Project Engineer (Defense)

Description

• 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 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. This position requires a mix of office work along with time on the manufacturing floor. Success in this role requires a balance of engineering judgment and strong customer-facing skills to protect project scope, quality, and delivery milestones.

Key Results Areas by Level of Work

Level II: Service - Coordinating "production" with problem solving and prevention

Resource Management – Material and People

• •Coordinate with design engineering, quality, procurement, weld engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing to ensure project requirements are understood and executed.
• •Serve as the primary technical point of contact between Graham and customer teams.
• •Maintain effective communication and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
• •Coordinate resources and technical requirements to support successful project execution.

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 documentation is completed accurately and submitted in accordance with project requirements.
• •Monitor project progress and communicate changes, concerns, and status to appropriate internal and external stakeholders.
• •Maintain accountability for project commitments and communicate potential delays or issues in a timely manner.

Continuous Improvement

• •Identify project issues and develop effective solutions to prevent recurrence and minimize impact to project scope, quality, and schedule.
• •Analyze problems, establish facts, and implement practical solutions using sound engineering judgment.
• •Support improvements to project execution processes, communication, and cross-functional coordination.
• •Apply lessons learned from projects to improve future project execution.

Equipment & Process Maintenance

• •Review and interpret customer specifications, applicable industry standards, and manufacturing code requirements to ensure compliance throughout project execution.
• •Resolve technical and design inquiries that arise during engineering and manufacturing.
• •Support the transition of engineered designs and requirements into manufacturing.
• •Work with manufacturing personnel and engineering teams to address technical issues encountered during fabrication.
• •Ensure technical requirements and changes are effectively communicated to appropriate personnel.

Professional Development

• •Maintain and develop technical knowledge related to engineering, project management, customer requirements, and applicable industry standards.
• •Continue to develop engineering judgment and problem-solving skills through project experience and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
• •Maintain proficiency in engineering calculations, technical documentation, and applicable engineering software.
• •Seek opportunities to expand technical and project management capabilities.

Requirements

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 considered.

Other

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

Skills:

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

• •Must have proficiency in MS Office applications, enterprise resource planning, database, and specialized application software.
• •Strong written and verbal communication skills required.
• •Strong organization and time management skills.
• •Ability to successfully plan, self-direct, and implement objectives within established timelines and work schedules.
• •Ability to analyze problems and develop effective solutions at both strategic and functional levels.
• •Ability to work independently, with minimal direction as a highly motivated self-starter and within a team-oriented culture.
• •Maintain a collaborative relationship with internal and external stakeholders.
• •Ability to apply mathematical operations to tasks such as geometric tolerances and drawing interpretation.
• •Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.
• •Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• •Strong reasoning ability required to assess a broad range of customer requirements.
• •Proficient in mathematics for first-level engineering calculations.
• •Sound engineering judgment required to support customer-consulting tasks.
• •Customer relationship skills to establish technical scope, requirements, and technical corrective actions.
• •Ability to read, analyze, and interpret scientific and technical documents, customer specifications, and applicable industry standards.
• •Ability to solve practical problems in a timely manner while dealing with a level of ambiguity.
• •High degree of accountability to meet commitments.
• •Familiarity with interpreting applicable industry standards, customer specifications, and manufacturing code requirements.

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 work experience
• •Shipbuilding industry work 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

Work Authorization/Security Clearance

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