Project Engineer, Operations Manager

Self.

Made. at RK

As a Project Engineer, you’ll gain real-world experience managing the details that keep high-impact mechanical, plumbing, and water treatment projects moving. From procurement to compliance, budgeting to coordination — you’ll touch every phase of the process and collaborate with field teams, clients, architects, and engineers to make things happen.

At RK, Self. Made. isn’t a tagline, it’s how work gets done. People here build more than projects; they build capability, confidence, and careers they can be proud of. With so much work designed and fabricated in-house, ideas move quickly from concept to shop floor to job site. Teams collaborate across disciplines, solve real-world challenges, and grow through hands‑on work that truly matters.

RK Industries is a second‑generation family‑owned company led by brothers Rick and Jon Kinning. With seven specialized business units working together, we deliver construction, fabrication, manufacturing, and building services with a focus on safety, quality, and craftsmanship. People join RK for the craftsmanship, complexity, and the ability to make a real impact. Our in‑house capabilities mean employees see their ideas become real solutions, creating meaningful collaboration and clear visibility into how work gets built.

Growth happens through challenging projects, mentorship from experienced builders, and opportunities that stretch your skill set. With RK University, accredited apprenticeships, competitive benefits, and deep community investment, RK offers the stability of a family‑owned company with the opportunity and momentum of an industry leader.

Maintenance and administration functions necessary for successful completion of projects. Processing submittals, expediting deliveries, generating and tracking all administrative documentation and preparing project closeout records. Assist with preparation of budgets, billings and change estimates, buyout and negotiation of subcontractors, monitoring of labor hours and project costs, coordination with owners, architects, engineers, general contractors, subcontractors and suppliers. In‑house coordination with field workforce, and estimating, purchasing and accounting departments, and processing accounts payable.

• Work as a team with assigned Project Manager or Senior Project Manager
• Assist with and/or perform responsibilities and tasks as delegated by the assigned Project Manager
• Manage contractual agreements/purchase orders with owners, contractors, subcontractors, material suppliers.
• Understand and comply with all safety processes and procedures.
• Learn and become proficient user of Viewpoint/Vista project management software.
• Participate in water treatment and testing.
• Review water test results and analyze.
• Update RK Water compliance logs weekly and monthly
• Inform customers and permit holders of test results and compliance status
• Ensure daily project documentation is completed and up to date, including timecards, daily reports, additional work authorizations, receiving documents, as‑built drawings, etc
• Coordinate timely job procurement through buy‑out on materials and equipment, in conjunction with the superintendent and purchasing department.
• Develop change order pricing as necessary.
• Buy‑out, negotiate and issue all lower‑tier subcontract(s), with emphasis on complete scopes in compliance with the contract documents and within the established budget.
• Responsible for proper/timely processing of shop drawings, product submittals, operation and maintenance manuals, and recording all as‑built drawings.
• Review and monitor labor costs, hours, and projections with superintendent(s).
• Responsible for initiating, overseeing, and verifying billings.
• Ensure that change orders requests are processed in accordance with proper procedures, and that the superintendent has information required for implementation.
• Ensure change orders are processed on time and are properly documented.
• Coordinate and track material take‑offs, pricing, procurement and release of materials.
• Provide assistance for project projections for estimated costs required for completion of project.
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