Project Engineer

Fortis Construction, Inc.; Prineville (OR); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortis Construction, Inc. seeks a Project Engineer to serve as a liaison among the Client, Project Manager, and Subcontractors to ensure a safe, accurate, and smooth project progression.

Responsibilities include document control, RFIs, submittals, procurement, and closeout support, with an emphasis on collaboration across stakeholders. The role requires detail orientation, proactivity, and the ability to resolve conflicts while maintaining relationships with owners, vendors, and staff on site.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field is preferred.
• Must be proficient with MS Office (Excel, Outlook, Project, Word) and PDF/estimating tools.
• Demonstrates high emotional intelligence and ability to build relationships.

Responsibilities

• Maintain job files (RFIs, specifications, addenda, construction documents) in hard and soft copy formats.
• Prepare, review, and distribute RFIs, submittals, and other contract documents; ensure compliance with contract documents.
• Purchase and monitor delivery of materials ensuring optimum prices and conformance to specs.
• Execute the project within initial financial boundaries.
• Develop and manage job progress schedules; ensure construction parallels schedule.
• Manage subcontracts and insurance; define work responsibilities to subcontractors and vendors; review payments.
• Coordinate procurement log with Project Manager and Superintendent to avoid delays.
• Review change orders and perform quantity takeoffs to validate requests.
• Closeout matrix management and compilation of operation manuals for owner closeout.

Skills

Emotional intelligence

Team collaboration

Detail oriented

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Tools

MS Office

MS Project

PDF tools

Estimating software

Job description

Job Description

Job Description: The Project Engineer serves as liaison between the Client, the Project Manager, and Subcontractors to make sure a construction project proceeds safely, accurately and smoothly. The Project Engineer has a delegated responsibility for those elements of a construction project that bring it from plans to close out. Elements include, but are not limited to document control, submittal management, RFI management, procurement, change order management, contracts administration, issue resolution, safety auditing, and support of field coordination. A successful Project Engineer must be detail-oriented, innovative, creative, proactive, and be able to manage and resolve conflict. Project Engineers must be able to work collaboratively with project team members and managers and develop and maintain relationships with owners, vendors, suppliers, and other project stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Maintain job files (RFIs, specifications, addenda, construction documents etc.) in both hard and soft copy formats as the project requires
• Prepare, review, and distribute RFIs, submittals, and other contract documents in a timely manner; ensure compliance with the contract documents
• Purchase and monitor the delivery of all needed materials for the project(s) ensuring optimum prices, quality and conformance to specifications
• Execute the project within initial established financial boundaries
• Develop and manage job progress schedules and ensure that the construction of a project parallels the schedule
• Make sure subcontracts are executed and insurance is in place; provide clear definitions of work responsibility to subcontractors and vendors from various trades and ensure that all phases of the work are covered; review and approve subcontractor and vendor payment requests
• Manage the procurement log in coordination with the Project Manager and the Project Superintendent to avoid delays and/or impacts
• Review subcontract and self-perform change orders on the jobsite; perform quantity takeoffs to validate the change requests
• Manage the closeout matrix and rolling completion log; compile operation and maintenance manuals for owner closeout packages
• Assist in other duties as assigned, relevant to the achievement of the position’s and team’s objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field is preferred
• Experience in the construction industry with related role is preferable, but not required
• Must be proficient with a variety of related computer software applications including MS Office (Excel, Outlook, Project, Word), PDF and estimating and document programs
• Candidates must demonstrate a high level of emotional intelligence with the ability to build relationships and work with multiple personality types
• Must possess a valid drivers license and a satisfactory driving record in accordance to Fortis policy.

Physical Requirements

Work is performed on an active construction site. Role requires standing or walking for long periods of time. Utilize standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, etc. Communication with internal and external contacts, including speaking and hearing. May occasionally move equipment up to 50 lbs.

Travel Requirements

All Fortis positions require some level of driving.

Fortis is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We adhere to a policy of making employment decisions without regards to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability or any other protected categories. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given an equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.

At Fortis, passionate people are the foundation of our company. Together, we provide a general contracting experience that’s built on support, trust, and collaboration, and we live up to our Core Values by developing empowering, mutually beneficial relationships with our clients, staff, and communities. We’re an employee-owned company where our Teams are at the center of all we do. We attribute our 20-years of success to our people, our culture, and our ever-present focus on relationships.

Fortis Construction, Inc. reserves the right to revise the job description at any time.