Southland Holdings
Project Engineer
Joe Savage - Dallas, TX - Full Time
Southland Holdings is currently accepting resumes for highly motivated civil construction professionals to join our team as a Project Engineer in the Dallas, TX area
We are seeking talented, sharp minded Civil Engineers and Construction Managers with solid construction experience to help staff upcoming projects.
*Experience in civil, infrastructure to include: Heavy highway and TxDOT experience is a must.
*Housing and living allowance provided
Duties:
- Develop, monitor and update integrated project plans and schedules so that projects can be executed in the most efficient manner possible
- Prepare baseline scheduling. schedule basis documents for approval by project teams
- Assess impacts to critical path and near-critical activities, report to project team
- Monitor schedule deviations and variances and assist in the developing alternate methods for corrective action
- Prepare and provide schedule progress reports, trending charts and schedule analysis on a periodic basis
- Assure credibility of the information contained in the schedule
- Review schedules with project team members on a regular basis to ensure that accurate timely data is incorporated in the schedule
- Verify schedule integrity and evaluate logic and float paths
- Evaluate activity sequences for constructability
- Analyze change orders for schedule impacts
- Resource load schedules as required by the project team
- Perform job-site walks to verify physical progress of scheduled activities
- Position will require traveling to jobsites.
- Project submittals
- RFI's drafting subcontracts, purchase orders and negotiating contract pricing to come in under budget
- Schedules on Microsoft project or Primavera
- Budgeting and cost projections
- Large amounts of word processing, letters/correspondence to owners and engineers
- Attending progress meetings
- Reading and interpreting plans and specifications
- Ability to communicate verbally and electronically in an educated and professional manner with owners and engineers
- Ability to work in office but also spend time in field, understand what is being built
- Ability to manage and schedule deliveries from suppliers
- Ability to schedule and coordinate subcontractors
Field, not limited to;
- Daily installation quantity record keeping
- Daily start and stop station recording for record drawings
- Equipment hour tracking
- Meeting with subcontractors and suppliers on site
- Attending any necessary field meetings Progress photos
Qualifications:
- Construction/related degree with 3 to 5 years construction scheduling experience
- Excellent computer skills and analytical ability
- Experience working with Primavera P6
- Understanding of industrial construction process
- Must have ability to interpret contract specifications and drawings
- Knowledge of contract procedures and principles
- Ability to communicate effectively and work in a team environment
- Ability to understand construction logic and sequencing of complex projects
Education:
Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering.
For more than 85 years, hard-working, honest, innovative people have been building what has become SOUTHLAND HOLDINGS. We combine the strengths of four companies who share a dedication to building critical infrastructure projects which improve the environment and lives of those around us.
Southland Holdings is an EEO employer - M/F/D/V
