ECD - Project Engineer - Travel Projects

Kiewit•Toronto, ON

6d•CA$100,000 - CA$125,000

About The Position

The Project Engineer is responsible for the administrative and technical aspects of project construction and manages a team of field and cost engineers. The role serves as the main conduit of cost, revenue, and cash-flow information between the construction manager and the team, while also developing and mentoring subordinate employees. The position supports transportation and other construction projects in Eastern Canada and requires flexibility to travel to project sites across Canada and the United States, including fly-in/fly-out assignments. Rotations may be 14/7 or 10/4.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a construction-related field, or equivalent experience and education in project or field engineering.
Must be a licensed P.Eng., a registered Engineer-in-Training, or eligible to register.
At least five years of construction experience, with an emphasis on safety.
Working knowledge of and ability to direct accounts payable/accounts receivable, materials control, estimating, job cost updates, and subcontracts management systems.
Demonstrated leadership and people-management, verbal and written communication, planning, organization, delegation, teaching, and mentoring skills.
Ability to relocate and travel as business needs arise.
Ability to set standards of excellence in leadership, safety, quality, and productivity for subordinates.
Ability to access all areas of a construction site.

Responsibilities

Develop a complete understanding of contract plans and specifications.
Examine and inspect field conditions, identify problems, inaccuracies, and cost-saving measures, and take corrective action as needed.
Inspect subordinate employees’ work for compliance with contract plans and specifications; identify deficiencies, explain them, and take corrective action.
Evaluate directions and suggestions regarding safe and proper work practices and implement an appropriate work plan.
Observe installed equipment and systems for functionality, hazards, and the need for adjustment, relocation, or replacement.
Identify workplace safety hazards and take corrective action to eliminate or minimize them.
Understand and respond appropriately to safety hazards and warning devices.
Understand and safely implement lockout/tagout procedures.
Develop and maintain the project master schedule using appropriate techniques and scheduling software, with input from project management personnel.
Manage document control, including logging new issue drawings and contract documents and maintaining the document control log.
Review new issue drawings and contract documents for changes in conditions, quantify their impacts, review them with a supervisor, and distribute new issues to the field.
Prepare monthly cost projections using project management system information and prepare quarterly cash-flow projections.
Purchase materials, expedite delivery, and manage material control operations.
Assist the site manager in implementing the project quality assurance/control program.
Recommend improved methods, staffing, and procedural changes to improve project operations.
Act as managing project engineer or coordinator on multiple projects, supervising and providing on-the-job training to lower-level engineers.
Communicate effectively verbally and in writing; perform arithmetic with whole numbers and fractions rapidly and accurately.
Read and understand plans and specifications and visualize two-dimensional drawings in three dimensions.
Maintain regular, reliable attendance; work productively and meet deadlines.
Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others, individually or in a team environment.
Perform work safely and effectively and follow oral and written instructions, warning signs, equipment-use directions, and other policies.
Work during normal operating hours and work overtime and weekends as required.
Work at various locations and in varying conditions.