Senior Project Engineer

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As an industry leader Balfour Beatty offers employees a comprehensive benefits package with competitive salaries and more including:

• Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
• Health Savings Account
• 401(k) with company match
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Dependent & Medical Reimbursement)
• Vacation Time
• Sick Time
• Holidays
• Paid Personal Days
• Paid Volunteer time
• Tuition Assistance
• Employee Referral Bonus

Balfour Beatty is hiring for a Senior Project Engineer to join a large Federal Project that includes renovation and expansion of two historic buildings, with full interiors buildout and extensive site work of two city blocks in Washington, DC. The Senior Project Engineer assists the Project Manager, and other team members, with the planning and daily execution of the construction project. Responsible for maintaining certain aspects of the project schedule, as assigned by the Project Manager, by managing the process of submittal approvals, coordinating the timely delivery of materials and maintaining schedules and budgets to ensure the project is completed with quality, profitability and while complying with our Safety/Zero Harm culture.

Essential Functions

Project Financial Responsibilities

• Assists project management by proactively managing the project budget by controlling expenses, administering owner and subcontractor billings, identifying work not covered by subcontractor's scope of work/budget and ensuring the success of office support functions related to the overall cost and scheduled completion.

Project Administration, Coordination, Scheduling and Close-out

• Responsible for proactive administration of reviewing and processing all submittal data and shop drawings to ensure project schedules are expedited and materials are delivered on time.
• Conducts preconstruction meetings with subcontractors, assisted by the Project Manager and/or Superintendent.
• Works with the onsite quality control team for assigned trades by verifying subcontractor deliveries meet approved submittal requirements.
• Attends and participates in meetings with Architect/Engineer and owner representatives, provides information and assists the Project Manager in the preparation of progress reports/meeting minutes.
• Distributes proposal change documents to subcontractors/suppliers and assists in collecting pricing and/or prepares change proposal requests for internal pricing review.
• Ensures all clarifications, changes, directives, RFIs, etc., are updated on the "as-built" drawings and are fully coordinated with company supervision and all subcontractor/suppliers.
• Responsible for submitting owner required close-out documents and assisting subcontractors /suppliers in scheduling owner required training and documentation.

Promote Customer Relations

• Builds effective relationships with customers, design team, subcontractors, suppliers, and user groups that reflect and support company core values and meets or exceeds the customer's expectations.
• Actively participates in industry, client, and community relations to enhance company image.

Culture, Leadership and Employee Development

• Serves as a role model and promotes professional behavior.
• Participates in personal career development through on-the-job training, attends operations classroom training programs and assists in the development of the Project Engineer.

Perform other related duties as needed

Working Conditions

The majority of work is completed on job sites in an office trailer or in an existing structure. Due to daily condition changes on construction projects, when employees are outside of the office trailer or structure, they must wear appropriate personal protective equipment as required by the company's safety policies and as required for weather conditions. The project team and/or team member may need to move to other projected work geographic locations, if necessary.

Minimum Requirements

• B.S. in Construction Management, Engineering, or related field position with 2 to 4 years of experience preferred as a Sr. Project Engineer with a GC on large project (preferred with experience handling numerous different trades)
• Demonstrates leadership skills with ability and willingness to face challenges, direct others, and effectively address conflict.
• Creates, manages, and/or revises schedules and related assignments based on key priorities of assigned projects, considering the importance between work and life activities for self and others.
• Organizes people, tools, and equipment and plan/manage multiple activities to accomplish desired results.
• Makes decisions under tight deadlines, sometimes with incomplete information.
• Exhibits commitment to quality by evaluating project-related processes and make necessary changes, using customer input to make improvements, and meeting/exceeding internal and external customer expectations.
• Acts in a manner of integrity that demonstrates support for the company values and the employees, while maintaining constant focus on meeting/exceeding customer requirements and expectations.
• Demonstrates proficiency using a personal computer (PC) and company communication tools, such as email, internet, and Microsoft products (e.g., Word, Excel, Office, Outlook).

Pay Rate: $93,000-102,000/year annual base salary.*

*This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee's pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, any collective bargaining agreements, and business or organizational needs. No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, incentive, or any other form of compensation that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law and any applicable plan documents.

About us

Balfour Beatty US is an industry-leading provider of general contracting, at-risk construction management and design-build services for public and private sector clients across the nation. Performing heavy civil and vertical construction, our teams build the unique structures and infrastructure that play an important role in how people live, work, learn and play in our communities. Our teammates have an instinctive passion for innovating that is fueled by a relentless curiosity, a drive to employ lean practices and processes and the determination to find a better way. Through Zero Harm, we are challenging the construction industry's assumptions about safety. We believe that no level of harm should come to anyone as a result of our business.

Consistently ranked among the nation's largest building contractors by Engineering News-Record, our US business is a subsidiary of London-based Balfour Beatty plc (LSE: BBY).

Balfour Beatty is an equal opportunity employer that recognizes the value of a diverse workforce. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other criteria protected by federal, state or local law.