About the role:

• General Contractor (full scope, ground up commercial construction) seeking a DFW-based Project Engineer to assist their Project Managers on new and exciting construction projects locally!
• General Contractor is DFW-based, builds locally (no travel required), and works on ground up education, healthcare, athletic facilities, higher education, municipal, and public works projects usually ranging $25M-$40M in value each.
• Project Engineer must be a U.S. Citizen. and must be DFW-based.
• To be considered for the role, we are looking for either a new college graduate with a Bachelor Degree in Construction Management, or a recent grad with internship or full-time experience directly for a commercial General Contractor.

Responsibilities

• The Project Engineer (PE) is responsible for all on-site project administration and for management of the office engineers and jobsite administrator
• The PE has direct responsibility for project financials, planning and scheduling, for supervision of personnel and for completion of tasks required to fulfill the project's goals
• A project engineer works with stakeholders at all levels and will be required to negotiate with owners, suppliers and trade partners in resolving disputes and managing changes

Assist the Project Manager and Superintendents as follows:

• Accumulate all necessary data and prepare the monthly owner pay applications
• Discover and resolve interface conflicts between the company and trade partners, as well as among trade partners
• Assist the company's field supervisors on interpretation of drawings, specifications, RFIs and questions for and from the architect/engineer
• Develop/manage the cost control and labor recap in conjunction with the project manager and project superintendent
• Process and estimate all potential change orders and requests for information
• Assist in development and management of the project schedule
• Assist with engineering details and special design
• Track and report on the progress of the project
• Assist with production analysis studies
• Manage the timely acquisition of materials and equipment and field-initiated purchasing
• Run weekly owner/architect/contractor meetings and maintain meeting minutes
• Assist in monthly margin analysis
• Participate in jobsite safety meetings, weekly safety audits, etc
• Facilitate the quality control plan and participate in preparatory meetings, initial inspections, follow-up inspections, etc
• Manage, train and mentor the office engineers and the jobsite administrator