Project Engineer- Drywall

Job Overview

DPR Construction is seeking a self‑perform project engineer – drywall with at least 1 year of commercial construction experience for our self‑perform work group. The project engineer will work on commercial projects within our core markets (healthcare, advanced technology, higher education, life sciences, and commercial) and will collaborate closely with the project team and self‑perform work group. This position is salaried.

• Maintain working knowledge of contracts with owners, subcontracts with tiered trade contractors and material vendors and prepare work scope packages.
• Organize and maintain cost structure; prepare, monitor, and update scope(s) and schedule.
• Help maintain weekly work plans and implement lean construction methods; document schedule impacts to the project.
• Identify changes in the project; distribute change documents to all field personnel and assemble, submit and complete accurate change requests in accordance with owner contact requirements.
• Expedite approval of change orders; attend and document minutes at owner/architect meetings, subcontractor meetings, staff meetings, and other meetings, following through on action items.
• Attend and participate in bi‑weekly self‑perform team meetings, providing critical updates around project parameters.
• Apply DPR’s environmental health and safety plan to maintain injury‑free environments; assist foremen and field crews in implementing DPR policies and executing the project.
• Assist and organize the duties of field staff; provide direction, prioritization, performance feedback and coordination to ensure all job duties and project requirements are fulfilled.
• Complete 3 safety jobsite audits weekly.
• Assist the project manager in updating relevant project information related to labor, productivity, and cash flow; keep all cost, commitment and projection information current in the company job‑costing system.
• Prepare monthly progress reports incorporating all new subcontract change amounts, material purchase costs to date and change orders; produce fee and cost status reports.
• Prepare owner billing by assembling DPR costs, reviewing subcontractor/material invoices and organizing documents per owner requirements.
• Monitor labor cost reports and job records including daily site walks and safety reporting; evaluate construction activities.
• Maintain equipment and material coding logs; monitor safety inspection and accident logs and reports.
• Record official notices such as warranties/guarantees; maintain request for information log; distribute new drawings, changes, approved submittals, RFI responses and other project information to affected parties.
• Act as purchasing agent under the direction of lead foremen and project manager; assist with scheduling and expediting material, equipment purchases and delivery; identify and expedite long‑lead items.
• Schedule submittals of shop drawings, samples, and supplier data for timely approval; schedule tiered subcontractor work and ensure subs are ready on schedule.
• Manage shop drawing packages such as concrete forms and wall frame detailing; participate and aid in job layout; verify elevations and dimensions to provide adequate information for field crew completeness.
• Review vendor shop drawings, product data, samples, and manuals for compliance with contract documents and coordination with other items of work.
• Seek and study problems, conflicts, incomplete or ambiguous design information and any other questions or issues presented by subs, vendors, designers, DPR crews, staff or others; resolve issues promptly, interfacing with designers, engineers or the owner when necessary; document solutions using RFI and distribute to affected parties.

• 1+ year of experience as a project engineer, preferably within DPR’s core market projects.
• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering or a related field.
• Excellent listening and communication skills.
• Ability to identify and resolve complex issues.
• Effective participation in a team environment.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, project management software (CMiC or similar); on‑screen take‑off and Quick Bid experience is a plus.
• Strong…