Construction Project Leader/Engineer

Jacobs; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in infrastructure is seeking a Construction Project Leader/Engineer in Madison, WI, to oversee highway and bridge projects. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience, strong leadership skills, and proficiency with construction documentation tools. You will join a collaborative team focused on innovation, providing essential construction engineering services.

Qualifications

• 10 years of experience in roadway/highway, bridge, or general civil construction projects.
• Experience as a Construction Project Leader on WisDOT projects.
• Ability to drive to/from project locations in SW Wisconsin and Madison area.

Responsibilities

• Managing a construction project team and documenting progress.
• Performing daily inspections to ensure contractor compliance with contracts.
• Preparing daily construction reports and reviewing contract plans.

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Construction engineering knowledge

Document control

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Bluebeam

MicroStation

Civil3D

AutoCAD

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At Jacobs, we’re not just building infrastructure,we’re helping our clients innovate and grow by designing, engineering, and executing the construction of their state-of-the-art facilitiesthat are changing our world.

As a Construction Project Leader/Engineer, you’ll join our collaborative team providing our clients with award-winning engineering, construction management, and design-build project delivery. We are looking for a passionate Construction Engineer in the Madison or southwest Wisconsin area who is driven by collaboration, exceeding expectations, and challenging the status quo. You’ll provide construction engineering and inspection services on highway, roadway, bridge and other various infrastructure projects in Madison and across southern Wisconsin. As part of our project team, the responsibilities of this position may include but are not limited to:

• Being the Construction Project Leader or Assistant Project Lead on WisDOT projects.

• Managing a construction project team

• Documenting contractor progress and quantities completed

• Performing daily inspections to verify that the Contractor work is being completed in accordance with the contract documents

• Preparing daily construction reports that identify the contractor workforce, equipment, and activities, site visitors, and includes daily progress photos

• Reviewing contract plans, specifications, submittals and material information

• Reporting and documenting any field conditions that deviate from the Contract

• Utilizing contract documents to perform general monitoring and documentation of construction activities.

In this role you'll be part of a project team, surrounded by expert mentorship to help you thrive and opportunities to grow in your career. You'll communicate with members of the Jacobs team, client, and contractor and work together to mitigate or eliminate project risks. You’ll be accountable for interacting with our construction sites, clients, and management to support the project team. Your keen ability to communicate effectively and maintain organized documentation records will be key to tackling project challenges.

Bring your curiosity, technical skill and desire to grow. Working together, we’ll help you design your career and pursue what fulfills you so that we can make impacts on the future - big and small, global and local.


• 10 years of experience in roadway/highway, bridge, or general civil construction projects

• Experience as a Construction Project Leader on WisDOT projects

• Ability to drive to/from project locations in SW Wisconsin and the Madison area.

• Working knowledge of construction engineering and document control

• Proficiency with Microsoft applications, including Windows, Word, Excel, Outlook

• Excellent organizational and written and verbal communication skills

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• WisDOT HTCP Certifications

• OSHA 10- or 30- hour training

• Working knowledge of Bluebeam, MicroStation, Civil3D and/or AutoCAD

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Business Consulting and Services

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