Project Engineer- Construction- Open to December 2026 Graduates

Exus Renewables North America Open Roles; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Exus Renewables North America is seeking a Project Engineer to collaborate with Project Managers, Site Managers, and the Head of Construction on multiple contracted projects. The role involves assisting with assigned tasks from the Head of Construction and coordinating with cross-functional teams.

This position welcomes December 2026 graduates and requires a civil, electrical, or construction management background along with hands-on project documentation and scheduling experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in civil engineering, electrical engineering, or construction management.
• 1+ years of experience in a construction or engineering firm (internships included).
• Proficient in Word, Excel, Primavera, and project management software.
• Willingness to travel up to 75% to project sites.
• Assigned to a project site with undetermined duration if metrics require.

Responsibilities

• Assist Director of Construction and Site Managers to monitor projects per contract, specs, and metrics.
• Perform safety audits and promote a strong safety culture on site.
• Lead in resolving issues impacting schedule, quality, and budget.
• Audit project files and drawings to ensure latest revisions are used.
• Obtain and route submittals, transmittals, and RFIs to support project schedules.
• Review submittals, transmittals, RFIs and schedules for accuracy.
• Follow up on submittals, transmittals, and RFIs for action items.
• Track deliverables (schedules, lien waivers, work plans) for timely submission.

Skills

Reading drawings

Safety audits

Scheduling

Team coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in civil engineering

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Construction management

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Job description

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!

Essential Responsibilities

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Reviewing submittals, transmittals, RFIs and schedules for accuracy and adherence to project requirements.
7. Performing appropriate follow up on submittals, transmittals, and RFIs for additional information and action items.
8. Track project deliverables (such as schedule updates, lien waivers, and work plans) to ensure documents are submitted timely and accurately.
9. Perform field productivity audits tracking manpower, equipment, cycle times, and units installed.
10. Assisting the project teams in documenting issues that could impact EXUS’ interests.
11. Ability to read drawings (all disciplines), understand quality control requirements, and assess Project Schedules for risks and opportunities.
12. 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

1. Bachelors in civil or electrical engineering, or construction management.
2. 1+ years of experience in a position of responsibility with a construction or engineering firm, internships included.
3. Prior experience assisting on projects from groundbreaking to project turnover highly preferred.
4. Prior experience utilizing Word, Excel, Primavera, and select Project Management software highly preferred.
5. Travel as required, up to 75% to sites beyond the corporate office to project sites.
6. Be assigned to a project site with an undetermined duration, if project metrics dictate additional management onsite.