Project Engineer Sample Job Descriptions

[Your Company Name] is hiring for a project engineer! Do you have an excellent collaborative spirit? Do you like handling the complex technical aspects of projects to ensure their success? If so, you might be our perfect fit! Project engineers use their technical expertise and understanding to assist with forecasting, resourcing, and managing the technical portions related to projects. These engineers are typically multi-disciplined masters of supervision with excellent time management and organizational skills. They’ll use a variety of equipment and programs to stay organized and properly account for all factors under their purview.

Typical duties and responsibilities

• Prepare, schedule, coordinate, and monitor engineering projects
• Ensure projects meet all codes, practices, QA/QC policies, performance standards, and specifications
• Represent clients and stakeholders in the field to make sure projects meet their needs
• Lead overall quality control of the work, including budgeting, scheduling, planning, and personnel performance
• Report regularly on project status
• Mentor project team
• Communicate effectively with the project manager and other project participants
• Review engineering deliverables and take corrective actions, if needed

Education and experience

This position requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field. Some employers prefer job candidates with a master’s degree or Ph.D. for specific positions or career advancement. Many companies also require a Professional Engineer (PE) license.

Required skills and qualifications

• Analytical, problem-solving and critical-thinking skills
• Teamwork and interpersonal communication skills
• Project management and supervision skills
• Skill in working with process engineering and computer-assisted design (CAD) software
• Demonstrated ability in solving highly technical problems
• Advanced knowledge of production machinery and processes
• Expertise in computer technology and systems operations

Preferred qualifications

• Familiar with project engineering software
• 1-2 years of experience working as a project engineer
• Excellent time management skills
• Expert level in Microsoft Office and Google Suite
• Master’s degree in engineering or a related field

ABC Company, an award-winning, multi-discipline environmental engineering firm specializing in water, wastewater, and civil infrastructure, is seeking a licensed Lead Water Project Engineer to join our company. The ideal candidate has a passion for working on drinking water projects and enjoys being technically challenged working with a team of leading experts in the water industry.

Responsibilities

• Technical planning, design, and construction of drinking water source, distribution, storage, and treatment projects
• Provide technical support to project managers and project engineers
• Hydraulic Design – pumps/pipes
• Construction administration and oversight
• Conducting treatability and preliminary engineering studies
• Perform QA/QC

Essential functions

• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Personal organization and time management skills
• Able to build strong relationships with coworkers
• Committed to continual learning
• Excellent attention to detail
• Diligent and dependable

Experience

• Minimum 5-8 years of experience

Certifications

• Professional Engineer License

Education

• B.S. Degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering

Responsibilities

• Material procurement and ordering
• Oversee Subcontractors and full construction project on a daily bases
• Coordinate subcontractors, architects, inspectors, and suppliers to resolve any problems with materials or methods
• Establish and maintain an effective and professional on-site working relationship with Owners, Architects, Consulting Engineers, and other parties related to the project
• Enforce a safe work environment, practices, and culture on the project
• Provide planning, designing, and construction services for municipal infrastructure projects
• Ensure tasks will be completed on time and within budget
• Practice collaborative research with fellow team members

Qualifications

• College degree and some experience in commercial construction working for a GC
• High attention to detail regarding project organization
• Career oriented individual who wants to progress further in their career and take on additional responsibility
• Proficient use of MS products ( Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.)
• 1-3 years experience in the field preferred
• Strong mathematical and computer aptitude is also necessary

ABC Company is actively seeking an Entry-Level Project Engineer for a remote contract position.

The Project Engineer supports the project engineering team with the responsibility for integrating the various engineering, scheduling, and purchasing aspect of the project.

Responsibilities

• Support the planning, setup and monitoring of the project systems (e.g. MDL and DOR), inter-discipline workflows and coordination of design activities through engineering disciplines as well as resolution of inter-disciplinary issues
• Supports the periodic reviews of engineering execution schedule and budget, expediting of engineering teams (e.g. two-week deliverables look-ahead), escalation of needs (e.g. action items) and reporting of project technical delivery status (e.g. monthly reports)
• Supports Project Engineers in tracking and compiling any design or specification changes and their resultant impacts (e.g. ECNs and contract deviations)
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables
• Ability to write reports and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from the group
• Participate in proactive team efforts to achieve departmental and company goals
• Strive for excellence through developing concepts to improve processes and reduce costs
• Protect Company confidential information by not communicating, disclosing, or using for benefit of third parties and maintain the highest degree of honesty and integrity at all times
• Comply with all safety policies, practices, and procedures, and reporting all unsafe activities to Management and/or Human Resources
• Maintain the highest degree of honesty and integrity at all times

Requirements

• Knowledge of spreadsheet (e.g. MS Excel), word processing (e.g. MS Words), electronic mail (e.g. MS Outlook), 3D graphics, and technical diagrams/flow charts (e.g. MS Vision)
• 2 years of project engineering experience is required

Education/experience requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering