Project Engineer - RAIL

General Summary

This position is responsible for providing technical engineering and cost information to ensure construction work complies with all engineering standards.

Essential Job Accountabilities

• Aid with job controls to ensure compliance with contract, budget, schedule, forecasting, and job costing.
• Interpret design/drawings for craft workers installing material to ensure specifications are followed.
• Interface with all on-site departments as required, to resolve problems, ensure quality construction, in order to support overall project schedule.
• Research and recommend resolutions to drawing interpretation problems, conflicts, interference, and errors, to verify that all completed work complies with applicable codes, drawing and specifications.
• Prepare and disseminate all required documentation records such as status reports, punch lists describing work items to be done, sketches of work already completed, material requirement calculations, to supervisor to provide accuracy.
• Provide technical support and direction regarding project material controls including delivery dates, construction schedules and design requirements to ensure additional costs are minimized.
• Prepare drawings and sketches to support construction work, change orders, and estimates to meet changing job requirements.
• Develop job essential data including quantity take-offs, material price lists, labor costs per man hour, and equipment to ensure accurate estimates and bids.
• Research historical data and productivity analysis reports in order to compile summary reports to develop guidelines and precedence for future estimates.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Business Administration, or related field preferred, or equivalent combinations of technical training and related experience.

Work Experience

• 2+ years of construction estimating support, engineering, field support, or similar experience.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Proficiency with all MS Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.), Scheduling and AGTEK Take-off software.
• Working knowledge of construction equipment and techniques, drawing and specifications, building materials and required standards applicable to discipline.
• Ability to perform trigonometric calculation either manually or with a calculator.
• Ability to assume responsibility, interface and communicate effectively with others.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to talk and hear.
• Frequently required to stand, walk, sit and use hands to operate a computer keyboard.
• Occasionally required to reach with hands and arms.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Specific Vision Abilities

• Close vision.
• Able to adjust focus.

Reasonable Accommodations

• Might be working around large construction equipment, must be safety conscious.

About Granite Construction Incorporated

• Member of the S&P 400 Index and is the parent company of Granite Construction Company, one of the nation's largest heavy civil contractors and construction materials producers.
• Granite is a Drug-Free Workplace and Equal Opportunity Employer.
• Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

Our Benefits

• Paid holidays, sick leave, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, flexible spending plans, and special programs for musculoskeletal health, mental wellness, and more.
• Salaried employees may choose from two PPO medical plans through Anthem BlueCross, including our most popular plan, for which 100% of the premium is paid by Granite for eligible employees and dependents.
• Employees can also opt into a Health Savings Account (HSA) or a Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
• As part of our investment in your future outside of the workplace, Granite provides a 100% match on the first 6% of eligible compensation that salaried employees defer into their 401(k) plans, which vests immediately.

Base Salary Range

• $81,525.00 - $122,288.00

About Granite Construction Incorporated

• Granite Construction Incorporated is a member of the S&P 400 Index and is the parent company of Granite Construction Company, one of the nation's largest heavy civil contractors and construction materials producers.
• Granite is a Drug-Free Workplace and Equal Opportunity Employer.
• Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.