Project Engineer - Santa Monica

Project Engineer

The Project Engineer is a vital member of the construction operations team and assists project teams in providing professional construction services to include the planning, coordination, execution, completion and financial performance of the project. The Project Engineer assists with management and coordination tasks required to execute construction projects. These tasks include activities related to contract administration, project procurement, trade management, scheduling and quality controls to ensure that projects are completed successfully to meet client expectations, financial project goals, quality standards, and scheduling goals.

Project Engineering and Administration

• Manage project related document controls and plans/drawing maintenance including distribution of drawings revisions and trade notifications
• Create, maintain and organize all required project documentation and logs (RFIs, submittal register/master list of required submittals, etc.)
• Engage and collaborate with the project team and consultants to research and author RFIs
• Manage the RFI process including the workflow between Subcontractor, General Contractor, and consultants, tracking logs, and distribution of all RFIs
• Maintain and update the project record set including "posting" of all RFIs
• Manage the Submittal process including submittal reviews, tracking logs and distribution
• Prepare and distribute all project meeting minutes (OAC, subcontractor coordination, etc.) in collaboration with the project team
• Develop and distribute weekly trade/subcontractor coordination meeting minutes
• Assist the project team with the procurement and tracking of subcontractor insurance and safety requirements and obtain required documentation for assigned trades
• Manage and coordinate assigned trades/subcontractors including but not limited to trade submittal review, RFI preparation, COR review, field quality control, trade coordination meetings, and scheduling.
• Long Lead Items Tracking and management of the material procurement process of assigned trades
• Assist with miscellaneous subcontract awards and trade buyout process including the preparation of subcontract/purchase order agreements to include abstracts and owner award authorization requests
• Responsible for managing and organizing/filing all project progress photo documentation
• Issue trade related and miscellaneous correspondence and documentation including file management
• Manage project closeout process and documents
• Coordinate punch list items tracking and acceptance

Cost Controls/Financial Management

• Assist with creation and procurement of Potential Change Orders (PCO) and Change Order Request (COR), respectively from assigned trades/subcontractors
• Assist with preparation of Owner Change Order Requests
• Assist with procurement and review of Subcontractor Payment Request invoices for the monthly Payment Applications

Concrete Engineering/Management

• Assist the Project Manager and Superintendent in the execution of the structural concrete construction to achieve required project quality, scheduling and financial goals
• Verify, record and submit weekly concrete quantities
• Prepare and maintain the Concrete Placement & Pumping Logs and tracking
• Prepare and maintain materials procurement to include Purchase Order Logs and Formwork Tracking Logs
• Assist with material invoicing review and approvals
• Assist with management of the budget including preparation of budget revisions
• Assist with preparation of monthly financial forecasts and projection analysis
• Assist with preparation of Owner Payment Applications
• Assist with management of the schedule and schedule updates

Safety Management

• Participate in appropriate safety training
• Be familiar with our Safety Policies to coach and inform others
• Execution of our Safety Policies, including jobsite PPE requirements
• Participation in periodic jobsite safety inspections/audits as required
• Assist and facilitate job site specific safety orientations for subcontractors
• Assist Superintendent and Safety Engineer to procure and maintain subcontractors' safety documentation (Toolbox Meetings, Job Hazard Analysis, Pre-task Cards, etc.) in onsite…