Project Engineer - Energy

Location: La Salle, IL

About the Role

We’re seeking a Project Engineer ready to be on the front lines of a project—giving daily support to the field, project management, and customer teams. Our Project Engineers (PE) are vital in keeping our processes moving along and assist in the execution of project plans. This position primarily involves working on-site at the project location or in office. Travel frequency and duration will vary depending on the role and project timeline.

This role will be responsible for specific activities such as coordinating material onsite delivery dates, maintaining RFI, submittals, and change order logs, and will serve as a key point of contact for internal customers.

Responsibilities

• Act as key point of contact with internal customers for specific scopes of work.
• Participates with Project Management on the execution of estimating activities including project bids and change orders.
• Contributes to effective job start meetings and team meetings.
• Supports the team by coordinating material onsite delivery dates with the project schedule.
• Partners with CEI safety professionals to identify hazards and document.
• Maintains complete and accurate RFI, submittal and change order logs.
• Maintains an organized filing system and structure.
• Maintains current drawing log and distributes new information to team members and subcontractors.
• Maintains close out log. Requests relevant documentation and submits to customer.

Requirements

• Learning and growth mindset: Be willing and excited to learn.
• Integrity-driven work habits: Verifiable experience of safe and reliable work habits, including working in an unsupervised field setting when appropriate.
• Organizational skills: Appreciate and practice a high level of order and organization.
• Self-starter: Be comfortable taking initiative and ownership of their work.
• Communication skills: Ability to communicate effectively with the CEI team, and all other constituencies. Efficient writing skills for RFI’s, submittals and email correspondence.
• Proficient with Microsoft Suite.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required. Bachelor’s Degree in Construction Management, Business, Engineering, or similar preferred.
• Zero (0) years of construction or related experience required. Two (2) years of construction or related experience preferred.
• Valid state-issued driver’s license and satisfactory driving record.
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States. This position is not eligible for sponsorship.

Pay

Salary Range: $55,500 to $72,000. Final determination of a successful candidate’s starting pay will vary based on a number of factors, including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, education and experience.

Benefits

We provide a competitive compensation package that recognizes your experience, credentials, and education alongside a robust benefits program to meet your needs. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets.

What You Will Gain

At Cupertino Electric you’ll be on a career development path to project management. You’ll work directly for a project manager or project executive on a team that partners with field, engineering, and design teams. You'll have the opportunity to soak up knowledge from everyone you work with—from the journeyman and general foreman to the project team assigning daily tasks. In addition to on-the-job experience and mentoring from your peers, you’ll attend vendor off sites, training classes, and other learning opportunities.

About Us

Since 1954, Cupertino Electric, Inc. (CEI) has been powered by people who’ve built a reputation for delivering high-profile, complex projects. We’re problem solvers and innovation seekers. We’re team players and safety fanatics. And we're proud to be part of Quanta Services (PWR:NYSE), North America's largest employer of skilled craft labor.

The Energy Team

Our Energy Group at CEI builds projects from the field to the grid. Whether it’s a solar, battery storage, substation, EV charging, microgrid or converter station project, our skilled project managers, engineers and field employees deliver when it matters most. We work with customers on programs of all sizes—those spanning several smaller sites or spanning several thousand acres. Besides building some of the nation’s largest utility-scale solar plants and installing more EV charging stations in California than any other contractor, we are dedicated to running a business that is environmentally responsible.