Project Engineer- Construction- Open to December 2026 Graduates

Exus Renewables North America; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Exus Renewables North America in Pittsburgh, PA, is seeking a Project Engineer- Construction for recent graduates through December 2026. You will support the construction team, coordinate with project managers and site managers, and help ensure on-time, on-budget project delivery.

The role emphasizes safety, document control, and field productivity, with travel to project sites as required and collaboration across multiple disciplines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in civil or electrical engineering, or construction management.
• 1+ year of experience in a position of responsibility with a construction or engineering firm, internships included.
• Experience with Word, Excel, Primavera, and project management software is highly preferred.
• Willingness to travel up to 75% to sites beyond the corporate office.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Head of Construction with assigned tasks and project coordination.
• Monitor projects to ensure adherence to contract requirements, specifications, and metrics.
• Perform safety audits and coordinate with contractors to uphold a strong safety culture.
• Review submittals, transmittals, and RFIs for accuracy and timeliness.
• Track deliverables, schedules, and field productivity to support project timelines.
• Read drawings across disciplines and assess schedules for risks and opportunities.
• Support independent engineer documentation and respond to inquiries as needed.

Skills

Reading drawings

Safety audits

Project scheduling

Communication

Field productivity audits

Education

Bachelor's degree in civil engineering

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Construction management

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Primavera P6

MS Project

Job description

Project Engineer- Construction- Open to December 2026 Graduates

Exus Renewables North America Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

About this position

About Exus Renewables North America

Exus Renewables North America is a leading independent developer and operator of utility-scale renewable energy projects, dedicated to advancing clean energy solutions across the United States. With offices in Pittsburgh, New York, and Albuquerque, and over 100 employees in the US, Exus NA focuses on developing, repowering, and managing renewable energy assets, contributing to the nation’s decarbonization efforts and driving sustainable growth in the U.S. renewable energy sector.

The Project Engineer will routinely meet with the Project Managers, Site Managers, Director of Construction, and the Head of Construction while performing the duties associated with this position. The Project Engineer will be assigned to one or more of the projects currently under contract. The Project Engineer will assist the Head of Construction with assigned tasks from time to time.

*This role is open to December 2026 recent engineering graduates!

• The Project Engineer works continuously toward successful project completion by assisting the Director of Construction and the Site Managers in monitoring projects in a manner consistent with the intent of the contract requirements, specifications, and metrics appropriate to the project.
• Perform safety audits and interact with contractors and subcontractors to ensure the site is working safely and a positive safety culture is implemented at the site.
• Take the lead in quickly resolving issues which can impact the project’s schedule, quality, and budget for areas that have been assigned to the Project Engineer.
• Auditing project files and drawings to ensure that project teams maintain documents in an orderly fashion and are utilizing the latest revisions of documents on the project sites.
• Obtaining submittals, transmittals, and requests for information (RFIs) from Vendors and Contractors and routing or answering in a timely manner to support the project schedules.
• Reviewing submittals, transmittals, RFIs and schedules for accuracy and adherence to project requirements.
• Performing appropriate follow up on submittals, transmittals, and RFIs for additional information and action items.
• Track project deliverables (such as schedule updates, lien waivers, and work plans) to ensure documents are submitted timely and accurately.
• Perform field productivity audits tracking manpower, equipment, cycle times, and units installed.
• Assisting the project teams in documenting issues that could impact EXUS’ interests.
• Ability to read drawings (all disciplines), understand quality control requirements, and assess Project Schedules for risks and opportunities.
• Support independent engineer documentation process/review of project documentation (does deep dive on everything from the job, tracks down missing documentation, answering questions, submitting to engineers, etc.)

Education and Experience Requirements

• Bachelors in civil or electrical engineering, or construction management.
• 1+ years of experience in a position of responsibility with a construction or engineering firm, internships included.
• Prior experience assisting on projects from groundbreaking to project turnover highly preferred.
• Prior experience utilizing Word, Excel, Primavera, and select Project Management software highly preferred.
• Travel as required, up to 75% to sites beyond the corporate office to project sites.
• Be assigned to a project site with an undetermined duration, if project metrics dictate additional management onsite.