Traveling Project Engineer - LSC

STO Building Group; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) with employer match

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Life & AD&D Insurance

Short-term Disability Insurance

Long-term Disability Insurance

Pre-tax Parking/Public Transportation

Job summary

STO Building Group is seeking a Project Engineer to assist Project Managers in ensuring installations meet plans and specifications. The role requires travel outside California for extended assignments, with monthly home trips and eventual return to California.

You will review drawings, coordinate with architects, and help optimize production while maintaining safety. The position offers a full salary range of $70,000 to $85,000 with a target bonus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in civil engineering, construction management, or related field, or the equivalent education and experience.
• Good written and oral communication skills.
• Reading and understanding blueprints.
• Willingness to travel outside of California for extended assignments.
• Ability to learn and adapt to safety requirements (OSHA).
• Experience with scheduling software preferred.
• One year of field experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assists Project Managers to ensure work meets plan and specification requirements.
• Attend and take notes for project team meetings and distribute minutes.
• Publish weekly progress reports and manage information flow.
• Update project schedules and assist in bid development and scope for contractors.
• Prepare project schedules with milestones for shop drawings and material deliveries.
• Maintain logs of shop drawings and change requests.
• Coordinate concrete pours and coordinate testing for compliance.
• Ensure compliance with safety policies and procedures.

Skills

Communication skills

Blueprint reading

Flexibility

Cooperation

Spanish basics

Problem solving

Safety knowledge (OSHA)

Scheduling knowledge

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in civil engineering / construction management or related field

Tools

Word

Excel

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Project Engineer assists Project Managers to ensure that work installed on the project meets plan and specification requirements.

Summary

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Project Engineer assists Project Managers to ensure that work installed on the project meets plan and specification requirements.

This position requires the ability and willingness to travel outside of California for extended assignments. Employees will have the opportunity to travel home approximately once per month and will return permanently to California at the conclusion of their travel assignments

Duties And Responsibilities

• Assures compliance by becoming intimately familiar with the assigned project plans and specifications. Reviews shop drawing and submittals.
• Reviews plans from the standpoint of value analysis and constructability, ensuring appropriate materials are utilized. Communicates inconsistencies to the architect.
• Recommends labor saving and other cost-saving methods, which will save Layton and/or the owner money in actual construction.
• Attends and takes notes for project team meetings, including weekly Owner/Architect meetings and subcontractor coordination meetings. Distributes meeting minutes to participants.
• Publishes weekly progress reports for assigned projects and follows up for receipt, review, and distribution of information required for project construction.
• Updates project schedules as needed.
• Assists in bidding and in developing scope of work for trade contractors.
• Works with the superintendent to prepare project schedule, including establishing dates for receiving shop drawings and milestones necessary to complete the project on time. Follows up for review and approval for shop drawings, samples, material lists, etc.
• Maintains logs, reflecting the status of shop drawings, requests for clarification, change requests, and proposal requests.
• Advises on proper procedures for concrete pours. Inspects structural reinforcing.
• Coordinates standard slump and compaction testing to verify compliance to specifications.
• Reviews field procedures and final installation of structural elements to ensure compliance of the work.
• Performs work sampling. Observes and analyzes work methods, techniques, and procedures to advise superintendent on improvement of production efficiency.
• Comply with all safety policies, practices and procedures. Report unsafe activities to supervisor and/or Safety.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in civil engineering, construction management, or related field, or the equivalent education and experience.
• Good written and oral communication skills. Expresses self clearly and effectively when talking with individuals and groups. Demonstrates poise and mastery of language. Expresses ideas clearly in writing. Uses proper organization and grammar.
• Working knowledge of Word and Excel.
• Flexibility: Willing to modify plans and behavior when necessary to meet a goal.
• Cooperation: Works well with other people. Takes time to help co-workers, customers and others achieve their goals and assignments.
• The ability to read and understand blueprints.
• Learning Ability: Has the ability and desire to quickly learn new job-related information.
• The ability to understand and apply OSHA and company safety requirements.
• Has integrity: maintains normal standards of ethics, conduct, and organizational policies in job-related activities.
• Problem Solving: Solves practical problems and deals with a variety of variables in situations where only limited standardization exists; interprets a variety of complex instructions.
• One year previous field experience preferred.
• Working knowledge of scheduling programs preferred.
• Ability to understand and convey basic Spanish commands, questions, and instructions regarding concrete construction or preferred.

The full salary range for this position is $70,000 to $85,000. This position is eligible for a target bonus.

Benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Health Savings Account
• Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
• Life & AD&D Insurance
• Long-term Disability Insurance
• Short-term Disability Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Accident Insurance
• Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• Home & Auto Insurance
• Family Support
• Pre-tax Paid Parking/Public Transportation
• Paid time off
• Time Away Benefits
• Paid Holidays
• Group Legal
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Identity Theft Protection
• Group Legal
• Pet Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program

EEO Statement

Layton Construction is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

About Us

Layton Construction is a privately held national general contractor, delivering predictable outcomes in commercial construction since 1953. Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, Layton operates from 16 strategic offices across the United States, employing more than 1,500 construction professionals who serve diverse markets including healthcare, education, commercial office, industrial, hospitality, and multi-unit residential.

Founded on the core values of honesty, unity, safety, and quality, Layton has built a reputation for excellence in complex project delivery while maintaining strong partnerships with clients, architects, and trade partners nationwide.

The STO Building Group family of companies—Structure Tone, Structure Tone Southwest, Pavarini Construction Co., Pavarini McGovern, LF Driscoll, Govan Brown, Ajax Building Company, BCCI Construction, Layton Construction, Abbott Construction, and RC Andersen—includes over 4,000 employees located in offices throughout the US, Canada, UK, and Ireland. We provide a complete range of construction services, from site selection analysis, design constructability review and aesthetic enhancements to interior fit-outs, new building construction, and building infrastructure upgrades and modernization. Learn more about how we partner with our clients to imagine, execute, and realize their vision at stobuildinggroup.com.