Technical Project Manager - Energy

John Cockerill
Erie, PA
John Cockerill, enablers of opportunity

Driven since 1817 by the entrepreneurial spirit and thirst for innovation of its founder, the John Cockerill Group develops large-scale technological solutions to meet the needs of its time: facilitating access to fossil free energies, enabling sustainable industrial production, preserving natural resources, contributing to greener mobility, enhancing security and installing essential infrastructures.

Its offer to businesses, governments and communities consists of services and associated equipment for the sectors of energy, defence, industry, the environment, transports, and infrastructures. With over 6,500 employees, John Cockerill achieved a turnover of € 1,046 billion in 2022 in 24 countries, on 5 continents.

Technical Project Manager/Project Engineer

Location: Erie, PA, United States

Company: John Cockerill – John Cockerill Energy North America, LLC

Overview

Projects in the energy sector of John Cockerill are managed by a Project Manager for the commercial and logistic aspects and a Technical Project Manager (TPM) or Project Engineer (PE) is responsible for all engineering and technical aspects. The TPM/PE is part of a project team who coordinates and organizes the design engineering team assigned to the project he/she is responsible for contract conformance at award of an order to the installation and acceptance of the equipment. He/She is primarily responsible to ensure that the Design Process is applied as defined in the QMS (quality management system) of the Energy Sector.

Objectives

The TPM/PE’s objective for the project he/she oversees with the following objectives:

  • Customer satisfaction – technical lead
  • Apply applicable codes, contractual scope of supply, Customer’s technical specifications, internal standards and local regulations,
  • Quality, conformity, and completeness of the technical documentation,
  • Responsible for oversite of documents and equipment delivery schedules,
  • Optimization of the design and the costs,
  • Monitoring of the proposal BOQ’s (bill of quantities) and estimates to actuals.
  • Responsible for project internal and external interfaces.

Responsibilities Include

Areas of responsibility include scope, schedule, and cost management, quality, stakeholder, risk management and integration. Duties include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Apply Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) to reflect required project deliverables.
  • Ensure that the engineering, manufacturing, installation, and commissioning plans adhere to the required project scope, contractual requirements, and schedule.
  • Provide regular, accurate forecast cost updates as part of periodic project updates.
  • Ensure quality standards, processes and metrics are being implemented during project execution.
  • Manage communications to ensure needs of stakeholders are being met through the distribution of communications via reports, graphics, emails, meetings and other in-person communication.
  • Organize, lead, and facilitate internal, supplier, and customer meetings effectively.
  • Develop risk management plan that describes how risk management activities will be structured and performed for all sources of project risk including technical, management, commercial, and eternal risks.
  • Develop and review equipment requisition packages to verify accuracy of scope selected, application of WBS cost elements, requested Incoterms, and required shipping documents.
  • Manage supplier conformance with contract requirements, and review exceptions and clarifications.

Skills And Experience

  • Requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering – (Mechanical Engineering preferred)
  • Experience in utility or industrial boiler industry or HRSGs is a plus
  • Must have the ability to read and interpret drawings.
  • Have excellent computer skills including Excel.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Strong team player
  • Registered Professional Engineer a plus
  • Prior experience using SAP is a plus
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Strong analytical and organizational skills

Up to 25% travel required, both domestic and international

John Cockerill offers you career and development opportunities within its various sectors in a friendly working environment.

Do you want to work for an innovative company that will allow you to take up technical challenges on a daily basis?

We look forward to receiving your application and to meeting you!

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Posted 2026-01-06

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