Solar Project Engineer/Senior Project Engineer - Project Management

Moss & Associates (Construction)•Blytheville, AR

About The Position

Moss is hiring a Solar Project Engineer to support the planning and daily execution of utility-scale solar construction projects. Working with the Project Manager and project team, the engineer coordinates project processes, tracks submittals and material deliveries, and coordinates contract documents to help avoid conflicts. The position is based across the listed states—Florida, Arizona, Colorado, Arkansas, Georgia, and North Carolina—and requires high travel. The role spans pre-construction, project start-up, material expediting, construction coordination, project administration, cost tracking, change orders, and closeout. It also includes career-development and company-promotion activities, along with other duties as assigned. The position involves frequent physical activity indoors and outdoors, with exposure to varying weather, moving mechanical parts, elevated work areas, loud noise, and extreme temperatures. The employee must be able to lift and carry materials weighing up to 50 pounds; heavier loads may occasionally be handled with assistance. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, or a related discipline.
Six months to one year of internship experience as a project engineer or assistant project engineer in the construction industry.
Strong computer skills, including familiarity with construction project-management applications.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills to interface with owners’ representatives, the A/E team, building departments, and other team members.
Basic finance skills.
Ability to perform frequent physical activity indoors and outdoors, including standing, walking, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and reaching.
Ability to lift and carry materials weighing up to 50 pounds; heavier loads may occasionally be handled with assistance.
Availability for high travel.

Responsibilities

Participate in pre-construction activities, including document control, quantity takeoffs, site investigations, value engineering, constructability reviews, Prolog setup, schedule monitoring, subcontractor and vendor solicitation, QC planning, bid-package development, permit initiation, budget presentations, mock-up coordination, and pre-construction meeting documentation.
Coordinate project start-up, including owner contract review, startup checklists, site utilization planning, mobilization, subcontractor and vendor selection, identification of critical issues and milestones, construction scheduling, and subcontractor orientation.
Expedite materials by developing submittal and fabrication/delivery logs, confirming deliveries, conducting submittal and shop-drawing reviews, reviewing coordination drawings, monitoring off-site materials and fabrication, and coordinating owner-furnished materials.
Coordinate construction activities with the Superintendent and project team, including subcontractor meetings, activity and material tracking, schedule updates, quality inspections, field-installation verification, safety compliance, material storage, jobsite meetings, project visits, user groups, and agency inspections.
Facilitate project administration, including agreements and insurance or bond documentation, meeting agendas and minutes, check-hold lists, jobsite files, progress photos, status reports, project-staff coordination, Prolog maintenance, correspondence, RFIs, and company-policy compliance.
Track project costs by processing subcontractor and vendor pay requests, assisting with owner-payment tracking, tracking subcontractor back charges, and updating labor-cost reports.
Manage change orders by creating change requests, reviewing scope changes, determining schedule impacts, notifying the owner, obtaining subcontractor and vendor pricing, preparing cost proposals, and negotiating proposal costs.
Manage project closeout, including the closeout log, punch list, owner training, building-system commissioning, O&M manuals and warranties, as-built drawings, attic-stock transfer, subcontractor and vendor closeout, and site demobilization.
Participate in professional development activities, including organizations, training, maintaining certifications and licenses, mentoring, seminars and conferences, continuing education, performance evaluations, and action-plan monitoring.
Promote the company through community and industry organizations, task teams, recruiting, company activities, client presentations, recognition programs, training development, mentoring support, and practicing company core values.