Project Engineer

Halker is a growing, Colorado-based engineering and consulting firm helping solve complex challenges across the energy industry. Named a 2026 Colorado Companies to Watch winner, we’re proud to be recognized not only for where we’re going, but for the team and culture we’ve built along the way.

At Halker, people are our business. Our engineers, designers, project professionals, and business teams work side by side on meaningful, technically challenging projects across oil & gas, power, and environmental markets. You’ll have the opportunity to work closely with experienced leaders, build your expertise, bring forward new ideas, and see the impact of your work.

We’re growing, and that creates opportunity for our clients, our business, and especially our people. If you want to do meaningful work, keep growing in your career, and have a real voice in what comes next, we’d like to meet you.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform strict adherence to and champion the Halker Project Delivery Process (PDP) for every project assigned
• Develop the scope of engineering work, schedules, and budgets for assigned project
• Monitor progress to meet schedule and budget requirements
• Responsible for team performance to meet schedule, cost, and quality
• Coordinate projects to ensure successful completion of the assigned project phases within the budgeted time and cost constraints
• Ensure client criteria and scope are met by all engineering disciplines
• Oversee project deliverables for compliance with engineering principles, company standards, customer requirements, and related industry specifications
• Initiate/participate in meetings to resolve technical and project issues
• Evaluate and approve design changes, specifications, and drawing releases/reviews, as necessary with assigned engineering discipline leads
• Ability to work with field employees and vendors as well as other disciplines
• Serve as technical resource for troubleshooting project related issues and problem solving
• Develop client relationship to ensure open communication between client and project team
• Coordinate the installation, maintenance, and operation of oil field equipment
• Compile project status reports and issues to Client on a weekly basis that includes a detailed description of deliverables and current budget/billing status

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor Degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering, or similar discipline
• Must have at least 5+ years of project management and/or project engineering or relevant engineering/construction experience in the oil & gas industry
• Upstream and/or Midstream oil and gas experience preferred
• Vendor interaction and coordination with field crews
• Proven experience in the direct oversight and management of facility and plant design
• Extensive experience with facility design including piping design, foundation design, structural design, instrument and electrical systems, distributed control systems, programmable logic controllers, process control basics, and safety systems

Skills Required:

• Multi-tasking/working on various projects at the same time
• Must be flexible and able to switch gears often
• Strong Relationship builder and with excellent written and oral communication

Compensation and Benefits:

• Expected base salary range: $105,000/year - $155,000/year. Compensation (i.e. Base Salary) is negotiable and shall be offered commensurate with experience
• Medical, Dental, Vision, and other Health Benefits
• 401K Program with Company Match