Office Engineer

Description

• Track project budgets, funding allocations, contingencies, and cost-loaded schedules.
• Maintain detailed logs for potential change orders (PCOs), CORs, and pending contract actions.
• Ensure compliance with agency standards, contract requirements, and audit-ready documentation practices.
• Support monthly reporting, including progress summaries, earned value analysis, cost trending, cash-flow forecasting, and schedule updates.
• Ensure alignment with federal, state, and local funding requirements (e.g., FTA, FHWA, FRA, SB125, TIRCP, etc. if applicable).
• Support preparation of presentations, board reports, status memos, and briefing materials.
• Maintain and manage all project documentation, including RFIs, submittals, drawings, change directives, correspondence, and meeting notes.
• Facilitate internal and external communication between project staff, contractors, subconsultants, and agency stakeholders.
• Assist in administering construction contracts, special provisions, technical specifications, and addenda.
• Prepare and distribute daily/weekly construction documentation such as inspection reports, meeting minutes, punch lists, and schedule reviews.
• Support coordination between the contractor, designer, utility agencies, and project stakeholders.
• Participate in construction meetings and maintain accurate meeting documentation.
• Assist with constructability reviews, procurement documentation, and technical evaluations.
• Support the development, review, and negotiation of change orders, claims, and task order amendments.
• Support the processing of contractor progress payments, time-and-materials records, and certified payrolls.
• Coordinate with designers, contractors, and internal stakeholders to validate scope, cost, and schedule impacts.
• Track contractor deliverables, compliance documents, insurance, and submittal schedules.
• Maintain up-to-date project drawings, As-Builts, and document control systems (e.g., SharePoint, Procore, eBuilder, Bluebeam PMWeb, or other platforms).

Requirements

• Ability to read and interpret engineering plans, specifications, schedules, and cost estimates.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Proficiency in project management software (e.g., MS Project, Primavera P6, SharePoint, Procore, Bluebeam).
• Experience with capital infrastructure projects such as transportation, rail, highways, utilities, or vertical construction.
• Strong knowledge of construction contract administration, documentation workflows, and public-sector processes.
• Experience working with public agencies or large PM/CM contracts.
• Understanding of change-order negotiations, claims analysis, and cost-control methodologies.
• Experience supporting federally funded projects (FTA, FHWA, FRA).
• 15+ years of relevant experience in project controls, change management, construction management, engineering, or related fields.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, multi-stakeholder environment.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance