Sr. Project Engineer

Insight Global; Sparks (NV); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

End of year bonus

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a Sr. Project Engineer to own coordination, readiness, and closure for data center project scopes. You will report to Construction Manager and work with CSA, MEP, BTM, and Substation teams to frame issues and drive closure.

The role bridges project controls and construction, mentors engineers, reduces leadership blind spots, and improves reporting and risk tracking on fast-paced, owner-operated projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent owner-side experience.
• 4+ years in construction, project engineering, or controls.
• Ability to drive coordination across stakeholders for large projects.
• Procore proficiency or equivalent and basic scheduling knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Own coordination, readiness, and closure for assigned scopes across teams.
• Track owner decisions, clarifications, and commitments; highlight risks.
• Manage workflows and visibility to keep decisions timely.
• Lead recurring status reporting with trends and risks.
• Anticipate coordination, turnover, and readiness risks with context and actions.
• Mentor Project Engineers and improve controls and coordination processes.

Skills

Leadership

Mentorship

Communication

Problem-solving

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Procore

Microsoft Office Suite

Construction scheduling

Job description

• Employees are eligible for an end of year performance-based bonus of $40,000. Bonus is prorated to start date.

Position Overview

The Sr. Project Engineer is an owner/operator team member who owns the coordination, readiness, and follow-through for assigned scopes across data center projects. Reporting to the Construction Manager or Sr. Construction Manager who leads their assigned scope and working closely with the Sr Construction Managers (CSA, MEP, and BTM/Substation/BESS), this role goes beyond tracking information — it actively drives closure across multiple parties, frames issues with recommended next steps, and keeps the owner team’s visibility decision-ready.

The Sr. Project Engineer is a force multiplier for the Construction Managers: reducing leadership blind spots, anticipating readiness and coordination risks before they impact the project, and mentoring Project Engineers. This role bridges project controls and construction management.

Key Responsibilities

Coordination & Readiness Ownership

• Own Assigned Coordination: Independently own coordination, readiness, and action closure for meaningful scopes or workstreams, driving items to resolution across internal and external parties.
• Decision & Commitment Tracking: Maintain owner decision, clarification, and commitment tracking; identify stalled items and highlight business impact of unresolved issues.
• Review Workflow & Visibility: Manage review workflows and status visibility so owner decisions are timely and informed; identify and clear bottlenecks.
• Reporting Leadership: Own recurring reporting for assigned responsibilities, presenting clear status, trends, and open risks to leadership.

Risk, Procurement & Turnover

• Risk Anticipation: Anticipate coordination, turnover, and readiness risks before they impact the project, and bring them forward with context and recommended actions.
• Procurement & OFCI: Maintain visibility into long-lead equipment status, delivery risk, and OFCI readiness for assigned scopes.
• Commissioning & Turnover Readiness: Independently manage readiness tracking for assigned scopes and surface gaps affecting commissioning, turnover, and operations.

Stakeholder & Team Leadership

• Stakeholder Coordination: Manage coordination across multiple stakeholders, adapting communication to decision needs, and act as a trusted owner point of contact for assigned scopes.
• Mentorship: Mentor Project Engineers and improve controls and coordination discipline across the team.
• Process Improvement: Improve reporting structure, tracker design, and coordination workflows for the broader project team.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or a related field, OR equivalent practical owner-side field/project experience.
• 4+ years of construction, project engineering, or project controls experience, including time representing an owner/operator or developer preferred.
• Proven ability to independently drive coordination and follow-through across multiple stakeholders on large-scale, fast-tracked projects.
• Strong judgment on escalation, prioritization, and issue framing.
• Advanced proficiency with Procore (or equivalent) and Microsoft Office Suite; familiarity with construction scheduling.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience on data center or mission-critical facilities.
• Experience mentoring junior team members or improving project controls processes.
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative, problem-solving mindset.
• Detail-oriented self-starter comfortable in a fast-paced, on-site environment.

Growth & Progression

Adds ownership of coordination outcomes, mentorship, and process improvement to the PE foundation, and prepares strong performers to move into direct field accountability as a Construction Manager.