Project Engineer

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Project Overview:

The Djerdap 3 Pumped Storage Hydropower Project is a large-scale, complex infrastructure development located in Eastern Serbia along the Danube River, being developed for the Government of Serbia. The project involves the design and development of an approximately 1800 MW pumped storage scheme comprising major underground and surface works, including high dams, long transfer tunnels, vertical shafts, and a cavern-based powerhouse. The scheme will provide significant energy storage capacity, supporting grid stability and renewable integration in the region. The project is currently in the FEED stage, encompassing site investigations, feasibility studies, environmental and social impact assessments, and execution planning. It is being progressed under a government-to-government framework, with a structured pathway from FEED to EPC delivery. The development presents complex engineering, environmental, and stakeholder coordination challenges typical of large hydropower infrastructure projects.

Job Summary:

Project Engineer supports the multidisciplinary engineering delivery for the Djerdap PSH Project in a joint venture environment, ensuring coordination, integration, and progress tracking across engineering, procurement, and construction activities within a joint venture environment.

The role focuses on managing engineering deliverables, supporting technical coordination, resolving issues, and ensuring alignment of design outputs with project requirements related to quality, schedule, and constructability.

The Project Engineer works closely with discipline engineers, project controls, procurement, and construction teams, acting as a key link between engineering and project execution to ensure efficient delivery of project scope.

Major Responsibilities:

• Coordinate day-to-day engineering activities across disciplines including civil, geotechnical, structural, hydraulic, mechanical, and electrical working collaboratively with joint venture partner teams.
• Track engineering deliverables against the project schedule, identify delays, and support recovery actions in coordination with JV partner and project stakeholders.
• Support integration of engineering deliverables across major PSH components, ensuring consistency and completeness of design outputs.
• Coordinate submission, review, and approval of engineering deliverables in accordance with project procedures and contractual requirements and JV governance processes.
• Interface with procurement and construction teams to ensure engineering requirements are aligned with procurement packages and execution needs.
• Support management of technical queries (RFIs), design changes, and non-conformances, ensuring timely resolution and documentation.
• Assist in resolving engineering issues, interface conflicts, and constructability challenges in coordination with relevant stakeholders.
• Ensure engineering deliverables comply with applicable codes, standards, and project quality requirements.
• Maintain coordination with document control systems (e.g., Aconex/ACC) and ensure proper documentation and traceability of engineering outputs.
• Prepare engineering progress reports, dashboards, and inputs for project reviews and decision-making.
• Support constructability reviews and ensure engineering solutions align with construction methodology and sequencing.
• Contribute to value engineering, lessons learned, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or Geotechnical Engineering discipline from an accredited university.
• Minimum 12–15 years of relevant experience, including involvement in large infrastructure or hydropower projects preferable working in a joint venture environment.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Good understanding of multidisciplinary engineering, including civil, geotechnical, hydraulic, and structural systems.
• Familiarity with hydropower or large infrastructure project delivery and design coordination processes.
• Experience with engineering workflows including design development, approvals, and change management.
• Familiarity with document management and coordination tools (e.g., Aconex, ACC).
• Understanding of project delivery processes and interface requirements between engineering, procurement, and construction.
• Strong coordination, analytical, and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic and fast-paced project environment.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary and multicultural project environment.
• Self-driven, adaptable, and capable of delivering results with minimal supervision.
• Flexible and able to adapt to working in a demanding environment, including traveling and working remotely if / when required.

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