Project Engineer

Catamount Constructors•Atlanta, GA

19d•Onsite

About The Position

Catamount builds the spaces communities depend on every day, including distribution centers, medical facilities, housing, restaurants, and fire stations. As a 100% employee-owned general contractor with a national reach, Catamount completes projects across diverse markets and regions, providing stability, momentum, and long-term opportunities for its employee-owners. The company is financially stable and growing, with an extensive national backlog. Catamount prioritizes work-life balance and sees its people as long-term assets, offering opportunities for career advancement across different project types and markets. The Project Engineer role involves maintaining a strong understanding of project contracts, accurately documenting project updates and changes, establishing purchasing plans, supporting the Superintendent with scheduling, building and maintaining relationships with project owners, facilitating Owner, Architect, and Contractor meetings, submitting owner pay applications, managing subcontractor communications, reviewing and approving invoices and change orders, and ensuring conformity with contract documents.

Requirements

People and project management skills and abilities
Refined organizational skills, and the ability to prioritize tasks for self, team, and projects
Outstanding communication skills (listening, presenting, interpersonal and written)
Advanced mathematic and reasoning ability, and strong negotiating skills
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, or equivalent combination of education and experience
Experience with (or ability to learn) Procore

Nice To Haves

Experience preferably with a general contractor
Bachelor’s degree preferably within the Construction Sciences

Responsibilities

Maintain a strong understanding of the contract from the project onset
Stay current during the construction process by accurately documenting project updates, as well as maintaining numerous logs and documenting changes as needed
Using strong negotiation skills, establishes the appropriate purchasing plan, and makes solid and timely decisions for the company and the project during the buyout process
Support the Superintendent, who is the primary person responsible for the project schedule, post the monthly schedule, and take appropriate action to maintain or improve schedule whenever possible
Creating and maintaining relationships with the project owners and acting on their behalf, think proactively, and handle their needs with a sense of urgency and in a timely manner
Facilitate Owner, Architect, and Contractor meetings, generating agenda and minutes
Submit owner pay applications correctly and timely
Maintain open communication with subcontractors. Review and approve subcontractor invoices and change orders, and process change orders as necessary
Ensure conformity with contract documents and scope of work, as well as address issues of underperformance if it arises