Project Engineer 1 - Tech Solutions

DEPARTMENT: OPERATIONS

REPORTS TO: PROJECT SUPERVISION TEAM 

COMPENSATION FOR THIS ROLE: $60,000 to $75,000

OVERVIEW:

Project Engineer 1 assists the Project Manager and technology solutions field team to ensure customer satisfaction through taking accountability to complete projects on time and on budget.

General Responsibilities

• Maintain open communication lines with all working relationships

• Follow up to ensure items for which the job is accountable are performed

• Earn and maintain customer’s trust

• Uphold the core values of the organization

• Work well with others to accomplish the mission of the organization and of the job

Specific Responsibilities

Leadership

• Constantly train the field engineers in the project engineer’s role

Process Improvement

• Engage and help to develop new Encore standards and processes and hold others accountable to them

• Participate in Project Engineer meetings

Risk Management

• Assist Project Manager with change estimates

• Assist project team with labor cost codes for the project

• Work with Project Manager and Assistant Project Manager to write the commodity purchase order from the installation estimate

• Ensure all parties to the job (at all levels of the job) apply their time into the proper phase code for time keeping

Customer Service

• Take responsibility for submittals

• Assist with submittal creation and procurement of material

• Make certain purchase orders and Subcontracts are written and that the project is current on change orders to the purchase orders

• Coordinate and maintain relationships with all project stakeholders

• Ensure proper maintenance of construction documents

• Actively engage in any required meetings

• Ensure the proper permit is obtained in the jurisdiction for the job location. Understand the permitting process and what the wiring methods are in different jurisdiction

• Responsible for project closeout documentation

• Prior to completion, involves the service department so they know the job and are introduced to the owner to maintain the relationship

• Assist closing out the job with vendors

General

• Work with project team to set up the job

• Work with the project team to build an information sheet and map to the jobsite

• Assist Project Manager as necessary in performing cost to complete on a monthly basis

• Strong communications with the entire project team (Internal and External)

Other duties as may be assigned

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

Knowledge of:

• The construction process from scheduling to manpower to the labor, materials and equipment required for installation

• Constructability and the construction process

• Algebra and geometry

• Statistics

• Financial math

Skill in:

• Acting as a self-starter

• Good organization skills

• Spatial orientation

• Identifying scope gaps in construction documents

• Customer management

• Listening

• Speaking intelligently

• Estimating resources needed to complete required tasks

• Adapting to new and changing requirements, environments, and/or information

• Managing people and processes

• Managing complex projects, breaking them down to their component levels

• Using communication software

• Effective written and oral communication sufficient to be able to elicit and communicate information and achieve understanding (Technical/Business writing)

• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with customers, vendors, consultants, management, and employees

• Operating a computer

• Operate Microsoft office products

• Organizing work to accomplish tasks

• Reading and writing

• Prioritizing and reprioritizing to meet job needs

• Identifying and managing risk

• Problem solving

• Tracking numbers and bits of data relevant to the work assignment

Ability to:

• Retain and access critical information from memory

• Conceptualize and visualize the project for constructability means and methods

• Think on your feet

• Understand when to speak and when not to speak

• Be personally detached from ideas (no ego)

• See things from multiple perspectives

• Ability to coordinate effectively with all ENCORE Support Services

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Driving

• Sitting

• Climbing

• Lifting (up to 50 lbs)

• Standing

• Stooping

• Vision acuity (near and far)

• Walking

REQUIREMENTS:

High School Diploma or equivalent is required. A degree in related field or Journeyman’s License with Five years of progressive experience in the electrical trade preferred.

Benefits of this role: 

• Encore Electric provides excellent benefits for our employees, including: medical, dental, and vision plans, disability, and life insurance, employee-matched 401(k), paid time off (PTO), an employee assistance program that includes counseling, legal, and financial advice. 
• Encore also provides a generous employee referral program, and access to technical, safety, personal finance, and leadership training through Encore University, Encore’s in house training program.
• This position is eligible for cell phone allowances and the short-term incentive program.

Applications will close for this position on:  October 1, 2026 or until this position has been successfully filled. 

For questions regarding this role, please contact: [email protected]

To request an accommodation during the application process, please contact [email protected].

Encore Electric, Inc. is an EOE, including disability/vets.