Senior Project Engineer - Columbus

Triversity Construction

$75K — $95K *
Real Estate & Construction
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Degree in construction management, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, or related field.
  • 2+ years of relevant experience in project engineering.
  • Familiarity with contract documents and trade responsibilities.
  • Knowledge of construction trades and their operations.
  • Proficient in scheduling techniques and tools.
  • Experience with MS Office suite and industry-specific programs.
  • Basic safety knowledge in construction environments.

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical interpretation of plans and specifications.
  • Coordinate and manage change orders and materials procurement.
  • Prepare project estimates and maintain cost control measures.
  • Lead the development of project documentation and quality control systems.
  • Assemble and prepare monthly progress reports for clients.
  • Manage project team dynamics and assume leadership as necessary.
  • Oversee financial tracking and reporting for change orders and bid packages.

Benefits

  • Collaborative team environment fostering professional development.
  • Opportunities to interact with various levels of client stakeholders.
  • Engagement in meaningful leadership responsibilities.
  • Chance to develop expertise in both technical and financial aspects of projects.
  • Participation in risk management and safety initiatives.
Full Job Description
About the role
Our Senior Project Engineers serve as a project technical source, providing interpretation of plans and specifications, resolving questions and problems as they arise; maintain a comprehensive knowledge of client requirements, construction documents, subcontracts, and purchase orders; coordinate change orders; expedite materials; prepare project estimates; maintain project cost control; initiate close-out activities; and similar functions.

What your day-to-day will look like
Demonstrate strong technical knowledge of construction, contracts, and other construction documents and specifications.
  • Research and initiate RFI, review, follow up, and distribute RFI responses as needed/required. Establish and maintain document filing and retrieval systems. Assist with scheduling using knowledge of scheduling applications. Review basic submittals and assist in review of all types of shop drawings. Establish and maintain project quality control program/system.

Demonstrate a high level of customer service.
  • Ability to comfortably interact with the three primary customer levels of responsibility (executive, management/owner representative, and user). Act in role of key team lead for project administration (and recognized as such by the customer). Assemble/prepare monthly project progress report(s) and other customer related deliverables. Take the lead in close-out "duties/tasks" that are owner responsibilities.

Demonstrate ability to work well within a team and show appropriate level of leadership when needed.
  • Assume responsibility for assigned duties and tasks on project team. Set example in demonstrating thoroughness on work product/deliverables. Ability to manage and direct all disciplines of design.

Demonstrate working knowledge of project financials.
  • Lead responsibility in developing and tracking PCO (Potential Change Order) events. Act as key support in the pay application process. Write scopes of work for most bid packages. Assist in preparing and issuing of bid package supplements. Participate and support negotiations in scope review meetings. Assist/prepare recommendation to award letters.

Demonstrate clear understanding of risk management and safety, proactively report unsafe work practices.
  • Has primary responsibility for development and coordination of all project logs. Ability to monitor CPM schedule and alert team of key factors that may impact time, cost, and quality. Demonstrate ability to understand job "hazards" and prepare work plans to identify and mitigate risk.

What we're looking for
• A degree in construction management, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, or industry related field.
• 2+ years commensurate experience.
• Knowledge of documents which are included in contracts and how trades/crafts are contractually obligated to their requirements.
• Working knowledge of construction trades and the work they perform.
• Working knowledge of MEPFF&T (Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire Alarm, Fire Protection, and Technology).
• Strong working knowledge of scheduling techniques and the programs used to generate them.
• Working knowledge of MS Office suite and other industry/company related programs.
• Basic understanding of safety in a construction environment.
• Understanding of the importance of project insurance(s).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Sound like the right fit? Apply today!

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