Senior Construction Project Engineer (Northwest Region)

Company: Manson Construction Co.
Location: Seattle
Posted on: May 10, 2025

Job Description:

Job Title: Senior Project Engineer

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Location: Seattle , WA/Anchorage, AK

Salary: $142,000 - $155,000

Manson Construction Co. was founded in 1905 as a small pile-driving business supporting the early development of Seattle's waterfront. Today, Manson's legacy of quality marine services continues to grow at locations throughout North America. With more than 800 employees and a large fleet of equipment, Manson supports high-profile marine infrastructure and energy projects across the nation.

Manson Construction represents generations of people, families, and communities whose commitment to success, safety, and ingenuity aligns with our core values: Take care of people; Do the right thing; and find a better way. At Manson, we strive to create an engaging and respectful environment where employees can share their ideas. We recognize that our employees are Manson's number one asset and the reason why we continue to execute benchmark work in the marine construction and dredging industry.

Summary

The Project Engineer carries the responsibility of supervising engineering personnel and project engineering functions. The project engineer demonstrates a thorough understating of the contract drawings, specifications, subcontract agreements, major purchase orders, bid estimate, job schedule, and the overall scheme for construction of the project. The project engineers establish liaison with the comparable level personnel of the project owner.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Include the following; Additional duties may be assigned.

Responsible for all engineering activities on the project ensuring that all work is done in compliance with the project plans, specifications, and applicable permits
Responsible for leading and practicing safe work standards and promoting an Incident and Injury Free (IIF) work environment.
Preparation of project work plans, work element plans, and JSAs
Preparation of pay estimates for submittal to the client
Submitting updated weekly Labor Variance and Cost Variance Reports
Preparation of monthly project cost report and forecast
Conducts critical path scheduling, baseline scheduling, and 3 week look ahead scheduling
Responsible for project planning and layout
Coordinates project activities with the client and other project stakeholders
Monitors production and operations on the assigned job
Oversees contractor quality control reporting
Provides general project support
Responsible for project files and organization of project office
Maintain a high standard of ethical behavior, encourages ethical behavior in others, supports ethical decisions and actively seeks appropriate resolution to potential ethical conflicts.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in civil engineering, construction management, or related field.
5-10 years' experience as a senior project engineer or project manager
Marine construction or heavy civil engineering experience highly preferred
Must have a valid Driver's License and acceptable driving record.
Experience with AutoCAD and Primavera, preferred
First Aid/CPR Certification, preferred.
30 hour OSHA Certification, preferred
Fall Protection Competent Person, preferred
Professional Engineer registration, preferred.

Job Location

Current project is based out of Anchorage, Alaska and is expected to complete December 2029. The first 10 months of employment will be based in Seattle, reporting out of our main office.

Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here 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 functions.

This position will require relocations or travel depending of the project location and requirements.

Physical Demands
Position is primarily a field position, and will require travel, including visits and monitoring of construction job sites. Employee must be able to wear the personal protective equipment (PPE) required of various construction work environments (hard hats, personal floatation devices, safety glasses, gloves, safety-toed shoes, respirators, etc. The employee is required to stand, walk, use stairs, ladders, and step stools and reach with hands and arms. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and may occasionally lift and/or up to 50 pounds. Must be able to navigate stairs, ladders and gangways, board, work on and disembark floating vessels and structures. The noise level in the work environment is moderate to loud. The employee may be required to sit for extended periods of time.

Manson Construction Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veteran status. Manson is a Drug-Free Workplace.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to Recruiting, 206-762-0850, and recruiting@mansonconstruction.com .

Manson Construction offers our full-time employees a comprehensive and generous benefits package that is among the best in the industry. Our benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision plans for eligible employees and their families, employee assistance programs, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, disability, paid time off, retirement plan with employer matching and ESOP, and an annual discretionary bonus.

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