Project Engineer- Project Controls

Project Engineer – Project Controls

Great work starts with great people. At Flintco, you'll find respect, stability, and opportunity to grow your career. Established in 1908, Flintco maintains offices in 8 major cities and employs more than 900 talented and humble professionals. Ranked among the largest and safest contractors in the nation, we deliver projects across a wide range of market sectors, including healthcare, education, hospitality, sports, mixed-use/residential, advanced industries, and renewable energy.

With self-perform capabilities in concrete, steel fabrication and erection, site work, and other critical services, we bring a distinct in-house advantage to every project. Guided by the core principles of our Ethos — Safety, Quality, Honesty, Integrity, and Innovation — our culture is rooted in accountability, collaboration, and commitment to shared success. Beyond the jobsite, we invest in the communities we call home, strengthening the places where we live, work, and build.

The Project Engineer – Project Controls role is an early-career developmental role designed for an individual interested in building expertise in construction project controls within the utility-scale solar industry. Prior project controls or solar experience is not required. Through training, mentorship, project exposure, and progressively increasing responsibility, this position will develop skills in cost management, forecasting, progress measurement, production tracking, manpower analysis, and performance reporting.

Working closely with Project Managers, Construction Managers, Superintendents, Project Engineers, Preconstruction, Finance, and Operations leadership, this position will help collect, maintain, and analyze project information related to cost, production, labor, and overall performance. The role provides an opportunity to develop an understanding of how accurate, forward-looking project data helps identify trends, manage risk, and support informed operational and financial decisions.

As knowledge and proficiency grow, the individual will assume greater responsibility for project controls activities and reporting.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Learn and apply Flintco's project controls processes, systems, reporting standards, and construction terminology.
• Assist project teams with cost tracking, forecasting, and Estimate at Completion (EAC) development.
• Track actual costs, committed costs, forecasted costs, and remaining costs against established project budgets.
• Help maintain the consistency, accuracy, and timeliness of project cost reporting.
• Support the development and maintenance of project progress, productivity, and production-tracking tools.
• Collect and organize project data used to measure performance against established project goals and expectations.
• Analyze project information, with guidance, to identify developing trends, potential risks, and areas requiring additional attention.
• Maintain historical project performance data to support future planning, estimating, and continuous improvement.
• Assist project and Operations leadership with staffing and manpower forecasting across one or more projects.
• Track pending and approved change orders and help document their effect on project budgets and forecasts.
• Assist in maintaining documentation supporting project cost impacts and change-order entitlement.
• Verify that approved changes are incorporated accurately into project budgets, forecasts, and reporting.
• Prepare and maintain reports that provide project and Operations leadership with visibility into cost, manpower, progress, productivity, risks, and opportunities.
• Support the development and maintenance of Power BI or similar project-reporting dashboards.
• Participate in project handoffs from Preconstruction to Operations and assist with establishing project controls processes before mobilization.
• Review estimate, production, labor, and cost assumptions with guidance from Project Controls, Preconstruction, and Operations leadership.
• Assist with developing projections based on actual project performance and emerging trends.
• Help develop historical benchmarks that improve future project planning,…