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Senior Project Engineer

Clune Construction
Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 3/4/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/27/2025

Raise your hand if you're craving a work environment that values your talent. Join the Clune family where you're valued as an employee owner! Clune Construction is proud to be made up of passionate, driven, unique individuals who exhibit integrity and value quality in everything they do. We welcome diversity of thought and life experience. As an employee-owned company, we invest in our people and in turn, our people benefit from a culture of shared fate. We believe this has led to us being the fortunate recipient of countless awards for our culture and ethics, including Best Places to Work , a Top Workplace nationally, and the Better Business Bureau's Torch Award for outstanding ethics.

The Senior Project Engineer will either focus their time on Project Management or Field Supervision. On the field side they will work directly for the superintendent to support the site activities including access, scheduling, deliveries, logistics, safety, quality and construction. On the Project Management side they will work on the planning, coordination, and completion of construction projects.

Essential Functions :

Project Management

  • Assist with the accurate and timely management of all paperwork and coordination for assigned projects including pre-construction surveys, site logistics plan, and project punch list.
  • Participate in project meetings.
  • Assist with the management of the submittal process : process and log all submittals and manage through a timely review and approval process.
  • Assist with the management of the RFI process, ensuring they are vetted and formatted for easy design team response.
  • Participate in the creation of accurate and timely budgets and bids.
  • Assist with the coordination of the project's trade specific schedule to ensure information is flowing to maintain contractual requirements.
  • Distribute sketches, shop drawings, submittals, schedules and punch lists to subcontractor and site superintendent in a timely fashion to maintain the project schedule.

Field Supervision

  • Participate in pre-construction scheduling, logistics, and planning to document existing conditions and create simple logistics plans and schedules.
  • Assist with maintaining and updating project schedules; produce daily reports and weekly updates including progress photos.
  • Maintain a complete and updated field set of documents, validate all subcontractor RFIs before submitting, and suggest no cost field resolutions where appropriate.
  • Be an ambassador for Clune's safety culture and OSHA standards to enforce a safe work environment and attend safety meetings.
  • Coordinate field team, subcontractors, and owner vendors with proactive communication, and lead and document coordination and weekly foreman meetings.
  • Recognize and work to resolve on-site challenges and issues for a timely resolution with minimum cost impact.
  • Participate in the closeout process to obtain all required inspections, ensure timely completion of punchlist work, successful commissioning of equipment and training of the owner and / or owner vendors.
  • Become proficient in, and utilize, Clune established systems and technology to work efficiently and to the highest standards.
  • What We Offer

    At Clune Construction we value each of our employees and care about their wellbeing. We strive to provide best-in-class benefits packages, including :

  • Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance with 100% of monthly premiums paid by the company
  • Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • 401k Retirement Plan with Company Match
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Company-paid and Voluntary Life Insurance Plans
  • Company-paid Short Term and Long Term Disability
  • Flexible Spending, Dependent Care and Commuter Plans
  • Career Development through Mentoring Program, Learning & Development, Continuing Education
  • Fitness Program
  • Pet Insurance
  • Core Values and Behaviors

    Clune Construction is proud to have Core Values and Behaviors that all of our employees represent. These Core Values are : Safety, Service, Teamwork, Respect, Excellence, Leadership and Innovation. Performance is evaluated with these Core Values in mind.

    Job Requirements :

  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills that will be utilized to hold discussions with various members of Clune, trade partners, and clients
  • Strong analytical and organizational skills with the ability to maintain accurate and detailed records.
  • Understanding of team roles and responsibilities, internally and externally
  • Growing understanding of how to read drawings and specs
  • Understanding of how to read construction schedules and how they are built
  • Growing ability to understand a project schedule.
  • Growing ability to provide and update project deliverables.
  • Education and Experience :

  • Bachelor Degree in Construction Management, Architecture or Engineering a plus
  • 1-2 years of experience managing commercial interior, healthcare and / or mission-critical projects.
  • Background in construction trades and technical knowledge of construction methods a plus.
  • Highly motivated with strong skills in time management and prioritization.
  • Pay Range : $72,000 - $78,000

    The salary range listed reflects a broad scope of potential earnings for this position. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as relevant experience, skills, education, and internal equity. Please note that it is not common for candidates to be hired at the top of the range. We encourage open communication about compensation expectations during the hiring process.

    All candidates must provide a resume.

    We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against applicants due to race, ethnicity, gender, veteran status, or on the basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.

    Salary : $72,000 - $78,000

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