Project Engineer Construction Department

Our client is a society whose mission is to manage, operate, and maintain various transportation infrastructures. Their range of activities includes engineering, construction, and maintenance operations. They are currently looking for a project engineer for their construction department to contribute to the ongoing improvement of the quality and efficiency of their services.

Nature of position

Under the supervision of the Head of Construction, you will actively cooperate with the various parties involved to implement the society's construction project plans and to help meet their objectives. You will do so by taking part in various construction projects (seeing them through to completion and following up on them) and checking that the society's structures, plans, and blueprints meet regulations and standards. In addition, you will assist the head of the department, analyze reports, blueprints, and specifications, and recommend measures to be taken. You will take charge of the projects you are managing and ensure that work done on construction projects goes smoothly (planning, preparing invitations to tender and invitations for proposals, monitoring the budget, costs, schedules, and quality, as well as analyzing the processing of claims and amendments when managing contracts). Finally, you will work in close cooperation with the engineering firms hired annually to oversee the work.

• Supervise the work of consultants hired by the society to oversee construction work;
• Ensure that the work carried out on construction contracts complies with contractual requirements and blueprints;
• Assist on-site supervisors and visit sites under construction;
• Prepare calls for proposals for the awarding of supervision and lab work contracts;
• Prepare authorizations for extra work (notice of change and contract amendments), monitor progress made for payment to consultants and contractors, verify schedules, and prepare fiscal forecasts;
• Working alongside the head of the department, coordinate major actions taken on the society's infrastructure network;
• Working alongside the engineering department, help prepare invitations to tender for the awarding of construction contracts;
• Examine studies conducted by consultants and transmit recommendations to the department head; validate the measures to be taken, and monitor their implementation;
• Assist the director in preparing budgets, in addition to preparing periodical progress reports;
• Analyze the budget management system and ensure it is maintained;
• Assist the department head, in particular by supplying relevant information in the preparation of various reports, methods, or analytical grids and monitoring projects and/or works;
• Take part in various committees related to the field of work, as well as all site meetings and formal talks (e.g. reviewing contracts with the engineering service);
• Work closely with the society's partners;
• Carry out any related tasks.

Required qualification

• Bachelor's degree in civil engineering or in construction engineering;
• Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in construction projects;
• Member in good standing of l'Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec;
• Experience in the field of rebuilding / building civil engineering projects made using concrete and/or steel, and experience managing major construction and maintenance projects;
• Experience as an engineering consultant or with firms working in the field of highway infrastructures (an asset);
• Familiar with standards related to structures (bridges and overpasses) and highways, as well as environmental standards and workplace health and safety standards;
• Proven ability to supervise and work as an administrator for contracts you were assigned, including evaluation of work, holding meetings, and negotiating payments;
• Strong writing skills; able to clearly understand and interpret blueprints, specifications, and technical drawings;
• Able to access structures via permanent or temporary means without fear of heights or tight spaces;
• Fluent in written and spoken French, and able to communicate clearly in English;
• Proficient with standard software such as Word, Excel, and MS Project;
• Must hold a valid class 5 driver's licence.

Education / training

Bachelor in civil engineering , Bachelor in construction engineering

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