Construction Project Engineer — Scheduling & Cost Control

Baker Construction; Fort Lauderdale (FL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great pay

Excellent benefits

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Baker Concrete Construction, Inc is hiring a Project Engineer in Ft. Lauderdale. The role supports field activities, partners with the Project Manager on administration, budgeting, scheduling, procurement, and contract management for multiple projects.

You will work with cross-functional teams to manage cost, schedule, safety, and quality while advancing project turnover and client satisfaction. Strong communication and software skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 2 years' experience or 6 years' construction related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Responsibilities

• Generates and obtains approvals of monthly billing and earned values
• Develops and manages the project schedule on small or mid-sized projects
• Analyzes targets and goals, job cost summaries, and other reports
• Alerts the Superintendent and Project Manager of project impact relating to resource management, crew make-up/size, etc.
• Generates estimates of change orders and may interface with pre-construction on original bids
• Generates material quantity take-offs, scoping documents, terms and conditions, delivery, etc.
• Generates requests for proposal(s), solicits and reviews quotations, and recommends a procurement decision to Project Manager
• Prepares field purchase orders for standard purchase packages, and generates and obtains approval of Major Purchase Orders

Skills

Reading documents

Communication

Cost accounting

Team coordination

Microsoft Office

Proj scheduling

Education

Bachelor's degree

Construction experience

Tools

Primavera

Timberline

Vista

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Baker Concrete Construction, Inc is hiring a Project Engineer in Ft. Lauderdale. The role supports field activities, partners with the Project Manager on administration, budgeting, scheduling, procurement, and contract management for multiple projects.

You will work with cross-functional teams to manage cost, schedule, safety, and quality while advancing project turnover and client satisfaction. Strong communication and software skills are essential.