Project Engineer - Major Project at Dragados USA in Costa Mesa, California
Posted in Other 5 days ago.
Job Description:
We are looking to add a Project Engineer to our Costa Mesa team to work with the Design/Engineering team, which oversees the Design of significant projects. Five years of field experience is preferred when working on large infrastructure projects.
Responsibilities
- Lead project meetings to collect and disseminate information pertaining to the project
- Responsible for technical specifications/drawings review and issue resolution
- Coordinate the collection and dissemination of technical information between/within the company and the owner
- Responsible to develop work plans and procedures that enables construction to start on-site and get approvals from the EOR and the owner
- Responsible for RFIs / FDCs related to the design as well as NCR resolution/corrective action approval from the EOR and the owner
- Schedule and monitor program activity to achieve an on-time result including follow-up with external suppliers to ensure timely response to action items
- Create bill of materials, referencing to project drawings and specifications
- Review quotations utilizing supplier information, cost standards, technical information from quality, manufacturing, engineering, and design
- Determine possibility of conflicts/delays in the construction process by reviewing project drawings. Analyze the process to determine likelihood of detection and resulting effect Suggest preventative steps for correction
- Ensure that project charges are correctly represented for accounting's closing process
- Evaluate project charges are correctly represented for accounting's closing process
- Manage subcontractors and change orders on project
- Execute additional duties and responsibilities as assigned
- Schedule Quality Control & Quality Assurance inspections
- Coordinate survey operations
- Provide support for company initiatives
- Coordinate implementation of Safety, Health & Environmental program
Required
- Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution
- Minimum 7 years' experience in within a construction or engineering firm
- Degree in Civil Engineering or Construction Management
- Professional Engineer License
- Field experience
- Construction experience in heavy civil projects
- Knowledge and experience with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Knowledge with Primavera P6 Scheduling Software
- Communication - excellent oral presentation and written skills
- Goal oriented - able to set goals and achieve them
- Strong follow up ability with vendors and subcontractors
- Interpersonal - able to work well and persuade people at all organization levels
- Organizational ability - able to plan, prioritize, organize and monitor activities and projects. Able to work well in a group environment and foster a team approach
