Jobs at Zachry Nuclear Engineering, Inc.

Manages commercial, contractual, and risk matters for complex EPC and construction projects. Advises project leadership on contract terms, claims, disputes, change orders, commercial risks, and profitability opportunities. Negotiates with owners, joint venture partners, vendors, and subcontractors; oversees contractual notices and settlements; supports procurement and legal teams; and provides commercial reporting, training, governance, and risk mitigation. Requires travel and willingness to work extended assignments at project sites.

Leads electrical engineering projects for oil and gas and petrochemical facilities. Responsibilities include supervising engineers, performing electrical studies and designs, preparing specifications and estimates, evaluating proposals, reviewing drawings, recommending equipment purchases, supporting procurement and construction, ensuring quality procedures, and mentoring junior staff. The role requires expertise in electrical systems from low to high voltage, grounding, lighting, emergency power, hazardous areas, and applicable codes and standards.

Leads project document control using Aconex, overseeing document receipt, logging, distribution, transmittals, vendor data, reporting, filing, and document management procedures. Coordinates with project teams, clients, vendors, contractors, and management to maintain accurate records and meet project standards. Supports document and drawing control across engineering, construction, and industrial project environments, with occasional site visits and potential PPE requirements.

Coordinates candidate onboarding and pre-employment requirements, including background checks, health screens, drug screens, I-9 and E-Verify compliance, paperwork, orientations, and Applicant Tracking System updates. Serves as a point of contact for new hires, maintains documentation, schedules processing activities, and supports administrative communication while following health, safety, and employment compliance requirements.

Provides administrative and document control support for engineering project teams. Reviews and formats correspondence and presentations, logs and distributes project documentation, maintains records, tracks project assignments, and supports reporting against time, cost, and quality metrics. Also coordinates office services, supplies, onboarding, property management, vehicles, conference rooms, and events while ensuring document procedures and quality standards are followed.

Leads EPC projects through engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning, ensuring on-time, on-budget, safe, and quality delivery. Manages contractual obligations, schedules, costs, change orders, budgets, reporting, customer and partner relationships, proposals, and project execution planning. Provides direction to engineering, procurement, construction, project controls, and commissioning managers. Oversees projects up to 2 million construction man-hours or $400 million total installed cost.

Leads project controls across planning, cost, scheduling, change management, quantity tracking, earned value, forecasting, reporting, and risk analysis. Oversees project controls staff, ensures compliance with corporate procedures and contract requirements, validates progress and cost data, manages change orders, supports client and executive reviews, and coordinates with engineering, procurement, subcontracting, field teams, and clients. Requires relocation to project locations anywhere in the United States.

Senior project manager responsible for coordinating engineering projects from planning and design through construction drawings and closeout. Manages scope, budgets, schedules, deliverables, contracts, invoices, proposals, client relationships, and process improvements. Requires extensive nuclear power experience, engineering knowledge, team leadership, client communication, plant procedures and licensing expertise, and the ability to maintain nuclear plant access. Travel to client sites, industrial plant walkdowns, overtime, and work in controlled or confined areas are required.

Designs and develops instrumentation and control engineering deliverables for industrial projects, including instrument indexes, DCS/PLC and CEMS data sheets, I/O lists, and process control narratives. Performs studies, specifications, proposal evaluations, estimates, and controls component recommendations. Applies engineering principles, supports gas boiler and turbine control systems, trains personnel, and coordinates project work across office and field environments.

Supports cybersecurity implementation and assessment activities for nuclear power plant upgrades and projects. Responsibilities include developing critical digital asset lists and assessments, conducting cybersecurity walkdowns and testing, preparing technical specifications and modification packages, configuring digital devices, and presenting findings to assessment teams. Requires collaboration with engineering teams, knowledge of nuclear industry standards and NRC regulations, occasional client-site travel, nuclear facility access, and the ability to pass security and drug screening.

Sources, screens, and interviews candidates; manages employment requisitions, staffing plans, job descriptions, and redeployment initiatives. Coordinates hiring processes including background checks, drug and health screenings, I-9 and E-Verify compliance, employment paperwork, and site-specific requirements. Tracks staffing data and collaborates with hiring managers to support project labor needs and legal requirements.

Leads mechanical engineering activities for power, energy, refining, and chemical industry EPC projects. Responsibilities include managing schedules and budgets, specifying and evaluating process equipment, reviewing vendor documents, performing equipment and piping calculations, specifying materials, conducting field surveys, coordinating project meetings, supervising engineers, mentoring staff, and supporting proposals and engineering standards. Requires extensive industry experience, strong communication skills, and willingness to travel between office and field environments.

Leads multidisciplinary engineering and EPC projects from initiation through closeout, managing scope, schedules, budgets, contracts, risks, financial performance, and customer satisfaction. Builds strategic customer relationships, supports business development and proposals, oversees project execution, mentors project professionals, and drives safe, profitable delivery across energy, power generation, chemical, and industrial environments.

Supports routine engineering and construction tasks under supervision, including discipline-specific calculations, coding, drawing execution, proposal support, and miscellaneous project work. The internship also provides opportunities to develop soft skills and leadership abilities in an office environment.

Supports routine engineering and construction tasks under supervision, including discipline-specific calculations, coding, drawing execution, proposal work, and miscellaneous projects. The internship also provides opportunities to develop soft skills and leadership abilities in an office environment.

Supports instrumentation and controls engineering design for power, energy, and industrial projects. Responsibilities include designing and specifying instrumentation, maintaining I/O lists and schematics, preparing control narratives, reviewing requirements, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. The role develops technical skills under senior-engineer guidance and requires proficiency with Microsoft Office. Exposure to PLCs, DCS, and digital or analog control systems is preferred.

Supports senior project managers in planning and controlling engineering projects, including schedules, budgets, scopes, cost estimates, deliverables, quality control, reporting, correspondence, and change notices. Coordinates multidisciplinary engineering teams, overseas HVE offices, clients, and vendors. Reviews drawings and reports, monitors productivity and expenditures, and assists with project planning and technical operations. The role is primarily office-based in Houston but may require travel to construction sites, operating plants, and industrial facilities.

Performs asset accounting for owned and augmented equipment, including rental-rate development, rate audits, equipment P&L reporting, utilization analysis, journal entries, transaction recording, and maintaining auditable records. Coordinates with equipment operations and internal stakeholders, supports month-end close deadlines, and manages documentation and filing. Requires strong analytical, organizational, communication, prioritization, and time-management skills.

Oversee organizational project controls processes, procedures, systems, training, audits, corrective actions, staffing, and technology implementation. Lead and mentor controls personnel, guide business unit managers, support cross-functional projects, and provide senior expertise in project controls and project management. The role serves as acting Director of Project Controls when needed and promotes best practices across engineering, procurement, and construction environments.

Supports construction project accounting by maintaining job cost records, posting and reconciling transactions, preparing contract-based billings, calculating retainage, supporting percentage-of-completion revenue recognition, and assisting with monthly close, journal entries, audits, and compliance. Collaborates with project managers, field teams, AP/AR, clients, and accounting management to resolve discrepancies and ensure accurate financial reporting.