Project Engineer

PCL Construction • Fort Lauderdale, FL

80d

About The Position

The position involves maintaining contracts with select trade partners and managing subcontract administration. Responsibilities include defining work scope, answering inquiries, and supervising progress. The role also requires participation in change management and the change order process, including pricing, processing, and assessing cost and schedule impacts. The individual will maintain project document control and procedures, coordinating RFIs, shop drawings, and submittals while maintaining as-built drawings. Collaboration with the project team lead is essential for supervising design and ensuring timely responses to the submittal schedule. The position also involves reviewing trade partners' submittals for compliance with scope and design documentation before forwarding them for design review. Coordination with the project manager and superintendent is necessary for managing and reporting overall project performance in terms of health, safety, environment (HSE), cost management, schedule, and quality. The individual will prepare and supervise progress claims and estimates, coordinate inventory and tracking of materials and equipment, and expedite material orders. Additionally, the role includes assisting with site inspections to resolve constructability and site coordination issues, ensuring compliance with functionality, AHJ requirements, and code compliance. Finally, the individual will participate in overall project closeout, including document archival, maintenance, warranty manuals, deficiencies, and warranty work.

Requirements

• 1-3 years of construction experience in an operational role preferred.
• Associates or bachelor's degree in a related subject area: construction management, engineering, architecture preferred, or equivalent experience.
• Verified understanding about construction equipment and techniques, drawings and specifications, project health, safety, and environment (HSE), quality, building materials, and required standards as per field.
• Ability to apply basic engineering/problem solving principles to construction challenges.
• Effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication.
• Demonstrates flexibility and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Planning, organizational, and time management skills with the ability to multi-task, prioritize own work and delegate simple tasks.
• Ability to build a comprehensive schedule.
• Ability to coordinate subcontracts and contract documents.
• Shown understanding in Microsoft Office Suite and internal operational systems with a strong ability to embrace new technology.

Responsibilities

• Maintains contract with select trade partners and responsible for some subcontract administration, including defining work scope, answering inquiries and supervising progress.
• Participates in change management and change order process, including pricing, processing, and assessing cost and schedule impact before reviewing.
• Maintains and performs project document control and procedures (coordinating RFIs, shop drawing and submittal process maintaining as-built drawings, etc.) (BLDG and CIVIL).
• Collaborates with the project team lead in supervising design with timely response to the submittal schedule.
• Participates in the reviews of trade partners' submittals form compliance with scope, design documentation prior to forwarding to design for review.
• Coordinates with project manager and superintendent in managing and reporting overall project or select scope performance as per site HSE, cost management, schedule, and quality.
• Prepares and supervises progress claims and estimates.
• Coordinates inventory and tracking of materials and equipment and expedites material orders.
• Assists with site inspections from the design team to resolve constructability and site coordination issues and reviews and sign offs on functionality, AHJ (Authority Having Jurisdiction) requirements, and code compliance. Ensures that resolution is achieved and accepted by all partners.
• Involved in and participates with overall project closeout, including document archival, maintenance and warranty manuals, deficiencies, and warranty work.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Construction of Buildings
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees