What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Engineer (San Antonio, TX) position at BUTLER-COHEN LLC?
Job Description
The Project Engineer (PE) is responsible for the administrative functions of the Project, including submittals, RFIs, Drawing Log Management, Document Control, and Meeting Agendas, as well as assisting the APM/PM in their duties. The Project Engineer position is a hybrid in-office and on-site position geared toward the individual's developmental growth and gaining experience in the construction process.
Essential Duties/Responsibilities
- Document Control
- Populating Procore with the most current drawings and specifications.
- Submittals
- Create a submittal log in Procore and establish necessary workflows for submittals within Procore.
- Processing of submittals to ensure timely receipt from subcontractors and timely approval from the design team.
- Project Engineer, with assistance from APM or PM, should be able to ensure accurate job coordination within submittals to identify and resolve conflicts through the submittal process.
- Communicating submittal statuses to the project team and providing detailed support to the PM during OAC meetings.
- Ensure that submittals are readily accessible to all project stakeholders and that they are disseminated to the appropriate trades to facilitate multidisciplinary coordination.
- Follow up with subcontractor when a submittal is “approved as noted” to ensure subcontractor acknowledges all comments/notes.
- RFIs
- Receive RFIs from subcontractors and/or create RFIs for issues encountered. RFIs should be well-written to ensure they are easily understood and reference all applicable documents that require review before the A/E response.
- Maintain a log of RFIs and ensure a timely and complete response from the design team.
- Communicate the status of RFIs to the project team and provide detailed support for the PM during OAC meetings.
- Identify RFIs that will result in changes to the project's cost or timeline and communicate them to the PM to ensure the change is appropriately tracked.
- Ensure that all RFIs are posted correctly in the contract documents so that all project stakeholders can easily identify the question and answer when reviewing the contract documents.
- General
- Ensure that Procore is maintained with all current information. Prevent mistakes from being translated into the field due to inaccurate or outdated information being accessible and not understood.
- Material Expediting
- Procurement Log
- Maintain a procurement log and coordinate with vendors/subcontractors to ensure that material procurement is tracked for the timely arrival of materials at the jobsite.
- Understanding and confirming lead times to populate the procurement log.
- Communicate changes in material needs resulting from schedule adjustments.
- Provide regular reporting to the project team regarding the status of material procurement.
- Procurement Log
- Quality Control
- Assist the superintendent and/or the Quality Control (QC) department with QC phase meetings. This may involve conducting meetings, preparing for them, and/or attending and documenting the meetings.
- Monitor project deliveries to ensure that materials are received by approved submittals, project documents, and are stored according to specifications and manufacturer requirements.
- Review work in place to ensure that locations and fitments coordinated within shop drawings are being installed as coordinated.
- Project Administration
- Meetings
- Assist in preparing all project-related meetings and documenting them in meeting minutes.
- Pull Planning
- Assist with pull planning sessions.
- Changes
- Assist with tracking changes and receiving cost breakdowns from subcontractors.
- Schedule Maintenance
- Assist in the as-built review of the project schedule to enable the PM and superintendent to make timely and efficient updates to the master schedule.
- Meetings
- Assistance to the Superintendent and PM
- Provide general support to the PM and superintendent as needed.
- Project Closeout
- Submittals
- Ensure timely submission and approval of all closeout documents before the project’s substantial completion.
- Punchlist
- Assist in preparing the punch list. Assist the superintendent in updating and reporting the status of the project punch list.
- Submittals
- Business Development
- Participate in company networking functions.
- Build and expand your network.
- Report to your Project Manager potential new leads and new connections that you’ve fostered.
Education/Experience Required
- Bachelor’s Degree in Construction Science, Construction Management, or similar
- 1-5 years as a Project Engineer on commercial construction projects
Skills/Abilities Required
- Must have the ability to work flexible hours, including weekends.
- Willingness to travel in the market and/or relocate based on project location.
- Able to work in all outdoor elements, including heat, cold, rain, snow, wind, etc.
- Able to access the entire job site, including stairs, scaffolding, ladders, elevation changes, etc.
- Can work physically, including kneeling, sitting, standing, squatting, bending over, etc.
- The ability to establish and maintain a positive and professional working relationship with individuals at multiple company levels, including client representatives and subcontractors.
- Must be able to work and perform duties with minimal supervision and have extensive problem-solving skills.
- Must have basic computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite and Project Management software (Procore preferred).
- Strong working knowledge of all project documents, including specifications, plans, submittals, subcontracts, shop drawings, and other project-specific documents.
- Knowledge of local quality, safety, and health guidelines for construction job sites.
- Working knowledge of OSHA requirements and OSHA site visits.
Working Conditions
This role is performed in a hybrid indoor/outdoor setting on an active commercial construction site and requires a high level of physical mobility and situational awareness.
- May require extensive travel by vehicle.
- Significant work at construction job sites, during all stages, in all types of weather conditions.
- Must be able to perform activities requiring the use of arms and legs, including climbing ladders/scaffolding, lifting & handling materials, walking & balancing, and stooping.
- Must be able to speak & hear detailed information through oral communication.
- Must be able to see clearly and recognize small details.
- Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on computers.
- Work is performed in an active construction site.
Salary : $75,000 - $90,000