Job Title: Remote Mechanical Engineer
Location: Richland, WA
Contract Duration: Contract with potential for contract-to-hire
Compensation: $65 - $75.00/hr
Work Model: Onsite or Remote with Travel
Overview:
System One is actively seeking a Senior Project Engineer to support complex industrial capital projects in an onsite manufacturing environment. This role is ideal for a hands-on engineering professional who is experienced across the full project lifecycle—from concept and pre-FEED through commissioning and startup.
This position will play a key role in managing multi-discipline engineering efforts, supporting EPCm-style projects, and ensuring successful project execution across safety, quality, cost, and schedule.
Responsibilities:
• Support industrial capital projects ranging from $1M to $400M in scope
• Lead and coordinate multi-discipline teams across feasibility, FEED, detailed design, procurement, and construction phases
• Provide technical oversight on mechanical systems including HVAC, hydronics, process piping, plumbing, and exhaust systems
• Ensure compliance with applicable codes and standards including ASME, ASME B31.3, and ASHRAE
• Identify gaps in engineering deliverables and support front-end loading and stage-gate processes
• Collaborate with project controls and cross-functional teams to support cost, schedule, and execution alignment
• Act as a key liaison between client, subcontractors, and internal teams
• Support scope development, change management, and contract execution
• Assist in developing project budgets, schedules, and execution plans
• Monitor project performance and address risks related to cost overruns or delays
• Lead project status meetings and provide reporting to leadership
• Promote quality assurance and continuous improvement throughout project execution
• Support business development efforts and help secure additional work
Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field
• 8+ years of experience in project engineering within industrial or manufacturing environments
• Experience supporting full project lifecycle (pre-FEED through commissioning/startup)
• Strong understanding of the manufacturing of projects and construction of manufacturing facilities (piping, mechanical equipment, etc.).
• Strong background in MEP systems and vertical construction
• Proven ability to manage projects and interface directly with clients
• Strong communication skills (written and verbal)
• Ability to work onsite in an industrial manufacturing setting
Every day, System One focuses on services and solutions that require a high degree of specialization, in-demand technical skills, and large-scale operational expertise. We are essential partners to those on the front lines of our nation’s most critical infrastructure, technology, and life sciences initiatives.
Founded more than 40 years ago as a staffing partner to the engineering industry, today System One is a diversified organization operating in over 50 locations and putting more than 9,000 people to work in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.