Sr. Project Engineer

MasTec Inc•Green River, WY

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Sr. Project Engineer I oversees and executes project controls and management for a multidiscipline EPC project. The role supports the full project scope, including installed-quantity monitoring, contract administration, project planning and scheduling, procurement, and project reporting, while working closely with a Sr. Project Engineer II. The position interfaces with clients, engineering and design teams, subcontractors, distributors, equipment vendors, and project management to communicate project status and coordinate execution. The role also supports field operations and project financial management, including schedule and cost forecasting, budgeting, cash-flow planning, change orders, invoicing, and project recordkeeping. It leads and mentors Field Engineers and may oversee field-office personnel and subcontractor operations. The position is project-site based, requires travel up to 90%, and may require relocation to successive project locations for extended periods, typically 6–12 months.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, or a related field.
More than 7 years of experience as a Field Engineer or in a similar role.
Knowledge of MIC Health and Safety programs and project-specific regulations.
Ability to read, analyze, and identify discrepancies in engineering plans, specifications, and contract documents.
Ability to provide constructability and cost-saving alternatives during project design.
Ability to access all areas of a construction site in varied climates and environments.
Willingness to travel extensively and relocate to the next project location for an extended period, typically 6–12 months.
Ability to work up to a 12-hour shift performing physical work in varying temperatures and outdoor conditions.
Ability to maintain physical strength and stamina; fully use arms, hands, and legs; push, pull, and frequently lift and carry up to 50 pounds; and stoop, kneel, balance, crouch, crawl, and climb.
Ability to perform repetitive tasks continuously for several-hour intervals.
Ability to work amid changing weather and site conditions and moderate exposure to extreme temperatures, dirt, dust, fumes, smoke, unpleasant odors, and loud noises.
Ability to wear required personal protective equipment, including safety-toed shoes, gloves, safety glasses, hearing protection, a hardhat, and a vest.
Ability to move through confined, cluttered, and uneven areas and to work at heights while following fall-protection requirements and using required safety equipment.
Ability to evaluate information against measurable standards, notice details and slight differences in shapes and shadings, and visualize three-dimensional objects from drawings.
Ability to maintain balance and work at heights.
Adequate vision, with or without correction, and hearing, with or without correction.
Ability to coordinate the use of eyes, hands, and feet.
Demonstrated commitment to safety, ethics, and integrity.
Strong work ethic, initiative, motivation, and commitment to doing the job right the first time.
Leadership skills, including the ability to delegate work and provide support to meet deadlines, goals, and objectives.
When on site, actively participate in daily toolbox meetings with crews and subcontractors and set a personal example of safe behavior.

Responsibilities

Represent the company professionally in client interactions.
Provide clients with contract-required reports, including weekly, monthly, and schedule reports.
Champion the Corporate Safety Plan and help develop the site-specific safety plan.
Create quantity-calculation formulas to determine the percentage of materials completed or installed.
Develop a process for creating and reviewing work plans and work packages.
Support communication of the site quality plan and timely completion and assembly of inspections and quality documentation for final turnover.
Manage compilation, processing, and customer approval of daily labor timesheets.
Review and train personnel in the correct use of Job Safety Analyses (JSAs).
Lead jobsite safety reviews, toolbox meetings, mass safety meetings, and safety training.
Track material deliveries and prepare procurement status reports.
Plan, schedule, and coordinate jobsite work groups.
Direct material takeoffs from drawings, specifications, and other contract documents.
Perform complex engineering calculations and technical drafting to support field operations.
Direct Field Engineers in gathering and preparing data for customers, vendors, subcontractors, governmental agencies, and internal use.
Review field-issued purchase orders and subcontracts, and prepare material buyout takeoffs from issued-for-construction drawings.
Direct home-office procurement and subcontract administration functions.
Provide field support and supervise subcontractor operations.
Manage project recordkeeping and correspondence, including daily reports, photographs, RFIs, submittals, transmittals, memorandums, and other contract-required correspondence.
Create and monitor project controls, including productivity tracking, average labor rate, indirect scheduling, equipment schedules and logs, and risk and opportunity logs.
Create and maintain the master project schedule.
Generate change orders and as-built data for Project Manager review.
Drive planning through the master schedule, 6-week, 3-week, and 1-week schedules, and manpower curves.
Learn and assist the Project Manager with accounting, job costs, and Work in Progress (WIP) updates.
Lead the process of converting the estimate into standard phase codes for budgeting.
Alert the Project Manager and Home Office to trends in labor, material, subcontractor, and equipment costs.
Manage cost forecasting for labor, materials, subcontractors, and equipment across the project.
Identify trends and recommend corrective actions as needed.
Establish the project cash-flow forecast and curve to support positive cash flow.
Act as the primary company representative when the Project Manager is absent or as directed.
Know the provisions, terms, and scope of the prime contract.
Develop and prepare the schedule of values and customer invoices.
Manage, lead, and mentor direct reports.
Support a crew of up to 100 people for short periods if needed.
Lead or direct one or more Field Engineers.
Oversee field-office staff, which may include engineers, an office manager, document control, schedulers, procurement, warehouse, and other project support personnel.
Maintain in-depth relationships with team members and the supervisor.
Perform other duties as assigned.