Project Engineer - 100% Travel Job Details | Bureau Veritas

Summary

Bureau Veritas North America is a world leader in testing, inspection, and certification services. They are seeking a Project Engineer responsible for managing project schedules and ensuring safety compliance in utility scale solar and battery storage construction projects.

Responsibilities

• Project Engineer will monitor all aspects of the construction work and support the Company and Consultant’s project management and site staff
• Work on daily, weekly, and monthly reporting, QA/QC, participate in daily Plan-Of-Day meetings, weekly customer meetings, and coordination with the Consultant’s Site Manager and other management staff from the Company
• Leads by example to show that safety is the most important function, ensuring that all employees follow safe practices while working
• Accountable to continually reinforce safe behaviors and correct 'at risk' behaviors
• Ensures Job Hazard Analysis (JHA’s) occurs before scopes of work commence
• Generates, maintains, tracks, and updates the project schedule on a weekly basis
• Follows processes for systems and communication lines on site and ensure implementation is consistent
• Create a culture of continuous improvement
• Performs audit functions to ensure compliance
• Communicates variances and changes
• Provides explanation of variances, and early warning of potential variances
• Manages and controls the generation, issuance, resolution, and close-out of requests for information (RFI), technical enquiry forms, and transmittals/submittals
• Ensures that all superseded drawings, specifications, and other construction documents are marked as such, removed from the active construction and replaced with current versions
• Ensures that construction drawings and specifications are transmitted to the correct parties
• Ensures that field redline drawings of all construction work are maintained on site, and that final record drawings are generated upon completion of the project
• Supports developing projects to complete all required permitting activities before commencement
• Review contractor quality documents and all turnover and project closeout documents as they are submitted (O&M manuals, as-builts, test reports etc.)
• Maintain updated records of latest project documents including latest project contract documents, contract amendments, change orders, project drawings, quality documents, turnover and close out document packages (job books)

Skills

• Bachelor's degree or minimum of three years of relevant experience in the power industry involved in construction activities with an EPC or IPP
• Previous experience in the Renewable Energy sector & project management is essential
• Interpersonal skills
• Quality assurance processes
• Reading prints and drawings, and taking off quantities
• Use of computer software, including the Microsoft Office suite and other proprietary systems
• Reporting
• Writing skills
• Construction site safety and OSHA requirement
• Construction
• Interpretation of scopes of work
• Working in a fast-paced environment
• Presentation skills
• Must be able to ascend and descend ladders, scaffolds, stairs and work in confined spaces and in proximity to loud equipment
• Must be able to position one-self to work in confined spaces such as trenches, pits, manholes, attics and tunnels
• Must be able to lift and carry or otherwise move 25/50 pounds regularly/occasionally
• Must be able to respond quickly to sounds
• Must be able to move safely over uneven terrain or in confined spaces
• Must be able to see and respond to dangerous situations
• Must be able to wear personal protective gear most of the day
• Must be able to work in cold environments and on concrete floors
• Must be able to traverse irregular and steep terrain
• Up to 100% travel may be required

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Bachelor's degree or minimum of three years of relevant experience in the power industry involved in construction activities with an EPC or IPP
• Previous experience in the Renewable Energy sector & project management is essential
• Interpersonal skills
• Quality assurance processes
• Reading prints and drawings, and taking off quantities
• Use of computer software, including the Microsoft Office suite and other proprietary systems
• Reporting
• Writing skills
• Construction site safety and OSHA requirement
• Construction
• Interpretation of scopes of work
• Working in a fast-paced environment
• Presentation skills
• Must be able to ascend and descend ladders, scaffolds, stairs and work in confined spaces and in proximity to loud equipment
• Must be able to position one-self to work in confined spaces such as trenches, pits, manholes, attics and tunnels
• Must be able to lift and carry or otherwise move 25/50 pounds regularly/occasionally
• Must be able to respond quickly to sounds
• Must be able to move safely over uneven terrain or in confined spaces
• Must be able to see and respond to dangerous situations
• Must be able to wear personal protective gear most of the day
• Must be able to work in cold environments and on concrete floors
• Must be able to traverse irregular and steep terrain
• Up to 100% travel may be required