Resolution:
GCC3 PDriver is not compatible with the New Posix Threading Library, which is used in Red Hat 9, RHEL3 and SLES8. This issue has been identified in other software tools such as Python and ypserv (see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=89601) and may be corrected by exporting the following environment variable in the shell under which the Engine is lauched:

export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.19

This will enable the old style threading library and correct the error.