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Project Engineer
Job Description
The Project Engineer plays a critical technical role in delivering high-quality residential and site development projects. The Project Engineer proactively identifies design conflicts, integrates constructability into decision-making, and coordinates directly with clients, municipalities, consultants, and contractors to ensure seamless execution.
Job Functions
- Develop residential and/or site designs (grading, drainage, utilities, paving) with minimal oversight.
- Produce complete plan sets and technical exhibits with minimal oversight.
- Prepare drainage studies, utility analyses, hydraulic designs, and other supporting calculations.
- Identify design conflicts and propose practical solutions proactively.
- Incorporate constructability considerations into design decisions.
- Coordinate on technical topics with clients, city staff, consultants, and contractors.
- Review work completed by Design Engineers or Design staff and provide feedback.
- Ensure timely responses to city comments, internal requests, and coordination.
- Assist with construction administration documentation such as RFIs, clarifications and product submittals.
- Support APMs/PMs with submittals, documentation, and schedule coordination.
Competencies
- 3-5 yrs experience
- Strong command of the land and/or site development design workflow.
- Ability to manage multiple technical tasks and deadlines concurrently.
- Confident, clear communication with cities, clients, and consultants.
- Strong engineering judgment and problem-solving ability.
- Ability to guide junior staff and uphold drafting/design quality.
Character Traits
- Learning and Adaptive – In a growing business with a big mission our engineers must have an appetite for learning and skill improvement.
- Grit, Determination, and Resourcefulness – This person will have to be resourceful in figuring things out, resist being overwhelmed, and be willing to roll up their sleeves until they make it work. Whether looping in other people, finding tools online, or seeking out best practices, this person will have to have an open mind and good resolve. Creative problem solver.
- Organizational Skills – It will require a capacity for seeing patterns, discerning better processes, and prioritizing and systemizing for improved outcomes.
- Chemistry Fit – This is a fun and productive culture. We laugh, we work hard, we press hard, we jump in to figure things out. Fitting into the team chemistry is essential!
- High Character – We operate with a high trust culture. Integrity, honesty, compassion, reconciliation, and diligence are all qualities this person must possess to flourish here.
- Energy and Enthusiasm – This person must bring joy and passion for work to the job. It is essential to spur one another on in their work, be self-motivated to see the positive, and encourage others on the mission.
- Multitasking – This is not a steady state or static environment. Workflow will cycle and interruptions are normal, so this person must be able to juggle and adjust on the fly.
- Project Management – While multitasking, this person must be able to keep an eye on deadlines and critical dependencies and either work to preserve them or bring people in before things are missed.