Project Engineer - Water/Wastewater
Responsibilities
- Interface with the estimating department (gain/enhance experience in estimating)
- Interface with Project Assistants (complete administrative functions)
- Interface with the Project Superintendent and Project Manager on construction management tasks
- Develop Purchase Order and Subcontractor Scopes of Work
- Coordinate with Subcontractors and Vendors
- Identify and draft Request for Information (RFIs) to the Owner or Engineer
- Maintain and update project schedules using P6 scheduling software
- Prepare, review, and process shop drawings
- Long lead equipment procurement and tracking
- Material purchasing and expediting for self-perform work
- Maintain and update project logs (Submittal Log, RFI log, etc.)
- Maintain as-built record drawings
- Collect and assemble O&M materials
- Document distribution
- Value engineering design and proposals
- Visits project sites to monitor progress and manage quality conformance to plans and specifications
- Coordinate and facilitate process equipment and full plant startup activities
- Provide support and accurate information to the Project Manager
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Construction Management, or other relevant degree
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- 1-2 years of experience through an internship in a related field, or project management/engineering is preferred
- Competitive compensation based on experience
- Matching 401k
- Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance offered
- PTO including Vacation, Personal time, sick time, Bereavement, and Holidays
- Tuition reimbursement
- LinkedIn Learning and other training materials available
- Employee appreciation events at major theme parks, recreation sports activities for all employees, and community outreach opportunities
- Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disability
Qualifications
Company Snapshot
Work-Life balance and growth opportunity: Wharton-Smith values its employees as the lifeblood of its business. As such, it fully staffs its projects to maintain normal work hours throughout the duration of the project. Additionally, it operates regional offices to keep employees within an hour or so of their projects. It does not require extensive travel and does not move locations after the project is complete. Wharton-Smith has an extensive and secure backlog of work over the next five years. It promotes from within and provides opportunities to grow and achieve career goals.
Wharton-Smith Self Performs: As a self-performing general contractor, it offers greater value to its clients with the ability to draw from its highly skilled and trained in-house labor force. Its field crews self-perform site work, concrete, masonry, underground utilities, earthwork, piping, and mechanical equipment installations. This allows Project Engineers to gain a more robust experience of the construction industry through direct control of critical work activities.
Construction Management (at Risk): Although similar in many ways to the traditional general contracting delivery method, it offers significant input during the design phase of the project. Working collaboratively with the design team and the owner, it assists the owner in managing the overall planning, design, schedule, budget, and construction of the project. It operates under an open-book philosophy during the development of the GMP, delivering accurate updates on cost, value engineering, and schedule throughout the process. This introduces Project Engineers to a collaborative approach to constructing projects in conjunction with the Owner and design engineers.
Design-Build: This is a project delivery system where the owner contracts with a single entity to perform both design and construction under a single design-build contract. Contractually, design-build offers the owner a single point of responsibility for design and construction services, ensuring total accountability and continuity for all parties involved. Owners often choose this delivery method when an accelerated construction delivery is required. This provides Project Engineers the opportunity to develop preconstruction and value engineering experience while delivering high-quality projects in an expedited fashion.