Project Engineer

The Project Engineer plans and delivers a portfolio of multi-disciplinary research and optimization projects that develop, scale and industrialize new technologies. The role creates structure across scope, schedule, cost, risk and communication, while technical design and approval authority remains with the relevant research and engineering discipline leads. Working closely with the U.S. Technical and Operations teams, the role coordinates projects from concept through procurement, construction, commissioning, testing and handover. Success is measured through safe, compliant and predictable delivery, early escalation of constraints, and clear governance and decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Plan and control project delivery by maintaining integrated scope, work breakdown structures, schedules, budgets, milestones and risk registers, identifying variance early and coordinating recovery actions against approved outcomes.
• Coordinate technical and operational interfaces across Research & Optimization, Process, Mechanical, Controls, Operations and Environment, Health and Safety, documenting dependencies and escalating cross-discipline constraints while discipline leads retain technical authority.
• Manage external delivery interfaces by coordinating engineering contractors, equipment vendors and construction partners against agreed scope, schedule and budget, including requisitions, requests for quotation, purchase-order tracking, information requests and changes.
• Integrate governance, risk and safety by embedding compliance-first and safety-by-design expectations, maintaining decision and change records, and driving risk mitigations to closure through stage-gate activity.
• Communicate progress and improve delivery practice through structured status, design-readiness and lessons-learned forums, concise milestone, cost and risk reporting, and practical improvements to templates, procedures and project playbooks.
• Work with key external partners including engineering contractors, equipment vendors, construction partners and commissioning service providers.

Legal & Compliance Notice

Regulatory & Export Control Notice
Quantum Leap Energy (QLE) conducts business in the nuclear technology and advanced materials sectors, which are subject to strict export control, non-proliferation, and national security regulations.

Employment with QLE may require compliance with one or more of the following regulatory frameworks, depending on work location and role scope:
United States: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), and Export Administration Regulations (EAR) under the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS).
United Kingdom: Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), and UK Strategic Export Control regulations administered by the Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU).