Project Engineer

P1 Service•Topeka, KS

1d•Onsite

About The Position

P1 Service, LLC, part of the BCTS family of facility solutions providers, is seeking a Project Engineer to serve the Topeka area from its Topeka, Kansas office. The Project Engineer supports and assists a project manager or account manager in achieving timely project completion. As directed, the role researches, studies, understands, and assists with contract documentation, budgets, safety, and statutory and legal compliance. The position also helps maintain constructive relationships and supportive communications with clients, vendors, subcontractors, inspectors, community officials, P1 Service staff, and the immediate supervisor. The Project Engineer maintains professional and technical knowledge through educational workshops, professional publications, personal networks, and participation in professional societies. The role includes jobsite visits, project-team coordination, customer site visits to identify needs and develop scopes of work, and support for project planning, cost control, forecasting, and delivery of material and manpower resources. P1 Service describes its culture as safety-first, family-oriented, and focused on challenging work in a rewarding, energetic environment, with a high standard of excellence and an ethical, friendly business culture. P1 Service is an equal opportunity employer.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent is required.
Ability to research the marketplace, identify target customers, and prepare individualized sales and marketing campaigns.
Ability to develop and foster mutually beneficial professional relationships, internally and externally.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
Experience managing difficult or emotional customer situations.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree (BS) in a construction- or engineering-related discipline, or five years of related trade experience and/or trade training, or an equivalent combination of education and trade experience.

Responsibilities

Develop schedules, budgets, progress reviews, billings, bids, change orders, submittal lists, and reports.
Visit jobsites to monitor progress, coordinate with the project team, audit site safety, and review productivity.
Meet with the project team to review short-interval plans, requests for information, change orders, purchase orders, and labor reports; support the team and project manager as appropriate.
Assist with start-up planning, coordination, and execution.
Assist in monitoring and enforcing appropriate cost controls; recognize productivity issues and address them with the project manager or account manager and/or team.
Assist in preparing and presenting forecasts for monthly profit reviews, including corrective actions as needed to resolve problems and restore quality, safety, productivity, and/or profitability.
Establish and maintain collaborative working relationships with owners, general contractors, subcontractors, and vendors, providing timely, accurate, and complete information.
Coordinate with appropriate P1 Service departments to ensure timely delivery of material and manpower resources.
Provide timely, accurate, and complete information to company senior leaders.
Visit customer sites to determine needs and develop a scope of work that satisfies the owner's project requirements.
Identify problems and propose cost-effective solutions.
Assist the project manager or account manager with contract documentation, budgets, safety, and statutory and legal compliance.
Maintain constructive relationships and supportive communications with clients, vendors, subcontractors, inspectors, community officials, P1 Service staff, and the immediate supervisor.
Maintain professional and technical knowledge through educational workshops, professional publications, personal networks, and participation in professional societies.