Data Center Project Engineer - Growth & Impact

PCL Buildings Inc.; Abilene (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee ownership opportunities

Annual discretionary performance bonus

401(k) with company match

Medical, dental and vision benefits

Life, AD&D and disability insurance

Paid parental leave and family care

Job summary

PCL Buildings Inc. in Abilene, Texas, is seeking a Project Engineer to support a national data center business unit. You will help manage subcontractors, prepare claims, and coordinate with the project team to ensure design direction, safety, and quality are met.

The role offers opportunity for growth within a 119-year-old, employee-owned firm that values training, career development and mentorship. Strong collaboration and problem‑solving skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of construction experience in an operational role preferred.
• Associates or bachelor’s degree in a related subject area: construction management, engineering, architecture preferred, or equivalent experience.
• Verified understanding about construction equipment and techniques, drawings and specifications, project health, safety, and environment (HSE), quality, building materials, and required standards as per field.
• Ability to apply basic engineering/problem solving principles to construction challenges.
• Effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication.
• Demonstrates flexibility and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Planning, organizational, and time management skills with the ability to multi-task, prioritize own work and delegate simple tasks.
• Ability to build a comprehensive schedule.
• Ability to coordinate subcontracts and contract documents.
• Shown understanding in Microsoft Office Suite and internal operational systems with a strong ability to embrace new technology.

Responsibilities

• Maintains contract with select trade partners and responsible for some subcontract administration, including defining work scope, answering inquiries and supervising progress.
• Participates in change management and change order process, including pricing, processing, and assessing cost and schedule impact before reviewing.
• Maintains and performs project document control and procedures (coordinating RFIs, shop drawing and submittal process maintaining as‑built drawings, etc.) (BLDG and CIVIL).
• Collaborates with the project team lead in supervising design with timely response to the submittal schedule.
• Participates in the reviews of trade partners’ submittals form compliance with scope, design documentation prior to forwarding to design for review.
• Coordinates with project manager and superintendent in managing and reporting overall project or select scope performance as per site HSE, cost management, schedule, and quality.
• Prepares and supervises progress claims and estimates.
• Coordinates inventory and tracking of materials and equipment and expedites material orders.
• Assists with site inspections from the design team to resolve constructability and site coordination issues and reviews and sign offs on functionality, AHJ (Authority Having Jurisdiction) requirements, and code compliance. Ensures that resolution is achieved and accepted by all partners.
• Involved in and participates with overall project closeout, including document archival, maintenance and warranty manuals, deficiencies, and warranty work.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Time management

Scheduling

Team coordination

Education

Degree in construction management / engineering / architecture

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Internal operational systems

Job description

PCL Buildings Inc. in Abilene, Texas, is seeking a Project Engineer to support a national data center business unit. You will help manage subcontractors, prepare claims, and coordinate with the project team to ensure design direction, safety, and quality are met.

The role offers opportunity for growth within a 119-year-old, employee-owned firm that values training, career development and mentorship. Strong collaboration and problem‑solving skills are essential.