Project Engineer
On-siteBelgrade, Montana, United States
Belgrade, Montana, United StatesOn-siteFull TimeMedium
Full TimeMedium
Job Summary
Coordinate project closeout documentation, manage submittals and procurement, and ensure proper permit acquisition across jurisdictions. Assist the Project Manager with change estimates, labor cost codes, and commodity purchase orders while maintaining open communication with all stakeholders. Train field engineers on project roles, develop new Encore standards, and lead meetings to drive process improvements. Manage risk by tracking resources, identifying scope gaps, and ensuring accurate timekeeping for all job phases. This role supports the project team from scheduling through completion, requiring strong organizational skills and the ability to visualize constructability. Encore Electric offers comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and a 401(k) match, along with access to technical training through Encore University.
Required Qualifications
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- Driving
- Sitting
- Climbing
- Lifting (up to 50 lbs)
- Standing
- Stooping
- Vision acuity (near and far)
- Walking
- Operating a computer
- Operate Microsoft office products
- Reading and writing
- Prioritizing and reprioritizing to meet job needs
- Identifying and managing risk
- Problem solving
- Tracking numbers and bits of data relevant to the work assignment
- Retain and access critical information from memory
- Conceptualize and visualize the project for constructability means and methods
- Think on your feet
- Understand when to speak and when not to speak
- Be personally detached from ideas (no ego)
- See things from multiple perspectives
- Ability to coordinate effectively with all ENCORE Support Services
- Strong communications with the entire project team (Internal and External)
- Effective written and oral communication sufficient to be able to elicit and communicate information and achieve understanding (Technical/Business writing)
- Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with customers, vendors, consultants, management, and employees
- Organizing work to accomplish tasks
- Constructability and the construction process
- The construction process from scheduling to manpower to the labor, materials and equipment required for installation
- Algebra and geometry
- Statistics
- Financial math
- Estimating resources needed to complete required tasks
- Adapting to new and changing requirements, environments, and/or information
- Managing people and processes
- Managing complex projects, breaking them down to their component levels
- Using communication software
- Listening
- Speaking intelligently
- Customer management
- Good organization skills
- Spatial orientation
- Acting as a self-starter
- Ensure proper permit is obtained in the jurisdiction for the job location
- Understand the permitting process and what the wiring methods are in different jurisdiction
- Ensure all parties to the job (at all levels of the job) apply their time into the proper phase code for time keeping
- Ensure proper maintenance of construction documents
- Take responsibility for submittals
- Assist with submittal creation and procurement of material
- Make certain purchase orders and Subcontracts are written and that the project is current on change orders to the purchase orders
- Coordinate and maintain relationships with all project stakeholders
- Responsible for project closeout documentation
- Prior to completion, involves the service department so they know the job and are introduced to the owner to maintain the relationship
- Assist closing out the job with vendors
- Work with project team to set up the job
- Work with project team to build an information sheet and map to the jobsite
- Assist Project Manager as necessary in performing cost to complete on a monthly basis
- Work well with others to accomplish the mission of the organization and of the job
- Earn and maintain customer's trust
- Uphold the core values of the organization
- Constantly train the field engineers in the project engineer's role
- Engage and help to develop new Encore standards and processes and hold others accountable to them
- Participate in Project Engineer meetings
- Assist Project Manager with change estimates
- Assist project team with labor cost codes for the project
- Work with Project Manager and Assistant Project Manager to write the commodity purchase order from the installation estimate
- Maintain open communication lines with all working relationships
- Follow up to ensure items for which the job is accountable are performed
- High School Diploma or equivalent is required
- A degree in related field or Journeyman's License with Five years of progressive experience in the electrical trade preferred
Desired Qualifications
- A degree in related field or Journeyman's License with Five years of progressive experience in the electrical trade preferred
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