
Project Engineer
McLean, VAJob$65–97K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Project Engineer supports project delivery through day-to-day administration and coordination, working with project managers, superintendents, project team members, and clients. The role assists with project planning, management, communication, construction documentation, and project controls. It also supports the management of project activities from bidding and submittals through change orders and closeout.
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Full job description
The Project Engineer is responsible to help facilitate project delivery and administrative requirements related to planning, management and communication through effective day-to-day administration and coordination of projects. Works closely with Project Managers, Superintendents, and other project team members, including clients, in support of the success of a project.
Responsibilities:
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Develop industry relationships and expand professional networks that have potential to generate future sales opportunities.
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Create and maintain the internal and external project logs as necessary.
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Maintain internal and external reports as necessary
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Assist the Project Manager(s) with updating project tasks in software systems in conjunction with processing Requests for Information, Submittals, Drawing Logs, and other management tools.
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Ensure the proper bid documents are sent to bidders for various bid packages as they come online. Build and maintain the bidders list.
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Maintain current construction documents.
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Receive and act accordingly on RFI's from contractors
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Review and process submittals; maintain submittal log.
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Support the management of the day-to-day project including but not limited to; responding to pay requests, change orders, RFI's, submittals, contracts, purchase orders and closeout.
Requirements:
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Bachelor's Degree in Building Science, Construction Management, Civil Engineering preferred
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0-2 years of experience in large, complex facility construction and on-site experience in the management of new construction and the renovation of existing assets
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Basic MEP knowledge
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Proficient in MS Office
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Valid Driver's License Required
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LEED AP Preferred
Physical Demands and Working Environment:
The conditions herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.
Environment: Work is performed primarily in an outdoor setting with exposure to all types of weather and temperature conditions, and travel from site to site.
Physical: Primary functions require sufficient physical ability and mobility to work in an office setting and field environment; to walk, stand, and sit for prolonged periods of time; to frequently stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, crawl, climb, reach, twist, grasp, and make repetitive hand movement in the performance of daily duties; to lift, carry, push, and/or pull moderate amounts of weight up to 50 lbs without assistance and greater than 50lbs with assistance; to operate assigned equipment and vehicles; and to verbally communicate to exchange information.
Vision: See in the normal visual range with or without correction.
Hearing: Hear in the normal audio range with or without correction.
EOE - Vets/Disabilities
Hoar does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or agencies. Any resume submitted to any employee of Hoar without a prior written search agreement will be considered unsolicited and the property of Hoar.
Hoar offers a total compensation package that includes base salary, bonus potential, and a comprehensive benefits package including health/dental/vision benefits, paid time off, and retirement/401(k). For this role the base salary range is $$65,000-$97,000. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location. Base pay is one part of the Total Compensation Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work.
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How this job compares
Set against the 5,141 open Project Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$65–97K/yr
- Virginia median$92–131K/yr138 salary ranges
- US median$96–145K/yr2,727 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $81K, is 27% below the Virginia median midpoint ($111K) — in the lowest quarter of Project Engineer salary ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 166 open Project Engineer jobs in Virginia and 5,141 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
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- Experience
- This posting asks for no prior experience — less than three in four Project Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 3,979 postings).
- Education
- 3,112 of the 5,141 open Project Engineer jobs (61%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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