Pharma​/Biopharma Project Engineer

Best People + Right Culture

These are the driving forces behind JE Dunn’s success. By hiring inspired people, giving them interesting and challenging work, enabling them with innovative tools, and letting them share in the company’s rewards, we’ve found a sustainable way to grow in our industry for the last 100+ years.

Our diverse teams around the country strive to enrich lives through inspired people and places everyday, and we need inspired people like you to join us in our pursuit of building perfection.

The Project Engineer 2 will complete and support routine construction and field execution responsibilities for construction projects utilizing construction fundamentals and company best practice standards, processes, resources and tools. This position will be responsible for participating in many facets of the construction process, such as general construction management, punch lists and executing self‑perform work, in order to understand the building process and how JE Dunn executes projects.

All activities will be performed in support of the strategy, vision and values of JE Dunn.

• Autonomy and Decision Making:
  Makes decisions on assigned area on responsibility, provides recommendations to supervisor and refers all exceptions to supervisor, as needed
• Career Path:
  Senior Project Engineer or Superintendent 1.

• Learn and actively participate in all aspects of the company’s safety and quality plans and culture by demonstrating commitment to an injury‑free environment through individual actions and mentoring others.
• Participate with project QA/QC planning to ensure quality for assigned tasks.
• Learn and participate in the estimating and change management process and tools, including quantity take‑off and review of subcontractor proposals.
• Work on site with the project team to support a variety of tasks such as monitoring crew size, self‑perform hours, materials, quantity and equipment.
• Participate in activities such as punch lists, city inspections, safety reviews, quality reviews and preparation of the necessary documentation.
• Post drawings and specifications with most recent information.
• Organize and participate in various project meetings. Prepare and disseminate required documentation as appropriate.
• Participate and prepare a variety of reports including project daily reports, weekly progress reports, unit reporting, percentage complete, daily manpower, production schedules, equipment tracking, etc., in order to support the project.
• Perform periodic job site observations with project leadership.
• Create procurement logs based on the project schedule and specification requirements. Track shop drawings and follow up with deliveries as directed by the project team.
• Provide progress updates and reports back to the project team to support the scheduling process.
• Support the close out of projects, including but not limited to the punch list, operations and maintenance manuals, as‑built drawings, etc.
• Utilize company best practice standards and fundamentals for building and construction techniques.
• Build relationships and develop communication and interpersonal skills with tradespeople and project team members such as foreman, journeymen, superintendents, subcontractors, etc.
• Develop an understanding about the various functions and support roles across the company and how each contributes to the success of a project.
• Collaborate and demonstrate teamwork in project setting.
• Learn and incorporate Lean practices into regular activities.
• Learn about best practices for identifying, developing and integrating self‑perform opportunities into the project.

In addition, this position will be responsible for:

• Participate in implementing project safety plans and ensures a culture of compliance through use of training, toolbox talks and communication with Safety Representatives.
• Support the preparation of estimates, schedules, work plans, daily logs, etc.
• Pre‑plans crew activities, fulfills the requirements of the daily task plan, completes look ahead schedule and provides updates to project superintendent.
• Support and/or complete…