Project Engineer

Target Hospitality•The Woodlands, TX

11d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Project Engineer will lead and coordinate design activities in partnership with the Senior Director of Construction and executive leadership. This role involves collaborating with Project Development and estimating teams on design, engineering, scope definition, constructability, and budget support. The Project Engineer will assist with project handoff to field teams by clearly communicating engineering requirements, design intent, outstanding issues, and consultant deliverables. This position requires managing and coordinating outside consultants, including architects, engineers, surveyors, and other specialty design partners, and reviewing their deliverables for completeness, accuracy, coordination, and alignment with project goals. The role supports preliminary layouts, conceptual designs, and design reviews using CAD or related design tools, and tracks engineering milestones, design schedules, deliverables, and open action items to support timely project execution. The Project Engineer will identify design conflicts, technical issues, and project risks early and coordinate resolution with internal and external stakeholders. This role also supports pre-award project scheduling, design planning, and engineering input for project proposals and budgets, while maintaining clear project documentation and communicating project status, risks, and required decisions to leadership and project teams.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, architecture, or a related field preferred.
Experience supporting construction, development, engineering, or design coordination projects.
Working knowledge of CAD, construction drawings, site layouts, engineering documents, and consultant deliverables.
Ability to coordinate multiple consultants and internal stakeholders while managing competing priorities.
Strong communication, organization, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to read, interpret, and review technical drawings, specifications, reports, and project schedules.
Comfort working in a fast-paced project environment with design, estimating, leadership, and field operations teams.

Nice To Haves

Experience with pre-construction planning, project estimating support, and project scheduling.
Familiarity with civil, structural, electrical, architectural, utility, and control system design coordination.
Ability to develop preliminary layouts and support early-stage design concepts in CAD.
Strong attention to detail and the ability to identify design gaps, conflicts, and coordination issues before construction begins.

Responsibilities

Lead and coordinate design activities in partnership with the Senior Director of Construction and executive leadership.
Collaborate with Project Development and estimating teams on design, engineering, scope definition, constructability, and budget support.
Assist with project handoff to field teams by clearly communicating engineering requirements, design intent, outstanding issues, and consultant deliverables.
Manage and coordinate outside consultants, including architects, engineers, surveyors, and other specialty design partners.
Review consultant deliverables for completeness, accuracy, coordination, and alignment with project goals.
Support preliminary layouts, conceptual designs, and design reviews using CAD or related design tools.
Track engineering milestones, design schedules, deliverables, and open action items to support timely project execution.
Identify design conflicts, technical issues, and project risks early and coordinate resolution with internal and external stakeholders.
Support pre-award project scheduling, design planning, and engineering input for project proposals and budgets.
Maintain clear project documentation and communicate project status, risks, and required decisions to leadership and project teams.