Project Engineer - Commercial Construction

Commercial Construction Project Engineer (Novi, MI) Key Responsibilities:

* Participates in pre-construction meetings and contributes to project strategy and planning.

* Accurately forecast the scope, cost, and duration of future projects from preliminary and/or conceptual drawings.

* Organizes and reviews shop drawings, submittals, and drawings.

* Assist the project team with municipal requirements and determines the impact these requirements will have on a project's schedule and budget.

* Assist the Project management team with costing and budget forecasting throughout the project.

* Assists in coordination between the Superintendent and Project Manager.

* Collaborates with engineers, architects, owners, and coworkers to discuss projects, identify issues, and propose solutions.

* Presents schedules, budgets, and scopes of work to internal and external customers.

* Manages the permitting and entitlement process, and presents projects to various municipal authorities as necessary to obtain Zoning Approval, Site Plan Approval, etc.

* Maintains and manages a subcontractor database system.

* Develops strong relationships with key subcontractors.

* Assists Project Managers in the final selection of suppliers and subcontractors.

* Gathers historical data for use in preparing future estimates.

* Remains current with industry trends, pricing, and markets.

* Actively participates in the sales process by preparing information (schedules, budgets, scopes of work) to be utilized in securing new work.

* Stays current with top industry software and technology packages maintains current technology and makes recommendations for future technology acquisitions.

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