Project Engineer

Keller Foundations, LLC; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 33,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) + matching

Health, Dental, Vision

Life insurance

PTO

Holiday Pay

Job summary

Keller Foundations, LLC in Houston is seeking a Project Engineer to serve as the technical liaison between local operations, engineering teams, and high-rise contractors. You will bridge post-tension design, shop drawing reviews, and field support to ensure structural integrity and efficient execution.

In this role you will coordinate workload with regional teams, assist estimating, review shop drawings with AutoCAD and Bluebeam, and resolve field deviations on active high-rise projects.

Qualifications

• BSCE or equivalent with high-rise construction experience preferred.
• 2–5 years of direct involvement with high-rise projects.
• Experience with post-tensioned systems and concrete frames.

Responsibilities

• Client Relationship Management with contractors and engineers.
• Coordinate regional post-tension workload with operations.
• Support estimating with take-offs and cost insights.
• Review shop drawings and field placement drawings using AutoCAD/Bluebeam.
• Provide on-site technical support for PT systems.
• Liaise with regional technical office and CAD detailers.
• Evaluate designs for value-engineering opportunities.
• Resolve field conflicts between PT and other trades.
• Review field stressing logs and PTI standards.
• RFI & change order processing with design team.
• Lead pre-con meetings and coordinate pour breaks.

Skills

Field problem solving

Leadership

Communication

Multitasking

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Bluebeam Revu

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Project management software

Job description

Company Logo Overview The Project Engineer at Suncoast Post-Tension (a Keller company) serves as the primary technical liaison between local operations, engineering teams, and high-rise commercial contractors. This role bridges post-tension design preparation, shop drawing reviews, and field support, ensuring that complex unbonded and bonded post-tensioning projects-including elevated concrete frames, post-tensioned slabs, and structural reinforcing-are executed with structural integrity and operational efficiency. Combining technical rigor with active project management, the Project Engineer drives client satisfaction across all project lifecycle stages.

Operating within Keller's global standard of safety, quality, and performance, the Project Engineer plays a critical role in workload coordination, regional bidding, and on-site troubleshooting for active high-rise developments. Positioned as a proactive problem solver, the successful candidate will manage field placement drawing revisions, resolve critical jobsite field deviations, support central/regional estimating efforts, and nurture long-term relationships with structural engineers, general contractors, and concrete subcontractors.

Responsibilities

• Client Relationship Management: Actively contact, assist, and maintain technical relationships with general contractors, structural engineers of record, and concrete frame subcontractors throughout the project lifecycle.
• Operations & Production Coordination: Align regional post-tensioning workload demands with local plant Operations staff to ensure timely strand fabrication, tendering, hardware assembly, and on-time site deliveries.
• Estimating & Bidding Support: Assist central and regional estimating teams by performing take-offs, reviewing structural specs, and providing local market insights for post-tensioning and barrier cable service bids.
• Shop Drawing Review & Detailing Coordination: Review elevated structure post-tension shop drawings, pour layouts, tendon profiles, and field placement drawings using AutoCAD and Bluebeam prior to submittal.
• Jobsite Technical & Field Support: Provide prompt technical resolution for jobsite issues involving unbonded strand systems, encapsulation, pocket formers, hydraulic stress equipment, and anchorages.
• Regional Technical Office Liaison: Coordinate local engineering workload schedules and act as a day-to-day resource supporting local CAD detailers and technical office staff.
• Post-Tension Optimization: Evaluate structural designs to recommend value-engineering opportunities that optimize PT strand quantities, conventional rebar, and concrete pour sequencing.
• Construction Conflict Resolution: Collaborate with site supervisors to resolve interferences between post-tension tendons, MEP drop-outs, shear wall reinforcing, and Suncoast Stud Reinforcement Systems (SRS).
• Field Stressing & Tendon Log Verification: Review field stressing logs, elongation records, and wedge-seated calculations to ensure compliance with Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI) standards and project specifications.
• Cross-Functional Keller Operations Alignment: Ensure project engineering workflows comply with wider Keller safety, operational, and quality risk management guidelines.
• RFI & Change Order Management: Technical processing of Requests for Information (RFIs), field modifications, and scope changes, updating structural details in collaboration with the design team.
• Pre-Con & Coordination Meetings: Represent Suncoast in high-rise pre-construction alignment meetings, pour-break planning, and technical progress reviews with structural project managers.

Qualifications Background Requirements (Knowledge, Skills, Experience)

• Educational Foundation: Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (BSCE), Structural Engineering, or Construction Engineering preferred; equivalent high-rise structural construction experience considered.
• High-Rise Construction Experience: Minimum 2-5 years of direct hands-on involvement with high-rise building construction projects (elevated concrete frames, cast-in-place multi-family, commercial towers).
• Concrete Systems Expertise: Proven experience working with concrete frames, post-tensioned elevated decks, formwork shoring/reshoring systems, and conventional reinforcing steel layouts.
• Software Proficiency: Hands-on experience with AutoCAD, Bluebeam Revu, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, and standard project management software tools.
• Post-Tensioning & Code Knowledge: Familiarity with Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI) specifications, ACI 318 structural concrete code requirements, and local building codes.
• Technical Estimating Abilities: Demonstrated ability to read structural and architectural contract drawings to perform accurate material take-offs and cost estimates.
• Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written technical communication skills for client-facing consultations, jobsite conflict mitigation, and internal team reporting.
• Multitasking & Prioritization: Proven track record managing technical deliverables across multiple concurrent high-rise projects under tight pour schedules.
• Field Problem Solving & Leadership: Strong analytical, decision-making, and leadership capabilities to manage jobsite contingencies and direct technical resolution under pressure.
• Safety & Quality Focus: Knowledge of construction safety practices (OSHA) and a commitment to maintaining Keller/Suncoast high quality control standards on job sites.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to perform work in a standard office environment, including prolonged periods of sitting and working at a computer
• Frequent use of hands and fingers for typing, data entry, and operating office equipment (e.g., keyboard, mouse, calculator)
• Ability to view and read information on a computer screen for extended periods
• Ability to communicate effectively in person, via phone, and through electronic means
• Occasional standing, walking, bending, or reaching within the office environment
• Ability to lift and carry office materials (e.g., files, documents, or equipment) up to 5-10 pounds on an occasional basis
• Ability to maintain focus and accuracy while performing detailed, repetitive tasks
• May require extended periods of concentration and attention to detail in a fast-paced environment

Additional Information

Salary Range: $24.00 - $26.00/ hr Actual salary will be based on a variety of factors including relevant internal and external experience, knowledge, skills, scope of job, geographical location or other factors permitted by law

• 401(k) + matching
• Health, Dental, Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Holiday Pay

Suncoast Post-Tension Ltd. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage qualified women, minorities, veterans, individuals with disabilities, and others to apply Keller Foundations is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage qualified women, minorities, veterans, individuals with disabilities, and others to apply.