At Williams, we’re powering a cleaner, more connected future, and that starts with you. Here, your work fuels communities, drives innovation, and helps deliver reliable energy the world depends on. Join a Fortune 500 team that invests in your growth, values your contributions, and challenges you to make a lasting impact every day.
As a Project Engineer (Senior / Staff) – Power Innovation, you’ll design and optimize critical power generation systems supporting turbine operations, fuel gas systems, and overall facility performance. In this high-impact role, you’ll solve complex engineering challenges, improve system reliability, and help shape the future of energy delivery.
You will lead complex engineering efforts across power generation systems, enhance performance, and drive innovation across facilities and operations. This role offers increasing independence, influence over technical decisions, and the opportunity to contribute to long-term engineering strategy.
What You’ll Do
Lead and support engineering efforts across the full project lifecycle, including design, procurement, construction, permitting, commissioning, and operations
Analyze system and equipment performance to drive improvements in reliability, efficiency, and safety
Support and advance power generation initiatives, including system performance optimization and maintenance strategies
Collaborate with cross-functional partners—including consultant engineering firms, internal engineering, drafting, purchasing, inspection, contracts, planning, and operations—to deliver solutions aligned with business and operational goals
Support maintenance programs, outage planning, and troubleshooting efforts
Lead design reviews and facilitate lessons learned initiatives
Mentor and support the development of engineers and technical staff
Lead or contribute to projects of increasing scope and complexity
Staff level: lead large-scale, high-impact initiatives
What You’ll Bring
Required:
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology (P.E. license required for Engineering Technology degrees)
Experience supporting power generation, industrial infrastructure, or facility operations
Knowledge of engineering workflows, project lifecycle processes, and design principles
Proficiency in construction and constructibility practices, principles, and emerging technology trends
Power plant or energy infrastructure experience
Senior: 8+ years of relevant experience
Staff: 15+ years of progressive experience in energy, natural gas, or related industries
Shift/Work Hours/Travel Requirements: Must be willing to travel 25% to 50%
Preferred:
Professional Engineer (P.E.) license
Experience supporting project execution, including EPC, FEED, or large capital projects
Experience with maintenance programs, outage coordination, or operational systems
Proven ability to improve system performance and reliability
What You’ll Get
- Opportunity to work on high-impact energy infrastructure projects
- Exposure to Power Innovation initiatives and advanced technologies
- A collaborative environment focused on safety, reliability, and continuous improvement
- The opportunity to mentor others and influence engineering standards and practices
Our Houston office is located in the Williams Tower, just steps from the Houston Galleria on Post Oak Boulevard, an area with more than 700 retailers, fine dining and hotels within two square miles. We offer free onsite-parking!
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We invest in our people in ways that actually show up in your day-to-day, not just on paper. Our Total Rewards are built to support how you work, live, and plan for what’s next.
Here’s a look at what that means:
- Strong pay plus an annual incentive program
- Hybrid work for most office roles, plus real flexibility in many field positions
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage with options that fit your life, not the other way around
- 401(k) with company match and an annual company contribution
- Paid time off, including company and floating holidays
- Paid parental leave (up to six weeks per parent), plus fertility and adoption support
- Advanced AI tools and resources to help level up and work smarter
- Clear paths to grow your career, with a strong culture of promoting from within
- Tuition reimbursement and support for continuing education
- HSA and FSA options
- Company-paid life insurance and disability coverage
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Domestic partner benefits
- Employee resource groups, wellness support, paid volunteer time, and company matching for causes you care about
Eligibility and benefits are governed by the terms of the applicable plan or program document which can be amended or terminated at any time.
For more information, please visit Total Rewards | Williams Companies.
Williams is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected under applicable discrimination law.
Education Requirements:Skill Requirements:
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology (P.E. license required for Engineering Technology degrees)
- Experience supporting power generation, industrial infrastructure, or facility operations
- Knowledge of engineering workflows, project lifecycle processes, and design principles
- Proficiency in construction and constructibility practices and principles
- Power plant or energy infrastructure experience
- Senior: 8+ years relevant experience; Staff: 15+ years progressive experience in energy or natural gas
- Willingness to travel 25% to 50%
- Professional Engineer (P.E.) license
- Experience supporting project execution (EPC, FEED, or large capital projects)
- Experience with maintenance programs, outage coordination, or operational systems
- Proven ability to improve system performance and reliability
What We Do
Williams has been around for more than a century, but our work has never been more important. Our employees impact people’s lives every day, fueling the clean energy economy with large-scale energy infrastructure that connects natural gas supplies to markets with growing demand for cleaner fuel. We handle 30% of the natural gas in the United States that is used every day to heat our homes, cook our food and generate our electricity. Williams works closely with customers to provide the necessary infrastructure to serve growing markets and safely deliver natural gas products to reliably fuel the clean energy economy. With interstate natural gas pipelines and gathering & processing operations throughout the country, we reliably deliver value to our employees, investors, customers and communities by running our business with authenticity and a safety-driven culture, leading our industry into the future. Our employees are our most valued resource and the driving force behind our reputation as a safe, reliable company that does the right thing, every time. At Williams, we make clean energy happen. And you can too, so bring your energy to ours.
