Entry Level Project Engineer

Position Overview

Kokosing (kokosing.biz) is one of America's 40 largest General Contractors, providing heavy civil/industrial construction services across highways, bridges, underground utilities, water/wastewater facilities, and marine construction. For over 70 years, the company has attracted top technical talent by offering visible challenges, superior quality, and attractive rewards. The Project Engineer position is an entry-level opening across our Midwest and Mid-Atlantic offices, responsible for planning, directing, and coordinating civil industrial or transportation projects to ensure timely accomplishment of project goals within funding parameters.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze and interpret plans and specifications.
• Follow administrative procedures as outlined in the Project Administration Manual.
• Inspect construction sites to monitor progress and ensure conformance to engineering plans, specifications, and safety standards.
• Utilize CPM scheduling programs to produce accurate project schedules.
• Supervise submittal processes and manage working drawing requirements.
• Prepare or direct the preparation and modification of reports, specifications, plans, environmental impact studies, and designs.
• Analyze, prepare, monitor job costs and manage the production budget.
• Execute and approve subcontractor requisitions and vendor invoices.
• Coordinate, price, and assist the Project Manager in the settlement of change orders and claims.
• Maintain organized project correspondence files and an efficient office filing system.
• Consistently apply and enforce the company’s Safety Policy.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or Construction Management from a four-year college or university.
• 0-2 years of experience in a related field.
• Proficiency with spreadsheet and word processing programs.
• Experience with CPM scheduling programs such as Primavera Project Planner, along with familiarity in project management software and Microsoft Office suite.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong ability to read, analyze, interpret business reports, correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Adept at presenting information and responding confidently to queries from managers, clients, and the public.
• Solid understanding of mathematical concepts including plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.
• Ability to interpret instructions from various formats including written, oral, diagrammatic, or scheduled forms.

Benefits & Perks

• Offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, life, and disability insurance.
• Paid time off.
• 401K plan.