Senior Project Engineer - Kitchell : Job Details

Kitchell seeks an experienced and dedicated Senior Project Engineer to join our California - Central Valley region in Bridgeport, CA and build a long-term career at one of the most innovative and growth-oriented building companies in the United States.

Overview

Assist with performing PM/CM Services on a Mono County ground-up vertical construction project in the corrections market sector.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Construction Project Manager with direct client facing responsibilities
• Work directly with multiple city departments to provide them with internal resources as support for their need for PM/CM services
• Strong knowledge of contracts, drawings, estimates, and specifications to ensure relation and compliance to project requirements
• Conduct project meetings and provide documentation, administration, and tracking of relevant information
• Assist with maintaining and ensuring client satisfaction and effectively resolves complaints when necessary
• Implements and maintains effective systems of communication within and outside the program to ensure constructive relationships and the adequate flow of information
• Assist with Ensuring the contractor, architect, engineer, will adhere to contractual requirements on areas of safety, performance, project staff, and equipment
• Provide management of project logistics, organization, safety, and manpower utilization
• Monitors project planning and design status to report findings, recommendations, and updates
• May coordinate, direct, and monitor activities of construction management staff, contractors, engineers, architects, and related performing entities
• Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in construction management or related field is preferred
• 4 or more years of experience in Construction is required
• 2 or more years working in the public market sector is preferred
• Prior experience working on medium to large civic or municipal construction projects is strongly preferred
• Experience with the corrections or justice market sectors is preferred

Knowledge and Skills

• Effective presentation skills, ability to develop and deliver presentations to the end users and stakeholders is required
• Proficient user skills with the MS Suite of tools and Bluebeam are required
• Working knowledge of P6 and Procore is strongly preferred
• Effective verbal and written communication skills to foster and maintain interpersonal relationships is required

License and Certifications

• Valid California driver's license and a clean driving record is required

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee must regularly work in an office and or construction environment. Conditions regularly include exposure to outdoor elements, hot/cold temperatures, wet atmospheric conditions, and cramped quarters with occasionally loud noise level in the work. Independent travel throughout the county and state may be required.

Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this job, the employee must regularly sit, stand, walk, talk or hear and use hands to finger, feel and handle; frequently reach with hands and arms; occasionally climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Must frequently lift and or move 10 pounds and occasionally lift and or move up to 50 pounds.

Travel Requirements

This position is site based on location in Bridgeport, California.

ABOUT OUR COMPANY

Kitchell is an employee-owned company founded in 1950. We provide general contracting, construction management, development, facilities management, engineering and architecture and myriad other services within the built environment. Our employee-owners manage projects from main offices in Arizona, California, and Texas. We offer an entrepreneurial environment that fosters personal and professional growth with in-house education programs, formal and informal mentoring, and cross-training opportunities. We prefer to grow from within, building careers and financial stability through long-term ownership. We are consistently ranked among the top places to work, attributable to our tenured staff and outstanding benefits including profit sharing, discretionary stock options, incentive bonuses, health and life insurance, health savings accounts (HSA) with wellness incentives, 401(k), college savings plans, business travel assistance and insurance, discounted auto and homeowner's insurance, identity theft protection, rewards programs and much more.

Kitchell is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.