Project Engineer
Location: 3523 General Hudnell Dr, San Antonio, TX 78226
Build an Aviation Career You’re Proud Of
At Standard Aero (San Antonio) Inc., we use our ingenuity and expertise to tackle aviation’s toughest challenges — from routine maintenance to the most complex repairs and overhauls. Together, we get the job done and done well. Our stability, resources, and respectful culture give you the tools to grow a meaningful career within a team you can count on for the long term.
What you'll do:
Resource for strategic corporate projects. Design and implement various facilities initiatives with consideration to industrial ventilation, dust collection, cooling towers and heat exchangers, pumping and piping systems, chemical processes, wastewater, HVAC, area layouts, building envelope & grounds, and energy-savings improvements.
Coordinate resources and drive timelines for construction and site implementation projects.
Obtain professional drawings and approvals when required through consulting services.
Provide Engineering internal company guidance.
Focal for implementation of company Environmental Social Governance (ESG) projects including GreenERmro energy efficiency & environmental impact improvements.
Identify and develop projects to support Continuous Improvement for various energy and operational savings initiatives.
Assist with establishing and overseeing various trades and contractors for performing project and maintenance work.
Execute projects small and large as the Project Manager, working individually or part of a larger team, with a large variety of concurrent tasks and projects.
Troubleshoot equipment, facility, and engine test systems to provide technical support and coordination for the Maintenance Team.
Establish preventative and predictive maintenance opportunities for facility systems and industrial equipment. Provide written and verbal feedback to internal customers requiring facilities engineering support for new and existing systems.
Provide the above support remotely to over 30 sites globally.
Provide remote or call-in support for critical after-hours facility and maintenance issues.
Requires 30% of domestic and international travel.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering or in a related engineering field
- Two (2) years of experience as a Project Engineer, Facilities Engineer or a related role.
- Special Requirements: Work experience with: Overseeing all phases of project execution for multiple facilities projects
- Supporting Continuous Improvement for various energy and operational savings initiatives
- Interpreting and reviewing technical drawings; coordinating various trades and contractors
- Ensuring compliance with environmental regulations, fire, health and safety standards, building, plumbing, and electrical codes
- Troubleshooting equipment, facility, and engine test systems
- Technical project management and strategic business management skills
- Technical structural, and mechanical engineering knowledge
- Ability to prepare technical scope and perform cost-benefit analysis for capital investments.
Benefits that make life better
- Comprehensive Healthcare
- 401(k) with 100% company match; up to 5% vested
- Paid Time Off starting on day one
- Bonus opportunities
- Health- & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Short- & Long-Term Disability
- Life & AD&D Insurance
- Learning & Training opportunities
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering field
- Two or more years of experience as a Project Engineer, Facilities Engineer, or in a related role
- Experience overseeing all phases of project execution for multiple facilities projects
- Experience supporting continuous improvement for energy and operational savings initiatives
- Experience interpreting and reviewing technical drawings
- Experience coordinating trades and contractors
- Experience ensuring compliance with environmental regulations, fire, health and safety standards, and building, plumbing, and electrical codes
- Experience troubleshooting equipment, facility infrastructure, and engine test systems
- Technical project management and strategic business management skills
- Technical structural and mechanical engineering knowledge
- Ability to prepare technical scopes and perform cost-benefit analyses for capital investments
- Ability to travel 30% domestically and internationally
- Availability for on-call remote support for critical after-hours facility and maintenance issues
StandardAero Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about StandardAero and has not been reviewed or approved by StandardAero.
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Retirement Support — Provides a 401(k) and has added an Employee Stock Purchase Plan and an Incentive Award (equity) plan, expanding long-term savings and ownership options. These programs complement base pay with additional wealth-building mechanisms.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Includes PTO, paid holidays, sick time, bereavement leave, military leave, and parental leave, with some roles accruing PTO that can increase with service. Eligibility for benefits typically begins the first day of the month after hire, indicating structured access to time-off programs.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Offers tuition assistance, job training/conferences, company events, and an Employee Assistance Program as part of a comprehensive package. The inclusion of learning support and EAP provides development and wellbeing resources beyond core insurance and retirement.
StandardAero Insights
What We Do
StandardAero has become one of the aerospace industry’s largest independent maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) providers. Our company’s success is the outgrowth of the synergistic merger of businesses with complementary specialties that have exponentially increased our capabilities and generated unprecedented customer commitment and value. StandardAero offers extensive MRO services and custom solutions for business aviation, commercial aviation, military, and industrial power customers. Nearly 6,600 professional, administrative and technical employees work in more than 50 major facilities worldwide, with additional strategically located regional service and support centers all across the globe. Services include MRO for aircraft and rotorcraft engines, auxiliary power units, components; airframe services including major alterations; FAA authorized avionics capabilities; comprehensive engineering services; and custom exterior and interior design, completion, and paint. We provide these capabilities through our network of specialized facilities and mobile service teams. StandardAero is owned by Carlyle, a global investment firm with deep industry expertise that deploys private capital across four business segments: Corporate Private Equity, Real Assets, Global Credit, and Investment Solutions.
