Kiewit Corporation

Project Engineer - Buildings

Kiewit Corporation$105K — $115K *
Real Estate & Construction
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in construction focusing on safety in commercial/industrial settings
  • Bachelor's degree in construction-related field or equivalent experience
  • Experience with accounts payable, materials control, estimating, and job cost updates
  • Strong leadership and management skills, with effective communication abilities
  • Willingness to travel as required
  • Capacity to set high standards for leadership and safety
  • Ability to navigate all construction site areas.

Responsibilities

  • Develop comprehensive understanding of contract plans and specifications
  • Inspect field conditions for issues and implement corrective actions
  • Review work of subordinates to ensure contract compliance and quality
  • Implement safety protocols and evaluate their effectiveness in operations
  • Maintain project master schedule and document control processes
  • Prepare monthly and quarterly financial projections for the project
  • Purchase materials and manage delivery logistics.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Retirement plans with matching contributions
  • Generous paid time off.
Full Job Description
Requisition ID: 181640

Job Level: Mid Level

Home District/Group: Eastern Canada District

Department: Project Engineering

Market: Building

Employment Type: Full Time

Position Overview

As a Project Engineer, you will be responsible for the administrative and technical aspects of constructing a project, managing a team of field and cost engineers. Do you have strong interpersonal and information management skills? In this role, you will be the main conduit of information between the construction manager and the team for cost, revenue, cash flow information. Do you have strong mentorship skills? You will have the opportunity to develop the people below you. If this sounds like a match for you, read on!

District Overview

Eastern Canada District's projects include highways, bridges, mass transit, mine site development & open pit operations, hydroelectric powerhouses, wind-power plants, dams & industrial. The serve the construction and mining industries and operates in Eastern Canada.

Location

This position is based in Oakville.

Responsibilities

  • Develop complete understanding of contract plans and specifications
  • Examine/inspect field conditions and identify problems, inaccuracies, and cost-saving measures that arise or that may be encountered. Take corrective actions as needed
  • Inspect subordinates' work for compliance with the contract plans and specifications, point out deficiencies and explain and take any corrective action needed
  • Listen to directions and suggestions from supervisors or other employees regarding safe and proper work practices. Evaluate that information to devise and implement a plan based on the evaluation for carrying out the duties of this position
  • Observe functionality of installed equipment or systems to determine hazards and need for adjustments, relocation, or replacement
  • Identify workplace safety hazards and take all necessary corrective action to eliminate or minimize them
  • Understand and respond appropriately to all safety hazards and warning devices (i.e. back-up alarms, smell of smoke, different colored warning tags, warning sirens.)
  • Understand and implement lockout/tagout procedures in a safe manner
  • Develop and maintain the project master schedule using appropriate techniques and scheduling software with input from other project management personnel.
  • Manage document control; receive and log in new issue drawings and other contract documents; maintain document control log
  • Review new issue drawings and contract documents for change of conditions; quantify impact of changes and review with supervisor; distribute new issues to field
  • Prepare monthly cost projections using information generated from project management systems and prepare quarterly cash flow projections
  • Purchase and expedite delivery of materials; manage the material's control operation
  • Assist site manager in implementing the project quality/assurance control program
  • Improve project operations by recommending, as appropriate, better methods, staffing and procedural changes
  • Act as managing project engineer/coordinator on multiple projects, providing supervision and on-the-job training for lower level engineers
  • Use effective verbal and written communication skills. Add, subtract, multiply and divide whole numbers and fractions rapidly and accurately
  • Read and understand plans and specifications. Visualize two-dimensional drawings in three dimensions


Qualifications

  • Minimum of five (5) years' experience in construction with an emphasis on safety on commercial and industrial buildings, preferably
  • Bachelor's degree in a construction-related field or equivalent experience and education in project or field engineering
  • Working knowledge and ability to direct the operation of at least the following management systems: accounts payable/accounts receivable, materials control, estimating, job cost updates and subcontracts
  • Proven abilities and skills in the following: leadership and management of people, communication (verbal and written), planning, organization, delegation as well as teaching and mentoring
  • Ability to travel as business needs arise
  • Ability to set standards of excellence in leadership, safety, quality and productivity for his/her subordinates
  • Ability to access all areas of the construction site

Other Requirements:
  • Regular, reliable attendance
  • Work productively and meet deadlines timely
  • Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment
  • Perform work safely and effectively. Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies.
  • Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines. Work overtime and weekends as required.
  • May work at various different locations and conditions may vary
  • Openings are to fill both existing vacancies and newly created positions

Base Compensation: $105,000/yr - $115,000/yr
(Actual compensation is subject to variation due to such factors as education, experience, skillset, and/or location)

We offer our fulltime staff employees a comprehensive benefits package that's among the best in our industry, including top-tier medical, dental and vision plans covering eligible employees and dependents, voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs, life insurance, disability, retirement plans with matching, and generous paid time off.

About Kiewit Corporation

Kiewit Corporation is an employee-owned Fortune 500 contractor based in Omaha, Nebraska. Privately held, it is one of the largest contractors in the world. Recent projects have included several bridge retrofittings in the San Francisco Bay Area, Interstate H-3 project in Hawaii, and building the world's largest geodesic dome at Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha. Along with significant mining and off-shore operations, the company also contracts small grading (dirt moving) projects for residential or commercial development.

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