Project Engineer

Job Description

Hill International is seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented Project Engineer to support a construction management firm acting as the Owner's Authorized Representative on a tenant improvement program for a client in El Segundo, California

The Project Engineer will support the planning, coordination, documentation, and execution of multiple tenant improvement projects. This role will work closely with the Owner, design-build teams, architects, engineers, contractors, vendors, facility stakeholders, and internal project management staff to help ensure projects are delivered safely, efficiently, on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with approved plans, specifications, and client requirements.

The ideal candidate has a strong foundation in construction project coordination, document control, cost and schedule support, and communication. Experience in a design-build environment is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Project Coordination and Documentation
• Prepare, distribute, and maintain accurate meeting agendas, meeting minutes, action item logs, and decision records.
• Coordinate project activities among the Owner, design team, contractors, consultants, vendors, and internal stakeholders.
• Track open items, deliverables, approvals, decisions, and deadlines to support timely project execution.
• Maintain project documentation in accordance with client and company procedures.
• Support project managers with daily coordination, follow-up, and communication across active TI projects.
• Maintain and update project trackers, including exit project trackers, action item logs, issue logs, procurement trackers, RFI logs, submittal logs, and change order logs.

Tenant Improvement Project Support
• Support the planning and delivery of tenant improvement projects, including renovations, relocations, infrastructure upgrades, finishes, furniture coordination, and occupancy-related work.
• Assist in coordinating project phasing, logistics, access, shutdowns, moves, temporary conditions, and stakeholder communications.
• Help manage smaller-scope TI projects independently under the direction of a Project Manager or Senior Project Manager.
• Coordinate with end users, facility teams, security, IT, furniture vendors, contractors, and other project participants as needed.
• Support punch list development, tracking, closeout coordination, and turnover documentation.
• Assist with occupancy readiness, move-in coordination, and post-occupancy issue resolution.

RFIs, Submittals, and Technical Reviews
• Review, log, distribute, and track RFIs and RFI responses.
• Review submittals for completeness and coordinate routing to the appropriate design professionals or client stakeholders.
• Monitor RFI and submittal turnaround times and follow up with responsible parties to avoid project delays.
• Review plans, specifications, drawings, narratives, and project documents to support coordination and issue resolution.
• Assist with constructability reviews during design and preconstruction phases.
• Identify potential conflicts, gaps, or coordination issues in project documents and elevate them to the project team.

Cost, Change, and Estimate Support
• Support validation of contractor cost estimates, proposals, and change order requests.
• Review scope, quantities, assumptions, exclusions, and backup documentation for cost-related items.
• Assist in preparing cost summaries, change logs, and budget tracking reports.
• Coordinate change order review workflows among the Owner, contractor, design team, and project management staff.
• Support review of allowances, contingencies, unit pricing, and time-impact considerations.
• Help ensure changes are properly documented, justified, reviewed, and approved before implementation.

Schedule and Progress Tracking
• Support schedule coordination by tracking key milestones, deliverables, constraints, and project dependencies.
• Assist with reviewing contractor schedules, look-ahead schedules, and progress updates.
• Identify schedule risks, delayed responses, long-lead items, and coordination issues.
• Track field progress against planned activities and report concerns to the Project Manager.
• Support preparation of project status reports and progress updates for client stakeholders.

Field and OAR Support
• Attend site walks, field meetings, coordination meetings, and punch walks as required.
• Document field observations, issues, and action items.
• Support verification that work is progressing in general accordance with approved documents and client requirements.
• Coordinate with contractors and consultants to resolve field issues in a timely manner.
• Assist with reviewing contractor daily reports, progress photos, and field documentation.
• Support safety, logistics, access, and operational coordination from the Owner's representative perspective.

Closeout and Turnover
• Track closeout deliverables including as-builts, warranties, O&M manuals, attic stock, training records, permit sign-offs, and final lien releases.
• Support punch list tracking and completion verification.
• Coordinate turnover documentation with contractors, consultants, facility teams, and client representatives.
• Assist with final project reporting, lessons learned, and project file organization.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications
• Minimum 4 years of experience in construction, construction management, project engineering, architecture, engineering, or related project delivery roles.
• Experience supporting tenant improvement, commercial interiors, facilities, renovation, or capital improvement projects.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, Science, or a related technical field.
• Strong ability to read and interpret plans, specifications, drawings, schedules, and technical documents.
• Proficiency in project coordination, documentation, communication, and follow-up.
• Working knowledge of RFIs, submittals, change orders, meeting minutes, project logs, cost tracking, and closeout documentation.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, stakeholders, and project assignments.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and Teams.
• Familiarity with construction management platforms such as Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud, Bluebeam, PlanGrid, eBuilder, or similar systems is preferred.

Preferred Qualifications
• Experience in a design-build project delivery environment.
• Prior experience working as an Owner's Authorized Representative, owner's representative, construction manager, or consultant supporting an owner.
• Experience with commercial office, corporate campus, aerospace, industrial, laboratory, technology, or institutional tenant improvement projects.
• Familiarity with cost estimating, schedule review, constructability reviews, and change management.
• Experience supporting occupied facility construction, phased work, or projects requiring close coordination with ongoing operations.
• Knowledge of permitting, inspections, code compliance coordination, and closeout processes.
• EIT, CCM, LEED, PMP, or related professional credentials are a plus but not required.

Required Skills and Competencies
• Strong organizational and document control skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to communicate professionally with owners, contractors, designers, vendors, and internal teams.
• Strong follow-through and ability to drive action items to closure.
• Ability to understand construction drawings, specifications, scopes of work, and project requirements.
• Practical understanding of construction sequencing, field coordination, and project delivery.
• Ability to identify issues early and escalate them appropriately.
• Professional judgment, accountability, and a client-service mindset.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced project environment

The salary range for this position is $95,000 - 130,000. The offered salary will be based on the applicants qualifications, education, experience and work location.

Depending upon your employment status, Hill's comprehensive benefits may include, Medical, Dental, Vision, Employer Paid Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurances, Business Travel Accident Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Flexible Spending Account, Health Savings Account, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, Commuter Benefits, Legal Assistance, Identity Theft Protection, Pet Insurance, Auto & Home Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, Accident Insurance, Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Voluntary Life & Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance. Paid Time Off (PTO), Holidays, 401(K) Retirement Savings Plan, Employee Referral Program, Professional Certification Incentive Program, Hill University Learning and Development, Tuition Reimbursement, EAP, Years of Service Awards Program.