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Senior Project Engineer (RJ020)

DPR Construction
Nashville, TN Full Time
POSTED ON 4/29/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/28/2025
Job Description

Job Duties:

Perform engineering duties in planning, designing, and overseeing construction and maintenance of building structures and facilities, such as roads, railroads, airports, bridges, harbors, channels, dams, irrigation projects, pipelines, power plants, and water and sewage systems.

Project engineer responsibilities will be on commercial projects within our core markets: advanced technology, commercial, healthcare, higher education and life sciences. Senior project engineers will work closely with all members of the project team and will be responsible for the following: Participation and application of DPR’s environmental health and safety plan to constantly maintain injury-free environments including performing weekly safety audits. Mentor, develop and train team members for fast-paced growth. Understanding and enforcement of contracts, including between DPR and subcontractors as well as DPR and the owner. Assist superintendent and project manager in the implementation of DPR policies and the execution of the project. Organizing the duties of other engineers, field office coordinator, project accountant and other assigned project staff. This includes providing direction, prioritization, and performance feedback. Participation in trainings and company meetings to facilitate individual and company growth. Organizing and electronically archiving project files for easy access by the project team. Preparation, monitoring, and updating project schedules. Working with the superintendent to impact the schedule with project constraints. Preparation, maintenance, and implementation of various document control entities such as daily reports, material procurement logs, submittal logs, as-builts, testing and inspection logs, RFI logs, and change order logs. Distribution of new drawings, changes, approved submittals, RFI responses, and other project information to all affected parties. Identifying, assembling, negotiating, and distributing change orders to both the owner and subcontractors. Preparing agendas, documents, meeting minutes, and actions for various meetings including owner/architect/contractor meetings, subcontractor coordination meetings, safety meetings, and staff meetings. Participating in project cost control. This includes maintaining internal records and working with subcontractors to make sure changes are getting paid. Preparing owner billing by assembling DPR costs, receiving and reviewing subcontractor invoices and organizing the documents in accordance with the owner’s requirements.

Minimum Requirements: Master’s Degree in Civil/Construction Engineering, Construction Management or related field and four (4) years of experience in the job offered or in a civil engineer-related occupation.

Special Requirements

Position requires at least three (3) years of experience in each of the following skills:

Utilize knowledge of Bluebeam to read drawings and perform quantity takeoffs and markups as required.

Utilize knowledge of Primavera P6 to perform schedule updates.

Utilize knowledge of AutoCAD to view and markup necessary modifications on drawings.

Utilize knowledge of OST to perform on screen takeoffs on construct drawings for estimating purposes.

Position requires at least two (2) years of experience in each of the following skills:

Utilize knowledge of Procore to organize and document all construction documents and progress documents.

Utilize knowledge of Building Connected to organize and manage buyout process for all trades.

  • Reflects annual base salary. The final compensation offered to candidates will be based on various factors, including but not limited to qualifications, experience, location, and compliance with legal obligations. DPR offers a variety of health & wellness benefits, see https://www.dpr.com/company/careers/benefits

TO APPLY: Please email resume to careers@dpr.com, and indicate job code RJ020.

DPR Construction is a forward-thinking, self-performing general contractor specializing in technically complex and sustainable projects for the advanced technology, life sciences, healthcare, higher education and commercial markets. Founded in 1990, DPR is a great story of entrepreneurial success as a private, employee-owned company that has grown into a multi-billion-dollar family of companies with offices around the world.

Working at DPR, you'll have the chance to try new things, explore unique paths and shape your future. Here, we build opportunity together—by harnessing our talents, enabling curiosity and pursuing our collective ambition to make the best ideas happen. We are proud to be recognized as a great place to work by our talented teammates and leading news organizations like U.S. News and World Report, Forbes, Fast Company and Newsweek.

Explore our open opportunities at www.dpr.com/careers.

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