Project Engineer

The Project Engineer assists the field project team in conjunction with the General Superintendent and Project Manager on an assigned project within Kent Companies’ National Mission Critical Division. This division delivers turnkey concrete construction services for Mission Critical, Advanced Manufacturing, and Data Center facilities across the United States.

The Project Engineer also assists with monthly revenue projections, the job start-up process, creating accurate budgets, documenting project issues, accurately projecting cost to complete, monitoring the overall performance of projects, and performing postmortems for each project under their scope of work.

Duties and Responsibilities

RFIs

Document and report RFIs that the field finds.

Review issued RFIs for changes in scope that will incur costs.

Submittals

• Update the submittal log
• Prepare standard miscellaneous submittals
• Send submittal requests to concrete and reinforcing

Coordinate and transmit submittals between the vendor, project manager, and client.

Overlays/Change Order Preparation

Overlay updated drawings and find changes.

Input costs into the workbook from new takeoff and inform project manager of changes.

Field phone calls from the superintendents and subcontractors

Follow up with superintendents regarding project manager requests.

Obtain information from subs regarding work completed.

Job Site visits and Inspections

Deploys nationally to jobsites for extended periods of time as required to support field teams and verifies that installed work matches marked drawings from the field.

Develops excellent relationships with the field by visiting the site and discussing the project scope.

Quality Control

Perform pre-pour and post-pour inspections with required documentation.

Manage QC checklists for all concrete scopes and verify compliance.

Oversee testing (slump, air, temperature) and monitor 7/28 day break results.

Monitor placement, square footage, and aesthetic quality of in-place work.

Ensure corrective actions and punch list completion.

Support as-built documentation and coordination with surveyors.

Coordinate with project managers, superintendents, and quality control teams to verify compliance with slab finishing requirements.

Identify and communicate non-conformance issues to stakeholders in a clear and timely manner.

Assist in the project setup

When the project is handed off, add takeoffs to our files.

Gather subcontractor information for the project manager.

Set up project spreadsheets for the project manager to review.

Track labor

The long-term goal is to use a labor tracking Excel form that must be updated weekly from Exact Time.