Project Engineer

IMC Construction Career Center; Port Reading (NJ); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

IMC Construction Career Center is seeking candidates to assist in various project functions, including schedule updates, resource tracking, and maintaining relationships with stakeholders. This role involves significant physical activity, requiring lifting and working in diverse weather conditions.

Ideal candidates will possess knowledge of project specifications and planning, along with the ability to adapt to different work environments.

Qualifications

• Basic knowledge of project plans, specifications, and related documents is required.
• Ability to lift and carry objects weighing up to 50 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Assist with scheduling and confirm necessary resources for the project.
• Track field work orders and document potential delays.
• Maintain relationships with project stakeholders.

Job description

Essential Functions

Preconstruction/Estimating

• Participate in post-bid, buyout, verifying prequalification’s and CCIP requirements, coordination, subcontractor, staff, and scheduling and meetings.
• Assemble information such as unit prices, hourly rates, material costs, material availability, etc.

Productions/Operations

• Assist APM and/or PM with updating schedule as required.
• Assist with short-range scheduling by confirming manpower, material deliveries, or supplier availability.
• Assist team with tracking of field work orders, changes, change order requests, and any incident that may be considered a cost event.
• Prepare, expedite, and monitor logs for tracking shop drawings, submittals, requests for information, change orders, material delivery logs and other as determined necessary for a successful project.
• Assist with basic review of submittals and confirm they are to Specifications and ensure revisions are made prior to resubmission.
• Actively work with Subcontractors to make sure they have all necessary information for project coordination.
• Possess basic knowledge of all project plans, specifications, Subcontracts, Purchase Orders, daily correspondence, shop drawings, submittals, and all other project related documents.
• Assist PM and Superintendent with expediting and confirming on‑time delivery of resources and material to site.
• Assist PD, CM or PM with generating directives or communications, prepare meeting minutes, memos, and letters as assigned by direct report.
• Assist PM, CM and PD with proactively obtaining punch list and follow‑up on completion of work.
• Assist with monthly site safety reviews of current project safety conditions, share results with, and recommend any course of action to the Project Manager and Superintendent.
• Document potential schedule delays and promptly notify team.
• Inform Project Manager in a timely fashion with regard to any and all problem areas on the project.
• Maintain good relationships with the Owner, Architect, Engineers, subcontractors, suppliers, municipal authorities and Company personnel involved with the project.

Physical Demands

• Transportation to and from project.
• Occasional temporary relocation for out of town projects.
• Must be able to walk to all areas of project which may require climbing stairs, ladders, scaffolding, suspended staging, roofs, stepping into and out of excavations, and varying heights.
• Must be capable of working in a variety of physical positions which include, but are not limited to, sitting, standing, kneeling, squatting, walking and driving.
• Must be able to lift, carry or otherwise move or position objects weighing up to 50 pounds.

Work Environment

• Must be able to work in a variety of weather conditions which include, but are not limited to, extreme heat, humidity, rainfall, snow, ice, complement of all seasons, combined with varying starting and stopping times.
• Work will involve exposure to varying noise and dust levels.