What are the responsibilities and job description for the Heavy Construction Project Engineer position at Martinus North America?
Martinus is a market leading, full-service railway infrastructure company that builds and maintains large scale railroads and intermodals within North America. We have the internal resources necessary to construct full turnkey railway projects for the Class 1, Shortline, and Industrial markets.
- Do you thrive on driving a solution focused environment?
- Are you committed to delivering outcomes that exceed expectations, every time?
- Do you make things happen, get the job done, no matter what?
Our Project Engineers are responsible for ensuring the effective coordination and control of engineering works through activities of technical, engineering, inspection, scheduling, planning, survey, procurement, and quality control based on Martinus standards. Project Engineers ensure effective communication and coordination between all disciplines and all other project activities relevant to our work.
Administration & Financial
- Assist the contract administration, ensuring that Martinus’ rights and obligations are exercised, and proper
records are kept.
- Identify where change is instructed, or occurs without an instruction, that would constitute a variation or change of scope under the head contract.
- Achieve agreement to variation prior to works occurring.
- Understand sub-contract agreement conditions.
Construction
- Record progress against the 2 weeks look ahead program.
- Ensure site diaries are completed on a daily basis.
- Track the percentage of planned and unplanned activity undertaken and check that the planned works.
- Resolve engineering issues as they arise i.e., construction methods, design, engineering procedures, etc.
Forecasting & Preparation
- Contribute to the development of the project plans.
- Understand the requirements of the 6 weeks look ahead program and ensure that the 2 weeks look ahead program contains the required tasks.
- Reviews design documents to achieve clarification and compliance with standards, specifications, and codes as well as adequacy of design documents for the purpose of construction.
- Work with site supervisors to prepare a rolling 2 week look ahead program to show works being carried out, productivities, resources required, material deliveries.
Health, Safety, Quality & Environment
- Support the investigation of any near miss, incident, NCR, event that are class 2A or above.
- Ensure all employees and visitors to the workplace are inducted adequately and are aware of relevant SQ&E responsibilities/risks.
- Ensure that the requirements of the Project Safety Management Plan (PSMP) are complied with and that specific requirements are carried out.
Be aware of project environment and sustainability KPIs and what measures are taken to achieve them.
Formal Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Construction Management or similar.
Desirable:
- Diploma of Building/Construction, Project Management or similar.
Experience
Required:
- 2-5 years’ experience in a construction/engineering environment.
Desirable:
- Engineering experience in a track construction environment.
System Knowledge
- Working knowledge of scheduling software.
- Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word.
- Basic knowledge of Microsoft Outlook.
Equal Opportunity Employer – Race/Color/Sex/Religion/National Origin/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Vets/Disabilities
Benefits:
Martinus and its affiliate companies offer an excellent total compensation package* including competitive salary, , 401(k) plan with company match, available medical/dental/vision/life/disability insurance along with flexible spending and paid vacation and holidays. Relocation assistance may be available for some positions.
- Benefits eligibility differs by job position and employment status - governing plan documents control such benefits..