Project Engineer - The Building People

Job Description/Summary:

The Building People, LLC, has a position open for a looking for a junior project engineer with expertise in the construction industry to provide Owner's Representative construction management services to a DoD client.

• Assist the Government in conducting site evaluations, field surveys, and site visits to determine constructability and code compliance.  Develop draft scopes of work, validation of requirements, and participates in pre-bid conferences.
• Support the Government’s development of technical requirements, scopes of work, cost estimate analysis and schedules for A/E services, to include studies, reports and drawings review.
• Support the Government’s tracking of construction progress, submittals, permit applications, organization of files, and invoicing as part of a larger team.
• Schedule and participate in weekly project progress meetings and monthly program progress meetings to evaluate schedule progress, identify departures from the accepted baseline schedule, and evaluate risk to long-term project and program health.
• Ability to work independently to track down requirements and data from other project managers or clients in a professional manner with complete and on time submissions.
• Maintain construction administration data in Excel, web based software and files to be aggregated and used as metrics and briefing tools for senior leadership.
• Work with Project Managers to develop and track progress of project lifecycle milestone schedules and Government activities to insure timely delivery of the Government construction program.
• Support Project Managers by researching and preparing project status briefings, developing and maintaining performance matrixes, preparing well-written technical reports.  Prepares written and oral reports to Government leadership and program managers.

Required Experience/Skills:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Must be able to pass and maintain a Public Trust clearance (HSPD-12 fingerprint background check).

Preferred Experience/Skills:

• Pentagon WHS experience is highly sought after.

Required Education:

• BS in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management OR:

• An ACTIVE General Contractor/Construction Trades license with 4+ years of construction experience.