Project Engineer - Entry Level - December 2026 Grads - La Porte, IN
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The Walsh Group is seeking an entry-level Project Engineer to join its team in La Porte, Indiana, with a start date in December 2026 or January 2027. The role supports construction project coordination, procurement, quality checks, subcontractor coordination, survey and layout, equipment management, safety, and estimating. A bachelor’s degree is preferred, and previous internship, co-op, or employment experience is a plus.
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OVERVIEW
We are currently seeking a Project Engineer to join our team in La Porte, IN, with a start date in December 2026 or January 2027.
Are you someone who flourishes on solving problems? Do you leverage data to make decisions and recommendations? Are you excited about working on a team collaboratively to solve these problems? Do you inspire people to want to do better? If this sounds like you, then we want to hear from you!
Walsh Project Engineers are bright and caring people who are motivated by a challenge. They get things done because they plan their work and then work their plan. They put the same amount of time into building and maintaining relationships as they do in managing their production.
As a fourth-generation, family-owned business, Walsh recruits individuals who are seeking a small company feel with a large company backing. Walsh is a successful fast-growing company at the forefront of technology and is committed to being the employer of choice to our employees and the builder of choice to our customers.
Walsh is a company where, when you work hard, you will be recognized. If this sounds like you, please apply!
RESPONSIBILITIES
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Document control (RFIs, submittals, change orders, claims, etc.)
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Assisting and supporting project team with daily project coordination
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Procurement of construction materials
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Quality Control / Quality Assurance checks
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Coordination of subcontractors
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Survey and project layout
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Weekly pictures for progress reports
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Manage construction equipment
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Safety management
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Project estimating
QUALIFICATIONS
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1+ years of experience
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Bachelor’s degree preferred
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Previous internship, co-op, or employment experience is a plus
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Specific roles may require relocation
Job Category: Project Management
Job Type: Full_time
The Walsh Group, Ltd. Is committed to providing equal opportunity to qualified applicants with disabilities to compete for jobs. To request a reasonable accommodation in completing this application, please contact the Human Resources Department at 312-563-5905 or [email protected].
An Equal Opportunity Employer, Disability/Veteran
How this job compares
Set against the 5,187 open Project Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Indiana median$90–125K/yr26 salary ranges
- US median$36–47/hr276 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 65 open Project Engineer jobs in Indiana and 5,187 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Indiana
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Project Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 4,003 postings).
- Education
- 3,180 of the 5,187 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 4, 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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