Senior Project Engineer (St. Louis-based; No Travel Required)

Job Description

Job Description

Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri with more than 1,200 employees and nearing $2B in revenue, Alberici is a diversified construction company that partners with leading organizations throughout North America to build their most challenging and important projects.

Since our founding in 1918, Alberici earned a reputation for executing with quality, safety and trust. Combined with our 100+ years of experience, we provide construction solutions to the automotive, commercial, civil, energy, food & beverage, healthcare, heavy industrial, industrial process, and water industries.

We build the critical structures that improve lives and strengthen communities.

Our mission is simple — and our approach to delivering on it is equally straightforward. We are as open and honest with our employees and partners as we are with our clients. We are here to work together to do the best work possible to bring this mission to life.

When it comes to our team, Alberici employees are built differently. We seek the best and brightest and are committed to investing in our people and providing the training and resources they need to learn, grow, and advance.

Are you Built for the Challenge ?

Our Values:

• Working Safely
• Valuing Diversity
• Serving Humbly
• Executing with Integrity
• Solving Creatively
• Engaging Fully

What We Offer:

• Profit-sharing plan, cash bonus programs and annual cost-of-living adjustments
• Generous salary increases and per diems for qualified out-of-town assignments
• Health, dental and vision insurance eligibility on day one
• Paid parental leave
• Continuing education reimbursement
• Personalized career development and training programs
• Minimum of 29 days of PTO (including holidays) for entry-level roles
• Fitness center for St. Louis office-based team members
• Gym membership reimbursement for project-based team members
• Corporate office cafeteria access
• Employee Resource Group (ERG) opportunities
• Philanthropy opportunities

Position Overview

The Senior Project Engineer is an experienced professional responsible for a defined portion of a project and is accountable for establishing effective working relationships with clients and managing the flow of routine information and documents to the entire project team. The Senior Project Engineer also maintains up-to-date, accurate documents for the project including drawings, project schedule, as-builts, submittals, logs, test results, etc. This role works closely with the Superintendent to plan and coordinate upcoming work and obtains, tracks, and expedites the delivery of equipment and materials to the site. In addition, the Senior Project Engineer assists the Project Manager in monitoring the status of the project and identifying efforts to manage the project more effectively.

Budget/Schedule/Cost Control

• Supports preconstruction and estimating efforts for projects and pursuits.
• Develops and documents cost estimates to complete change orders as assigned by the Project Manager.
• Recognizes and manages critical paths within the project schedule.
• Maintains the master schedule, updating as changes are made in the project.
• Counts and verifies quantities constructed for the weekly labor report. 
• Assembles delivery tickets and other documentation used to support invoice to the client. Submits information to Billing Dept.
• Reviews project cost reports. Identifies trends and provides ideas for managing costs to the Project Manager.

Management Competencies

• Effectively maintains and manages RFI process, daily reports, drawings and submittal logs.
• Obtains and verifies all shop drawings as assigned.
• Prepares and submits product data of materials and/or equipment used (i.e., submittals) to the client/client’s agent for approval.
• Maintains an up-to-date and accurate set of documents that records the project as it was constructed (i.e., as-builts). Submits the as-builts to the client/client’s agent upon completion of the project.
• Maintains proper safety records.
• Coordinates support functions, including project start-up, with internal and external team members.
• As assigned by the Project Manager, keeps a daily log of key activities and decisions for the project.
• Effectively manages the change order and billings process and directs meetings.
• Develops and maintains an effective working relationship with subcontractors.
• Competently leads project safety orientation for all craft workers. 
• In conjunction with the Project Manager, evaluates the performance of the subcontractors at the conclusion of the project.
• Creates and engages in relationships with key union contacts.
• Understands and assists in application of buy-out procedures.
• Gathers and evaluates close-out documentation.

Engineering Competencies

• Understands Alberici’s quality guidelines, ensures compliance to all applicable and quality-controlled codes/standards, and helps with quality management (QA/QC).
• Understands and assists with surveying on the project site.
• Helps to produce or procure drawings (CAD) as needed, including crane layouts, as-builts, critical lift points, etc.
• Assists in commissioning & start-up.

Construction Means and Methods

• Ability to stage, prepare, phase and sequence site logistics within budget and schedule; assesses constructability.
• Conducts a visual inspection of the project on a regular basis, looking for deviations from accepted construction practices and for aspects of the project that will not be satisfactory to the client.
• Coordinates inspections with local regulatory bodies. Accompanies inspectors as required and maintains records of inspections. Reviews the results of the inspection and keeps the Project Manager apprised of the results.
• Verifies and tracks quantities of key materials (loads of sand, yards of concrete) used in the construction of the project.
• Manages the punch list process.
• End User Interaction.
• Establishes rapport and bonds with the project team including architects, engineers, owner and department managers.
• Establishes effective working relationships with the client, client’s agents and/or client’s employees who may be on site.
• Provides information to the client, client’s agents and/or client’s employees so that the client will have a positive construction experience with the Company.
• Monitors adherence to the contract along with the Project Manager. 
• Informs the Project Manager of potential deviations from the contract.

  Performance

• Thorough knowledge of Built In Safety policies and practices.
• Promotes Alberici’s Incident & Injury Free culture.
• Knows, practices and enforces the Company safety policies and procedures. Models and reinforces safety as the top priority on the project site. Continually demonstrates safety policies by wearing appropriate PPE in the field.
• Contributes to building a safe project site.
• Obtains safety equipment needed by personnel on the project site.
• Conducts safety inspections of the project site.
• Points out potentially unsafe conditions to the Superintendent and/or subcontractor.
• Identifies patterns of unsafe conditions, proactively seeks out ways to improve patterns of unsafe conditions and informs the Project Manager.
• Immediately addresses unsafe work practices with management and craft when observed.
• Completes accident investigations and reports, as directed by the Project Manager.
• Documents safety violations.
• Conducts a weekly review of the Labor Productivity Report.
• Plans and reviews cost-effectiveness of materials purchased by Superintendent, monthly.
• Other duties as assigned by the Assistant Project Manager/Project Manager, serves as the acting Assistant Project Manager/Project Manager in his/her absence.

Management Responsibilities

May manage and direct non-supervisory administrative employees at a project site.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or related field and 18 months of experience in project engineering, construction project management, or related activities with exposure to projects of minor to moderate scope, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Growth Opportunities

Alberici invests heavily in our team members training and development in both technical, management, and leadership aptitude.

This role is on the Operations Career Ladder; employees participate in a Professional Development Plan (PDP) focused on career advancement.

Typical growth opportunities for this position include:

• Assistant Project Manager, followed by Project Manager

Alberici is a North American company with multiple Operating Companies:

Alberici Constructors, Inc., Alberici Constructors, LTD., Alberici Construcciones, BRC, CAS Constructors, Filanc, Flintco, Hillsdale Fabricators, and Kienlen Constructors

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