Project Engineer, Engineering Design & Technologists

Job Description

Position: Project Engineer

Reports To: Project Manager

Department: Project Management

FLSA Status: Exempt

The Project Engineer assists in managing the flow of technical information between the Graywolf Project Management team, customers, and subcontractors and vendors, while developing critical relationships with internal and external clients, through verbal and written communication.

• Reviews design drawings and 3D BIM Models for accuracy and completeness, and coordinates resolution of discrepancies and/or missing information with customers, design team, other trades, detailing, shop, and field as may be necessary.
• Coordinates project sequencing and basic detailing job setup including advance bills and shop and erection drawings.
• Provides instructions and guidance to steel detailers in preparing models, shop drawings and erection drawings per project requirements and standards.
• Monitors project schedules regarding submittals, approvals, and shop fabrication releases. Identifies and communicates possible delays or problems to project management team.
• Organizes detailing RFI process through formal RFI to customer and informal RFIs with the engineer, architect, and general contractor. Facilitates and fulfills other documentation efforts and duties as may be required.
• Distributes and routes drawings. Coordinates with Document Control to avoid delays and maintain logs.
• Acts as a liaison between shop, field, detailers and subcontractors to resolve fabrication and erection difficulties.
• Communicates with Graywolf project team.
• Essential part of the Project Management Team in achieving successful project results.
• Requires travel to design and coordination meetings, fabrication facilities and job sites.
• Coordinates detailing efforts of various common subcontractors.
• Serves as a direct link between Detailers, Project Managers, and other production departments and key trade partners, customers, other contractors, and Design Team as may be required.
• Works closely with Director of Project Management and Detailing Manager to assist with selection and training of incoming and current Project Engineers, Field Engineers, and/or Trainees.

• Approachability - Is easy to approach and talk to; spends the extra effort to put others at ease; can be warm, pleasant, and gracious; is sensitive to and patient with the interpersonal anxieties of others; builds rapport well; is a good listener; is an early knower, getting informal and incomplete information in time to do something about it.
• Conflict Management - Steps up to conflicts, seeing them as opportunities; reads situations quickly; good at focused listening; can hammer out tough agreements and settle disputes equitably; can find common ground and get cooperation with minimum noise.
• Customer Focus - Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first‑hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
• Drive for Results - Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom‑line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
• Functional Technical Skills - Has the functional and technical knowledge and skills to do the job at a high level of accomplishment.
• Interpersonal Savvy - Relates well to all kinds of people—up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can defuse even high‑tension situations comfortably.
• Planning - Accurately scopes out length and difficulty of tasks and projects; sets objectives and goals; breaks down work into process steps; develops schedules and task/people assignments; anticipates and adjusts for problems and roadblocks; measures performance against goals; evaluates results.
• Time Management - Uses his/her time effectively and efficiently; values time; concentrates…