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Project Engineer

Griffith Company

San Diego, CAJob$75–100K/yrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago

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Compensation
$75–100K/yr
Location
San Diego, CA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Valid Driver's License

Job overview

Griffith Company is seeking Project Engineers for its San Diego Area team. The role provides technical information to Project Managers to help ensure work complies with codes, drawings, and specifications. Project Engineers support construction planning and project controls, coordinate subcontractors and suppliers, monitor costs and schedules, and assist with project closeout. A bachelor’s degree is preferred, or equivalent combinations of technical training and related experience.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Time ManagementCommunicationWritingPresentation SkillsComputer SkillsStandard Plans and SpecsP6 SchedulesBluebeamSketchUpBuild2WinMaterial TakeoffsDocument ControlsEthical ConductOrganizationLeadershipProblem SolvingResults OrientationProcess OrientationLifting 20 Pounds

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or EquivalentFirst Aid TrainingCPR/AED TrainingOSHA 10 TrainingOSHA 30 CertificationCertified QSP for SWPPPValid Driver's License

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Paid Time Off
401(k) Match
Relocation Assistance

Full job description

At Griffith Company, we recognize that people are our most valuable resource. We nurture that resource by fostering a work environment that encourages communication, respect and recognition. In this environment, Griffith Company employees flourish, taking their careers to new levels. In addition to offering a nearly 125 year history of quality, safety and excellence, Griffith Company has a dynamic, exciting and supportive culture where opportunity for growth abounds.

We are looking for project engineers to join our San Diego Area team. Competitive candidates will be driven, enthusiastic and will want to establish themselves with a stable and growing company. This position offers technical information to the Project Manager to insure work complies with applicable codes, drawings and specifications. The Project Engineer may coordinate change orders, expedite material and job site equipment, assist in the preparation of estimates, and compile data to assist in analyzing project progress.

Essential Functions

  • Perform project start up duties.

  • Coordinate and supervise subcontractors and material suppliers.

  • Maintain document and project controls including preparation of:

  • Daily reports

  • Cost codings

  • Submittals

  • RFI’s

  • Time and material requests

  • Progress payment requests

  • Provide technical support in construction planning, quality control, interpretation of design, application of construction methods, resolution and documentation of design conflicts, and constructability reviews to ensure successful job completion.

  • Represent company, project and/or department during client and project management meetings to ensure effective communication.

  • Develop and maintain all job reporting and logs to ensure project compliance.

  • Review and monitor accounts payable, subcontracts and time sheets.

  • Facilitate job site meetings.

  • Track Project Labor Costs and Equipment.

  • Assemble project schedules.

  • Perform job closeout duties.

  • Update daily diary.

  • Perform independent analysis of change orders.

  • Other duties as assigned.

Education

  • Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree would be preferred, or equivalent combinations of technical training and related experience.

Specific Job Knowledge, Skills And Ability

  • Must have a strong work ethic and excellent time management skills.

  • Ability to assume responsibility, interface and communicate effectively with others is essential

  • Excellent writing, presentation, and computer skills.

  • First Aid Trained

  • CPR/AED Trained

  • OSHA 10 Trained

  • OSHA 30 Certification

  • Certified QSP for SWPPP

  • Proficiency in reading Standard Plans and Specs

  • Proficiency in Reading P6 Schedules

  • Proficiency in Blue Beam, Sketch Up and Build2Win

  • Must be proficient in material takeoffs

  • Thoroughly understand document controls

  • Must have a valid driver’s license

  • Other requirements may apply

Competencies

  • Time Management

  • Ethical Conduct

  • Highly Organized

  • Leadership

  • Problem Solving

  • Results Driven

  • Process Oriented

  • Communication Proficiency (Verbal & Written)

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

  • Frequently required to stand and walk at construction jobsites

  • Frequently required to sit for extended periods of time

  • Must frequently lift and move up to 20 pounds.

  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Company Benefits Package

In addition to offering a comprehensive benefits package for all employees — including a superior health benefits package — Griffith Company also offers generous performance-based compensation. As part of an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) Corporation, Griffith Company employees have the opportunity to directly and financially benefit from the Company's success. Other benefits include vacation time, sick days, paid holidays, and a 401K program. (Benefits are subject to eligibility requirements)

Annual Salary Range: $75,000 - $100,000.

Relocation assistance will be provided to candidates outside of the local area on a case-by-case basis.

Visit us at: www.griffithcompany.net

Griffith Company is an equal opportunity employer and an employee-owned company.

Important Notice to Staffing Agencies/Recruiting Firms

Griffith Company will not accept unsolicited resumes from any sources other than directly from a candidate, Griffith Company employee or any of our external recruiting partners whom we already have an executed written agreement with. Any unsolicited resumes sent to any of the following will be considered Griffith Company property: Griffith Company mailing address, fax machine or email address; Griffith Company employees; or to Griffith Company's applicant/candidate database. Griffith Company will NOT pay a fee for any candidate placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. Griffith Company will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees. Agencies must obtain advance written approval from Griffith Company’s Human Resources team to submit resumes, and then only in conjunction with a valid fully-executed contract for service and in response to a specific job opening. Griffith Company will not pay a fee to any Agency that does not have such agreement in place. Agency agreements will only be valid if in writing and signed by Griffith Company’s CEO, Executive Vice President or Human Resources Director. No other Griffith Company employee is authorized to bind Griffith Company to any agreement regarding the placement of candidates by Agencies.

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How this job compares

Set against the 5,270 open Project Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 1, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$75–100K/yr
  • California median$106–151K/yr333 salary ranges
  • US median$96–145K/yr2,760 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $88K, is 33% below the California median midpoint ($130K) — in the lowest quarter of Project Engineer salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 430 open Project Engineer jobs in California and 5,270 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
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 (4,088 postings).
Education
3,237 of the 5,270 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 1, 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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