Location: Detroit, MI
On-Site: Monday - Friday 
Duration: 12 Months (Can be extended) 
Hourly Rate: $45 -57/hour 


The Project Engineer is responsible for providing technical and other project support to a project manager for either a single large project or multiple smaller projects. Duties include review of plans and specifications; answering questions related to specific aspects of a project such as scope, schedule, budget, and other requirements; monitoring and reporting of costs and project progress; and special projects as assigned.

Key Accountabilities

• Review of plans, technical documents, permit requirements, contracts, and other commercial documents.
• Responding to questions regarding specific aspects of a project such as scope, schedule, and budget.
• Preparing cost estimates, schedules, and purchase orders.
• Preparing and evaluating bid packages for engineering, construction, equipment, and materials.
• Monitoring activities at a construction site to ensure work progresses as scheduled, within budget, as well adherence to project technical and commercial requirements.
• Coordinating activities of contractors, consultants, and vendors in support of assigned projects or in support of a project manager.
• Acting as a Task Manager with responsibility for compliance with scope, technical, budget, and schedule requirements for specific tasks to a larger project.
• Performing technical due diligence activities in support of development efforts.
• Performs all other related duties as assigned

Minimum Education & Experience Requirements

• Requires a bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university in engineering or equivalent discipline
• Minimum of 7 to 12 years of experience in the engineering or construction fields

Other Qualifications
Preferred:

• Knowledge of commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures related to the engineering and construction industries
• Relies on instructions and pre-established guidelines to perform the functions of the job
• Works under supervision of a project manager or director
• Ability to function within a matrix organization in which functional and business leaders have equal authority within the organization and employees report to both a functional leader and a business leader
• Ability to develop and maintain productive relationships with both a functional and business leader, who collaborate on employee issues and decisions (including performance management, compensation, and development)