Construction Project Engineer

Exus Renewables North America; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Exus Renewables North America is seeking a Project Engineer to support Project Managers, Site Managers, and the Director of Construction across active projects. You will assist the Head of Construction with tasks as needed and coordinate with multiple project teams.

This role is open to December 2026 recent engineering graduates! You will help monitor projects, ensure safety, and drive timely submittals and field productivity while working on diverse renewable energy sites in the U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in civil or electrical engineering, or construction management.
• 1+ years of experience in a construction or engineering firm, internships included.
• Prior experience on projects from groundbreaking to turnover preferred.
• Proficiency with Word, Excel, Primavera, and project management software.
• Travel up to 75% to sites beyond the corporate office.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Director of Construction and Site Managers to monitor projects per contract requirements, specs, and metrics.
• Perform safety audits and interact with contractors to promote a strong safety culture on site.
• Lead in resolving issues impacting schedule, quality, or budget for assigned areas.
• Audit project files and drawings to ensure use of latest revisions and orderly documentation.
• Manage submittals, transmittals, and RFIs from vendors and contractors and ensure timely responses.
• Review submittals, transmittals, RFIs and schedules for accuracy and alignment with requirements.
• Follow up on submittals, transmittals, RFIs for additional information and actions.
• Track deliverables (schedule updates, lien waivers, work plans) for timely submission.
• Conduct field productivity audits (manpower, equipment, cycle times, units installed).
• Document issues that could affect EXUS' interests with project teams.
• Read drawings across disciplines, understand QC requirements, and assess schedules for risks.

Skills

Reading drawings

Site coordination

Safety culture

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in civil or electrical engineering

Construction management

Tools

Primavera

MS Project

Word

Excel

Job description

The Project Engineer will routinely meet with the Project Managers, Site Managers, Director of Construction, and the Head of Construction while performing the duties associated with this position. The Project Engineer will be assigned to one or more of the projects currently under contract. The Project Engineer will assist the Head of Construction with assigned tasks from time to time.

*This role is open to December 2026 recent engineering graduates!

• The Project Engineer works continuously toward successful project completion by assisting the Director of Construction and the Site Managers in monitoring projects in a manner consistent with the intent of the contract requirements, specifications, and metrics appropriate to the project.
• Perform safety audits and interact with contractors and subcontractors to ensure the site is working safely and a positive safety culture is implemented at the site.
• Take the lead in quickly resolving issues which can impact the project’s schedule, quality, and budget for areas that have been assigned to the Project Engineer.
• Auditing project files and drawings to ensure that project teams maintain documents in an orderly fashion and are utilizing the latest revisions of documents on the project sites.
• Obtaining submittals, transmittals, and requests for information (RFIs) from Vendors and Contractors and routing or answering in a timely manner to support the project schedules.
• Reviewing submittals, transmittals, RFIs and schedules for accuracy and adherence to project requirements.
• Performing appropriate follow up on submittals, transmittals, and RFIs for additional information and action items.
• Track project deliverables (such as schedule updates, lien waivers, and work plans) to ensure documents are submitted timely and accurately.
• Perform field productivity audits tracking manpower, equipment, cycle times, and units installed.
• Assisting the project teams in documenting issues that could impact EXUS’ interests.
• Ability to read drawings (all disciplines), understand quality control requirements, and assess Project Schedules for risks and opportunities.
• Support independent engineer documentation process/review of project documentation (does deep dive on everything from the job, tracks down missing documentation, answering questions, submitting to engineers, etc.)

Education and Experience Requirements

• Bachelors in civil or electrical engineering, or construction management.
• 1+ years of experience in a position of responsibility with a construction or engineering firm, internships included.
• Prior experience assisting on projects from groundbreaking to project turnover highly preferred.
• Prior experience utilizing Word, Excel, Primavera, and select Project Management software highly preferred.
• Travel as required, up to 75% to sites beyond the corporate office to project sites.
• Be assigned to a project site with an undetermined duration, if project metrics dictate additional management onsite.

About Exus Renewables North America

Exus Renewables North America is a leading independent developer and operator of utility-scale renewable energy projects, dedicated to advancing clean energy solutions across the United States. With offices in Pittsburgh, New York, and Albuquerque, and over 100 employees in the US, Exus NA focuses on developing, repowering, and managing renewable energy assets, contributing to the nation's decarbonization efforts and driving sustainable growth in the U.S. renewable energy sector.