Project Engineer - Facilities and Infrastructure

salary statement

estimated starting salary range: usd $/yr.

- usd $/yr. Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.

seeking an experienced project engineer for facilities & infrastructure to provide oversight of the design, construction, and integration of all conventional utility and building systems for a new hypersonic wind tunnel campus.

the department of war (dow) test resource management center (trmc) plays a critical role in ensuring our warfighters have a decisive edge. Trmc ensures that the dow components have the appropriate test and evaluation (t&e) infrastructure required to develop and field military systems. Scientific research corporation supports trmc with contractor systems engineering and technical advisory (seta) support staff to advise and support expeditious delivery of necessary test infrastructure.

the ideal candidate will be an industrial and commercial facility design-build and construction subject matter expert with strong collaboration and communication skills, personal accountability, and a desire to work as part of a collaborative team. This role is a critical part of the government's oversight team, serving as the owner’s representative and trusted technical advisor for a cutting-edge hypersonic t&e infrastructure project.

You will be responsible for the government-side oversight of all campus buildings and support infrastructure (mep/central utilities, office space, maintenance shops, etc.).

under the oversight of the program manager and chief engineer and in coordination with each test facility lead engineer, the candidate will:

• technical oversight and contractor accountability
  • serving as the owners representative and primary technical advisor to the contracting officer representative (cor), overseeing the design-build prime contractor’s design and execution of the campus buildings and support infrastructure (mep/central utilities, office space, maintenance shops, etc.) supporting new hypersonic test equipment
  • leveraging knowledge and experience with industrial and commercial facility design-build construction to identify, manage, track, and communicate technical, cost, and schedule risks, anticipating constructability challenges and supply chain disruptions before they impact the critical path
  • driving contractor accountability by rigorously tracking deliverables, managing action items to closure, evaluating performance, and ensuring strict compliance with government standards and the federal acquisition lifecycle
• technical design and execution evaluation and project management
  • conducting detailed reviews of contractor-developed architectural, civil, structural, and mep designs, ensuring compliance with unified facilities criteria (ufc) for secure and classified facilities and local building codes in rosemount, mn
  • representing the government program office while attending contractor-chaired integrated product team (ipt) meetings, technical interchange meetings (tims), technical design reviews, and milestone reviews applying subject matter expertise to provide insights on facility design and constructability and communicate government questions and concerns to the contractor
  • driving the resolution of contractor requests for information (rfis) and engineering change proposals (ecps) by providing timely technical recommendations
  • translating complex project data into decision-ready insights; preparing monthly status reports, financial and schedule analysis, technical summaries, and executive briefings to support government action and decisions
  • performing on-site construction surveillance, walk-downs, and safety audits to monitor construction progress, quality control, and adherence to rigorous safety standards
  • contributing to programmatic planning by developing statements of work (sow), independent government cost estimates (igces), and facility requirement documentation
  • collaborating seamlessly within a highly matrixed team of mechanical, electrical, aerothermal, controls and instrumentation, and systems engineers, program management, program controls,…