Assistant Project Engineer

Assistant Project Engineer

The assistant project engineer will support New York Power Authority generation projects by performing financial and project management tasks under the supervision of Project Engineers for all phases (Initiation, Scoping, Design, Construction, Close out) of the projects.

The assistant project engineer will be responsible for fulfilling the following tasks:

• Prepare project plans, risk registers, contractor/consultant award memos, purchase requisitions, scopes of work/services and other administrative/project governance documents at direction of Project Engineers
• Prepare purchase requisition, develop contract documents, and collect accounting information to prepare for new contracts and change orders.
• Attend project health status meetings to update schedule, cost, and project status. Ensure schedule, cost, and project information is up to date and accurate.
• Forecast and verify project budgets and stakeholder resources. Update regularly with the Project Controls team.
• Prepare award memos for new contracts and change order memos in order to authorize additional contract funding and contract validity dates where required
• Track monthly invoices and prepare accruals for project financials.
• Coordinate internal and external stakeholder review of submittals and RFIs through NYPA Project Management Integrated Software (Procore). Maintain comment logs documenting reviews. Coordinate follow-up items to ensure comments are addressed and properly closed out.
• Develop a Project Action Items List and review with project team. Take on actions as appropriate and follow up with stakeholders to ensure completeness of actions.
• Ensure applicable licensing, environmental, permitting, safety, code compliance, construction, and requirements/input of all project stakeholders is incorporated into the project especially during initiation through design phases of the project.
• Support other Project Engineers in internal and external stakeholder engagement and coordination for ongoing project tasks. Support in the review of technical documents, specifications, drawings, project forecasting and variance reporting, schedule management, contract management and assurance.

Skills:

• Proficiency with MS Word including cross-referencing, indexing and other functions
• Proficiency with MS Excel, able to use SUMIFS, COUNTIFS, develop Pivot Tables, and prepare high quality charts
• Able to understand and communicate technical engineering information clearly in verbal and written correspondence.
• Ability to manage schedules and project financials
• Desired – Proficiency with, or ability to utilize, project and construction management software such as Procore, or equal. Working knowledge of SAP and ability to use a purchase order system for tracking costs a plus. Proficiency with Microsoft Project or Primavera P6 for schedule development and management.

Education &

Certifications:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering (civil, environmental, mechanical, electrical engineering preferred), construction management, or related field required.
• One year of experience (minimum) in engineering, construction management, or project administration role preferred
• EIT and/or CAPM certification preferred or ability to obtain preferred