Project Engineer

The Project Engineer assists the field project team in conjunction with the General Superintendent and Project Manager on an assigned project within Kent Companies’ National Mission Critical Division. This division delivers turnkey concrete construction services for Mission Critical, Advanced Manufacturing, and Data Center facilities across the United States. The Project Engineer also assists with monthly revenue projections, the job start-up process, creating accurate budgets, documenting project issues, accurately projecting cost to complete, monitoring the overall performance of projects, and performing postmortems for each project under their scope of work.

Duties and Responsibilities

• RFIs
• Document and report RFIs that the field finds.
• Review issued RFIs for changes in scope that will incur costs.
• Submittals
• Update the submittal log
• Prepare standard miscellaneous submittals
• Send submittal requests to concrete and reinforcing
• Coordinate and transmit submittals between the vendor, project manager, and client.
• Overlays/Change Order Preparation
• Overlay updated drawings and find changes.
• Input costs into the workbook from new takeoff and inform project manager of changes.
• Field phone calls from the superintendents and subcontractors
• Follow up with superintendents regarding project manager requests.
• Obtain information from subs regarding work completed.
• Job Site visits and Inspections
• Deploys nationally to jobsites for extended periods of time as required to support field teams and verifies that installed work matches marked drawings from the field.
• Develops excellent relationships with the field by visiting the site and discussing the project scope.
• Quality Control
• Perform pre-pour and post-pour inspections with required documentation.
• Manage QC checklists for all concrete scopes and verify compliance.
• Oversee testing (slump, air, temperature) and monitor 7/28 day break results.
• Monitor placement, square footage, and aesthetic quality of in-place work.
• Ensure corrective actions and punch list completion.
• Support as-built documentation and coordination with surveyors.
• Coordinate with project managers, superintendents, and quality control teams to verify compliance with slab finishing requirements.
• Identify and communicate non-conformance issues to stakeholders in a clear and timely manner.
• Assist in the project setup
• When the project is handed off, add takeoffs to our files.
• Gather subcontractor information for the project manager.
• Set up project spreadsheets for the project manager to review.
• Track labor
• The long-term goal is to use a labor tracking Excel form that must be updated weekly from Exact Time.
• The project engineer would take the weekly reports and upload the data into the spreadsheet to see what kind of production we are getting on the projects.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties and responsibilities are not comprehensive and can be changed at any time, with or without notice. 

• Ability to travel nationally up to 100%.
• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, or construction science and 1 to 3 years of experience in the construction industry is preferred but not required.
• Working knowledge of various construction disciplines and safety regulations and how to apply them.
• OSHA 30-hour certification, highly preferred.
• Understanding of cost management processes, planning, and scheduling.
• Practical written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong technical and mathematical skills for data collection and analysis.
• Ability to prepare professional reports and communicate results to stakeholders.
• Valid driver’s license
• Must have reliable transportation to the workplace(s)/ job location(s).
• Ability to successfully pass a background check related to driving (for any driver)
• Ability to pass drug screening.
• Must be able to work in the United States without corporate sponsorship now and in the future.

Kent Companies provides its employees with one of the most competitive compensation and benefits packages in the construction industry. Benefits vary by location, with a fully customized benefits package presented upon hire. Typical benefits packages include:

• Weekly pay
• PTO (Paid Time Off)
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Supplemental insurance options
• Retirement plans with discretionary employer-matching
• Holiday pay (New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day)
• Scholarship opportunities for dependents
• Leadership development opportunities