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Role Purpose

The Senior/Lead Project Engineer provides advanced engineering leadership for the Connected Worker & Autonomous Operations portfolio. The role focuses on solving complex operational challenges by delivering real-time insights, digital workflows, and connected technologies that improve safety, productivity, and decision-making for Operations & Maintenance (O&M) and engineering teams.

This role leads early-stage innovation through problem definition, solution scoping, business value estimation, and technology maturation, transitioning validated pilots to Technology Deployment Engineers forlarge-scale, multi-site production deployments.

Key Responsibilities

Technical & Innovation Leadership

• Solve complex technical and operational problems by integrating: 

• Connected Worker platforms

• IIoTand edge technologies

• Digital Twin and Digital Core capabilities

• OT and IT platforms

• Partner closely with Digital Twin, Digital Core,IIoT, OT, IT Platforms, external vendors, and business stakeholders.

• Lead R&D initiatives from concept through pilot execution.

• Define technical architectures, integration patterns, and non-functional requirements (scalability, availability, cybersecurity).

• Mature technologies through proof of concept and pilot stages.

Project & Program Management 

• Act astechnical project manager / delivery leadfor complex digital andIIoTinitiatives, owning scope, schedule, cost, and quality.

• Develop and manage integrated project plans, milestones, dependencies, and risk registers for multi-stream work programs.

• Coordinate cross-functional teams including engineering, IT, OT, cybersecurity, operations, vendors, and system integrators.

• Drive governance routines such as design reviews, steering updates, risk escalations, and decision tracking.

• Manage vendor delivery, contracts, and performance against agreed SLAs and outcomes.

Large-Scale Deployment & Rollout 

• Lead transition from pilot tolarge-scale, multi-site production deployment, ensuring repeatability and standardization.

• Define deployment strategies, rollout waves, site readiness criteria, and cutover plans.

• Support handover to Technology Deployment Engineers with complete technical, operational, and support documentation.

• Provide early-life support duringhypercareand stabilization phases post go-live.

• Ensure solutions are production-ready, scalable, and supportable across multiple assets and geographies.

Business & Stakeholder Engagement

• Develop business cases including value estimation, risk reduction, and operational impact.

• Align deployments with business priorities, change management needs, and user adoption strategies.

• Communicate effectively with senior stakeholders on progress, risks, and value realization.

Compliance & Standards

• Ensure solutions align with cybersecurity, data, safety, and enterprise engineering standards.

• Identifyand scope opportunities for autonomy, robotics, and remote operations aligned with FOF goals.

Required Qualifications

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical discipline.

• 10+ years of industry experience in operations, digital, OT,IIoT, or engineering environments, including field instruments, control systems (PLC, DCS, SCADA), interfaces, and industrial communication protocols.

Project & Delivery Experience

• Proven experience acting asProject Manager or Technical Delivery Leadfor medium to large-scale industrial digital programs.

• Demonstrated success deliveringenterprise or multi-site deployments, moving solutions from pilot to production scale.

• Experience managing budgets, schedules, risks, and vendor deliverables in complex programs.

• Familiarity with project management methodologies (Agile, Hybrid, or Waterfall) in industrial or OT environments.

Technical & Domain Skills

• Strong understanding of industrial operations and O&M workflows.

• Experience with plant operations, mobility solutions, or digital field tools.

• Experience with Digital Twin, advanced analytics, or real-time operational systems.

• Exposure to upstream, downstream, or complex industrial facilities.

• Familiarity with AI-enabled control, optimization, or predictive systems.

Leadership & Communication

• Proven ability to lead cross-functional technical initiatives.

• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, including articulation of platforms, architectures, and design decisions.

• Experience working with external technology partners and vendors.