Job Title: Project Engineer

Reporting To: Project Manager/Senior Project Manager/Superintendent

Overview: The Project Engineer will help schedule, plan, forecast, resource and manage activities aiming at assuring project accuracy and quality from conception to completion for our residential projects.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Helps manage multiple projects at various stages of work. Reviews records of documents and inputs entries into to proper accounts per NWBC Best Practices.
• Plan and organize OAC meetings, including minutes and updates in Procore. Ability to take/compose meeting minutes, structure project meeting agenda and update with weekly photos. Promptly communicates action items from meeting minutes.
• Proven experience in commercial construction.
• Ability to think critically through problems.
• Working knowledge of project management software including Excel, MS Project, Procore commensurate with Project Engineer responsibilities.
• Manage project documents in Procore, update contract set documents, implement distribution of documents updates to internal and external project stakeholders.
• Review, track and distribute RFIs. Compose RFIs with oversight of Project Manager and/or Superintendent.
• Assist with reviewing, tracking, and processing submittals. Understand how to review a submittal vs. specifications/project plans.
• Be able to read/interpret construction documents. Understand applicable building codes and basic structure of construction specifications.
• Assist in the development and distribution of bid documents for subcontractor and material RFPs.
• Basic understanding of material/subcontractor bid leveling and scoping sheet.
• Track and inspect material deliveries against project submittals, quality, and process in applicable accounting software/Sage.
• Track and inspect inspections in Procore.
• Estimating/takeoff experience. 
• Ability to do take-offs using Bluebeam and OST; understanding of how to perform within the preconstruction and construction process.
• Basic understanding of construction schedule development and ability to use or learn how to use MS Project to produce master schedule and two-to-four-week (or required) lookaheads to assist Project Manager and Superintendent.
• Basic understanding of building permit process for respective territory, maintenance of permits, and lead times for procuring for respective materials. Update and track current permits and material deliveries.
• Prepares project status reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends. Recommends actions to management after preparing and reviewing project status reports.
• Ability to communicate with clients and trades of various backgrounds and educational levels.
• Helps project team maintain safe and clean working environment by enforcing procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Other duties that may arise.

FLSA Employment Status: Salary, Exempt. Full-time.

Essential Traits & Characteristics:

• Decision making skills
• Leadership skills
• Can work independent or with others
• Strong communications skills
• Quick problem solver
• Time management skills

Qualifications:

• Proven working experience as a Project Engineer preferred
• Experience working in construction
• Commercial Project Engineer experience preferred
• Advanced Office (specifically MS Project), Procore and Bluebeam skills
• Familiarity with rules, regulations, best practices, and performance standards
• Ability to work with multiple discipline projects
• Project management and supervision skills
• Familiarity with working on a construction jobsite
• Knowledge of MS Office Suite, Procore, and Bluebeam and other construction management software
• Bachelor or Associates degree in the field of Construction Management, Engineering,
• Architecture or something similar is preferred.