Project Engineer

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with construction/project manager/superintendent and project team. 
• Ensures information is presented appropriately at all meetings. Able to determine issues that are impacting project performance and communicate issues to all stakeholders.
• Supervises, directs, coaches, trains, and mentors the project team on the same site or multiple sites.
• Communicates with the project teams to define scope of work, need for change to budgets and schedules, and identification of variances from the original plan.
• Responsible for refining and executing the overall project strategy.
• Implements and maintains project risk management and coordinates risk mitigation strategies.
• Monitors project performance, schedule, costs, equipment, workforce, materials, HSE and quality control.
• Sets up project reporting procedures (i.e., labor, material, cost reports, site office procedures, and document control).
• Understands the labor relations process and how PCL recruits and hires.
• Understands jurisdictional markups.
• Provides input to performance status reports regarding safety, cost forecast, and schedule.
• Manages all change orders, including negotiating, processing, and assessing cost and schedule impact.
• Performs detailed cost review of construction equipment.
• Assists in securing new work by participating in estimates, working with subcontractors, and/or participating in proposals and presentations.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of construction experience in an operational role preferred. 
• Associates or bachelor’s degree in a related subject area: construction management, engineering, architecture preferred, or equivalent experience. 
• Verified understanding about construction equipment and techniques, drawings and specifications, project health, safety, and environment (HSE), quality, building materials, and required standards as per field. 
• Ability to apply basic engineering/problem solving principles to construction challenges. 
• Effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication. 
• Demonstrates flexibility and ability to work in a fast-paced environment. 
• Planning, organizational, and time management skills with the ability to multi-task, prioritize own work and delegate simple tasks. 
• Ability to build a comprehensive schedule. 
• Ability to coordinate subcontracts and contract documents. 
• Shown understanding in Microsoft Office Suite and internal operational systems with a strong ability to embrace new technology.