Project Engineer (Experienced)

Pinkard Construction; Lakewood (CO); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base pay

Employee Ownership (ESOP)

Merit/performance incentives

New hire referrals

Business development commissions

Job summary

Pinkard Construction, a Colorado Front Range leader, is hiring a procurement/contract role supporting field teams across projects. The position focuses on contract understanding, purchasing planning, and owner/architect coordination to keep projects on track.

You will work with a team of employee-owners in a company with ESOP benefits, competitive pay, and opportunities for growth across diverse construction types.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 2+ years related experience.
• People and project management skills.
• Strong organizational and prioritization abilities.
• Excellent communication, both written and verbal.
• Experience with Procore or ability to learn.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a strong understanding of the contract from the project onset.
• Document project updates and maintain logs; track changes.
• Develop purchasing plan and make timely buyout decisions.
• Support the Superintendent to manage the project schedule.
• Foster relationships with owners; address needs with urgency.
• Facilitate Owner/Architect/Contractor meetings; prepare minutes.
• Submit owner pay applications accurately and on time.
• Coordinate with subcontractors; review invoices and change orders.
• Ensure conformity with contract documents and address issues.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Organization

Negotiation

GC industry experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Sciences or related field

Tools

Procore

Job description

Career Opportunities with Pinkard Construction

A great place to work.

Current job opportunities are posted here as they become available.

Pinkard Construction has spent over 60 years earning a reputation as the Colorado Front Range's most awarded mid-sized general contractor. That reputation was built project by project, relationship by relationship, by a team that takes genuine pride in the work. That's who we are, and that doesn't change.

What does change is what's possible. Pinkard is now part of Catamount Constructors, a $1 billion national employee-owned contractor. That means the team and culture you're joining has the resources, depth, and backing to do even more of what it's always done well.

Why Pinkard

A team that has earned its place.

Pinkard isn't a newcomer building a reputation. We have six decades of relationships, trust, and award-winning work in this market. You are joining a team that the Colorado construction community already knows and respects.

Work that matters where you live.

Our focus has always been on building things that support the communities we are part of: commercial buildings, multifamily housing, and projects that make Colorado a better place to live and work. That local commitment is core to who we are.

Ownership that means something.

As part of Catamount, Pinkard is 100% employee-owned. When you join, you become an employee-owner: someone with a direct financial stake in the success of what you're building. That includes profit-sharing, competitive salaries, and industry-leading benefits.

More behind you than ever before.

Greater bonding capacity. A deeper bench. Access to expertise and resources across a national platform. Pinkard's local strength is now backed by the kind of infrastructure that lets us take on more complex work and deliver at a higher level.

A place to build a career, not just take a job.

Teams are carefully staffed and work-life balance is prioritized. Employee-owners grow here. Careers advance across project types without starting over. If you are looking for a place that treats you as a long-term part of the team, Pinkard is it.

About Pinkard Construction

Pinkard Construction is the Colorado Front Range's most awarded mid-sized general contractor. For over 60 years, we have built the highest quality commercial and multifamily buildings that support the communities where our people live and work. We thrive when our communities thrive, and we are looking for people who want to be part of building something that lasts.

About Catamount Constructors

Catamount builds the spaces communities depend on every day, from distribution centers and medical facilities to housing, restaurants, and fire stations. As a best-in-class, 100% employee-owned general contractor with national reach, Catamount brings the resources and platform that give Pinkard even more capacity to deliver for clients and grow opportunities for its people.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Maintain a strong understanding of the contract from the project onset
• Stay current during the construction process by accurately documenting project updates, as well as maintaining numerous logs and documenting changes as needed
• Using strong negotiation skills, establishes the appropriate purchasing plan, and makes solid and timely decisions for the company and the project during the buyout process
• Support the Superintendent, who is the primary person responsible for the project schedule, post the monthly schedule, and take appropriate action to maintain or improve schedule whenever possible
• Creating and maintaining relationships with the project owners and acting on their behalf, think proactively, and handle their needs with a sense of urgency and in a timely manner
• Facilitate Owner, Architect, and Contractor meetings, generating agenda and minutes
• Submit owner pay applications correctly and timely
• Maintain open communication with subcontractors. Review and approve subcontractor invoices and change orders, and process change orders as necessary
• Ensure conformity with contract documents and scope of work, as well as address issues of underperformance if it arises

Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from accredited four-year college or university with two or more years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• People and project management skills and abilities
• Refined organizational skills, and the ability to prioritize tasks for self, team, and projects
• Outstanding communication skills (listening, presenting, interpersonal and written)
• Advanced mathematic and reasoning ability, and strong negotiating skills
• Experience preferably with a general contractor
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, preferably within the Construction Sciences, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience with (or ability to learn) Procore

Compensation:

• In addition to offering competitive base pay, Catamount employees are eligible for additional incentives for merit/performance, project incentives, new hire referrals, and business development commissions

Compensation:

$80,000 TO $110,000 per year

In addition to offering a competitive base salary, Pinkard/Catamount employees are eligible for additional incentives for merit/performance, project incentives, new hire referrals, and business development commissions.

Why You’ll Love Working Here

• A culture that develops leaders. Grow alongside experienced mentors in an environment rooted in accountability, trust, and shared success.
• Work that builds careers. With projects spanning multiple markets, you’ll have opportunities to grow, specialize, and evolve as your career goals take shape.
• 100% employee-owned. Our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) aligns our employee-owners with our mission. When Catamount succeeds, employee-owners share that success.
• Benefits that support everyday life. Our comprehensive benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision insurance; life insurance; short- and long-term disability coverage; an Employee Assistance Program (EAP); a 401(k); an ESOP; a generous VacationFlex program; paid sick time; and optional programs such as pet insurance and AFLAC accident, critical illness, and hospital policies.

Catamount Constructors, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marriage, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)