
Travel Project Engineer-Mission Critical
EAGLE MOUNTAIN, UTJobSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
Most applications go out cold — see where you stand first. No sign-up to start.
Watch jobs like this. New roles like this one near EAGLE MOUNTAIN, UT, by email.
Don't just apply. Show up ready.
Olive works from this exact posting.
At a glance
Olive lists jobs from US employers, including remote roles you can work from the United States.
Requirements
Credentials this posting asks for.
Job overview
The Project Engineer assists Project Managers in ensuring project work meets plan and specification requirements. The role reviews plans, submittals, and field procedures; supports scheduling, bidding, and trade contractor coordination; and monitors construction quality and progress. It also involves advising on concrete procedures, coordinating testing, and reporting safety concerns. A bachelor's degree in civil engineering, construction management, or a related field is required; one year of field experience is preferred.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Qualifications
Benefits
Full job description
Summary The Project Engineer assists Project Managers to ensure that work installed on the project meets plan and specification requirements. Duties and Responsibilities * Assures compliance by becoming intimately familiar with the assigned project plans and specifications. Reviews shop drawing and submittals. * Reviews plans from the standpoint of value analysis and constructability, ensuring appropriate materials are utilized. Communicates inconsistencies to the architect. * Recommends labor saving and other cost-saving methods, which will save Layton and/or the owner money in actual construction. * Attends and takes notes for project team meetings, including weekly Owner/Architect meetings and subcontractor coordination meetings. Distributes meeting minutes to participants. * Publishes weekly progress reports for assigned projects and follows up for receipt, review, and distribution of information required for project construction. * Updates project schedules as needed. * Assists in bidding and in developing scope of work for trade contractors. * Works with the superintendent to prepare project schedule, including establishing dates for receiving shop drawings and milestones necessary to complete the project on time. Follows up for review and approval for shop drawings, samples, material lists, etc. * Maintains logs, reflecting the status of shop drawings, requests for clarification, change requests, and proposal requests. * Advises on proper procedures for concrete pours. Inspects structural reinforcing. * Coordinates standard slump and compaction testing to verify compliance to specifications. * Reviews field procedures and final installation of structural elements to ensure compliance of the work. * Performs work sampling. Observes and analyzes work methods, techniques, and procedures to advise superintendent on improvement of production efficiency. * Comply with all safety policies, practices and procedures. Report unsafe activities to supervisor and/or Safety. Qualifications Required * Bachelor's degree in civil engineering, construction management, or related field. Preferred * Good written and oral communication skills. Expresses self clearly and effectively when talking with individuals and groups. Demonstrates poise and mastery of language. Expresses ideas clearly in writing. Uses proper organization and grammar. * Working knowledge of Word and Excel. * Flexibility: Willing to modify plans and behavior when necessary to meet a goal. * Cooperation: Works well with other people. Takes time to help co-workers, customers and others achieve their goals and assignments. * The ability to read and understand blueprints. * Learning Ability: Has the ability and desire to quickly learn new job-related information. * The ability to understand and apply OSHA and company safety requirements. * Has integrity: maintains normal standards of ethics, conduct, and organizational policies in job-related activities. * Problem Solving: Solves practical problems and deals with a variety of variables in situations where only limited standardization exists; interprets a variety of complex instructions. * One year previous field experience. * Working knowledge of scheduling programs. * Ability to understand and convey basic Spanish commands, questions, and instructions regarding concrete construction. Benefits: Layton Construction offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance,... For full info follow application link. Layton Construction is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex , sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.
How this job compares
Set against the 5,120 open Project Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Utah median$101–160K/yr28 salary ranges
- US median$35–45/hr264 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 89 open Project Engineer jobs in Utah and 5,120 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Utah
- L3Harris5 open
- CDM Smith4 open
- Insight Global4 open
- Experience
- Project Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 7 years (3,950 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 3,204 of the 5,120 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.
Similar jobs, posted recently
Open roles like this one, listed in the last 30 days.
Commissioning Project Engineer-Mission CriticalLayton Construction · EAGLE MOUNTAIN, UT
Commissioning Engineer IMORTENSON CONSTRUCTION · EAGLE MOUNTAIN, UT · $81–109K/yr
Design Engineer - Building Components (PERM)Sunpro Corporation · LINDON, UT · $57K/yr
Project Safety CoordinatorHELIX ELECTRIC, LLC · SANDY, UT
Geotechnical Field EngineerTerracon Consultants, Inc. · MIDVALE, UT
You've read the whole posting — now see how you match it.