Project Engineer - Mechanical Construction in Fargo

Job Description

Salary: $66,000 - $68,000

At Horwitz, we don’t just offer jobs we build careers. For over 100 years, we’ve been a leader in HVAC, plumbing, electrical services, delivering exceptional service while fostering a supportive and innovative workplace. Joining our team means working with passionate professionals in a culture built on safety, accountability, professionalism, motivation, curiosity, and a can‑do attitude.

We’re committed to your growth with training, mentorship, and advancement opportunities. Along with competitive benefits you’ll be part of a company that values its employees and makes a positive impact in the community. Join Horwitz and become part of a legacy of excellence and opportunity.

The Project Engineer II at Horwitz supports project success by managing documentation, cost tracking, scheduling, and technical coordination while modeling our core values of Safe, Accountable, Professional, Motivated, Can Do, and Curious. This role expands on foundational skills with greater independence in handling submittals, RFIs, change orders, equipment coordination, and budget support. With a growing knowledge of mechanical systems and construction practices, the Project Engineer II contributes to field operations, subcontractor management, and prefabrication efforts, while building relationships and fostering a collaborative, solutions‑oriented work environment.

These responsibilities generally describe the nature of the position and may not be all inclusive:

• Understand and facilitate engineer’s notes on returned submittals

• Understand contract and key terms to look out for

• Create proposals based on estimate spreadsheets and review with PM

• Manage the information in project folders, update and maintain RFIs, submittals, plans, specs, change orders, and the tracking logs associated with this information

• Coordinate delivery of equipment, storage of equipment, and knowing when to warehouse, T&H, and release items in a way that fits with the project timeline.

• Apply for permits from the city or DOLI and review with PM.

• Lead the gathering and assembly of the required closeout documents with assistance from a PM (IOMs, warranty, startup forms, owner training, As‑builts)

• Ability to independently review quoted items for correctness and compare quotes

• Assist the project manager in putting together change orders and proposals

• Gain experience looking at relevant financial information including but not limited to Coins financial reports, estimated work completion, subcontracts, change orders, labor projections, etc.

• Assist project manager in putting together budgets or cost estimates for plan/spec jobs or change orders, design build jobs and T&M NTE projects

• Ability to use Coins to enter opportunities into CRM, pull estimate vs actual or other reports, enter in initial budgets or budgets for change orders

• Understand sheet metal, plumbing, and hydronic material applications

• Well‑known in general contracting construction practices (excavations, soil, foundations, decking, steel, framing, ceilings, drywall, finishes and millwork) and how that relates to mechanical constructability

• Understand ductwork, hydronic, plumbing construction methods

• Understand HVAC, hydronic, plumbing system operation and design

• Understand electrical requirements relevant to mechanical construction

• Begin to understand temperature controls requirements relevant to mechanical construction

• Master the ability to understand, interpret, and navigate drawings & specifications

• Understand where to get information and reference mechanical/plumbing code requirements, ASHRAE, IECC, ETC

• Help coordinate prefabrication with design, field leaders, project managers, and shop fabrication leaders

• Help in the process of awarding and scheduling subcontractors

• Assist PM in commodity buyout, assessing quotes against project documents, releasing POs, and building a PO matrix

• Ability to set up Trimble layout tools on a job and assist field with troubleshooting; ability to train field on how to set up and use Trimble layout tools

• Understanding roles of…