.
• Providing administrative guidance to leads and managers.
• Responsibilities for overall management, scheduling, and priority of the tasks and projects assigned.
• Experience with EVMS tools, including evaluating project cost and schedule variances and implementing corrective actions.
• Managing administration, document control, project controls, and quality engineering sections through section supervisors.
• Establishing design baselines, recommending subcontractor authorizations and baseline changes, and reviewing cost accounts for engineered materials.
• Establishing project scope of work and developing firm customer requirements.
• Working with diverse teams to deliver results, and mentoring junior team members to develop their design knowledge.
• Producing quality documents with attention to detail, and communicating clear, concise, accurate reports, evaluations, procedures, comment resolutions, and oral presentations to management, engineering, facility, operations, quality assurance, and test personnel.
• Ability to perform field walk-downs of the job site, which may involve construction sites with uneven surfaces and work in progress, walking distances over a half mile, climbing ladders to access remote areas, and dressing out in protective clothing including environments where a respirator is required.

Security Clearance

Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE “Q” security clearance. An active DOE clearance is not initially required to perform assigned duties; after award, the selected candidate will be notified when to apply for a clearance based on specific work assignments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Candidates who have possessed an active DOE clearance (L or Q) within the past two (2) years are preferred.
• Registered PE licensure in any state is strongly preferred.

Contract Details

Duration:  1-year base contract with two (2) 1-year option periods. Option periods are not guaranteed and are executed at the discretion of the hiring manager.

Estimated Hours:  2,080 straight time + 800 overtime per year. Overtime will be expected at times to meet deliverables and is utilized at the manager’s discretion.

Work Schedule:  Monday-Thursday, 6:45 AM-5:15 PM EST. This position is 100% on-site; local candidates or candidates willing to relocate at their own expense.

Work Location:  100% on-site in Aiken, SC. The primary duty station is the Savannah River Site.

Travel

Occasional travel may be required.

Interview Process

Interviews are conducted via Microsoft Teams.

Why Work at COMPA Industries?

We strive to provide careers, not just jobs, for our employees. We invest in and serve the communities where we work and live. We provide best-in-class administrative, professional, and technical services to solve complex problems to meet customer mission-critical objectives.

For over 30 years, Compa has been a trusted partner in progress. We combine decades of technical expertise with a forward-thinking spirit, tackling intricate challenges in nuclear facilities alongside the brightest minds in science and engineering. Join us, and don’t just build your career, build the future, with competitive compensation, a collaborative culture, and the chance to make a real difference for national security and beyond.

COMPA is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to protected status.

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