
Project Engineer
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Kokosing seeks a Project Engineer to work onsite with the project team on industrial construction, primarily water and wastewater treatment plants in Detroit and Northern Ohio. The role plans, coordinates, and manages onsite construction engineering activities, supports project schedules and budgets, and provides technical support to construction teams. A bachelor's degree or equivalent technical training and related experience is listed, along with five or more years of similar heavy industrial construction engineering experience.
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Full job description
Kokosing (www.kokosing.biz) is one of America's 50 largest General Contractors and services a broad spectrum of clients in both the private and public business sectors. Kokosing's services include heavy civil/industrial construction such as highways, bridges, underground utilities, water/wastewater facilities, and marine construction. For over 75 years, Kokosing has successfully attracted the most qualified technical personnel in the construction industry by offering visible challenges, superior quality, and attractive rewards. With over $2.8 billion in annual sales and a commitment to its workforce, Kokosing is the winning team. Job Description: Job Description Summary: Working onsite with the Project Team to plan, develop, coordinate, and manage onsite construction engineering activities for Industrial projects - primarily Water/Wastewater Treatment plant construction in Detroit and Northern Ohio. Duties and Responsibilities: - Manage project engineering and related personnel functions and activities, including personnel planning and administration, work assignments, disciplinary actions, etc. - Ensure project engineering activities comply with company and contract requirements and support overall construction schedule (Primavera P6). - Provide technical support for construction effort including participation in construction planning and design; interpretation of design; application of construction methods; resolution and documentation of deign conflicts; contractibility reviews, etc. - Develop, implement and administer project engineering procedures and other work controlling documents (submittals, RFI's, expediting material deliveries, payment of Subcontractors/Vendors and Owner pay requests). - Represent company, project and/or department during A/E, client and project management meetings. - Interface all on-site departments as required to resolve problems, ensure quality of construction, etc. in support of overall project schedule. - Oversee all pre-construction services, design-build services, and business development for the project. - Work withSuperintendenttocontroljobcostsandproductionbudgets. - Prepare andsubmit accurateandtimelymonthlycost,income,andcashflow projections. - Execute and approvesubcontractorrequisitions and vendorinvoices. - Coordinate,priceandassistProjectManagerinsettlementofchangeordersandclaims. - Respond to issues quickly;proactiveinproblemsolving;handlesmultiple tasks. - Manage time andorganizes officeandfilingsystem efficiently; organizes andmaintains accurate projectcorrespondencefiles. - Maintainsubcontractorinsurancecertificatecompliance. - Perform additional assignments per supervisor's direction. Qualifications: Education and Experience: - Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or Construction Management or equivalent technical training and related experience. - (5)+ years of similar construction engineering experience in Heavy Industrial projects. - Title, duties, and responsibilities will be refined to reflect your current, and future, career trajectory. Skills and Abilities: - Advanced knowledge of construction engineering technology, codes, standards, etc., plus an in-depth understanding of the interdependence and relationship between other functional units required. - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, plus demonstrated ability to manage a team of varied disciplines. - Registration as a Professional Engineer (PE) is preferred but not required. BENEFITS: Kokosing offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, life, and disability insurance, paid time off and a 401K plan. Kokosing is an equal employment op
How this job compares
Set against the 5,054 open Project Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Ohio median$96–140K/yr65 salary ranges
- US median$35–45/hr264 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 255 open Project Engineer jobs in Ohio and 5,054 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Ohio
- Marathon Petroleum Corporation11 open
- American Electric Power7 open
- Kokosing Inc (this employer)7 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Project Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (3,914 postings).
- Education
- 3,172 of the 5,054 open Project Engineer jobs (63%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 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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