Project Engineer

PRIMARY PURPOSE 

1.Shall be the overall representative of the company to the client, construction managers, government agency  concerned (Ex. LGU), etc.,  who is responsible in monitoring all aspects of the project such as but not limited to Operations, Administrative, Logistics, Collections, Engineering and Control, Accounting and Procurement. 

1. Shall work closely with the Project Managers, Project In- Charge and Project Engineers assigned per site for proper and effective implementation of each project (scope of work). 

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

1. He monitors all aspects of each project such as but not limited to the following: 

1. Operations  

1. He shall review the Plans, Contract Documents, Technical Specifications and Bid Bulletins prior to the implementation of the project; 
2. He shall ensure that ach project has its respective Project Implementation Plan to be approved by the Management;  
3. He shall coordinate with various departments as follows: 
4. Engineering (for the Scope of Works and Bill of Quantities) 
5. Purchasing (for the procurement of materials especially long lead items) 
6. Logistics / Warehouse (for tools and equipments needed) 
7. Collection (for payment procedures and bonds to be posted) 
8. Admin(for Contract Documents) 
9. Human Resources (for the allocation of manpower and staff requirements) 
10. Other departments which are vital to the construction of the project 
11. He ensures accurate manpower loading schedule per project. He must be able to determine and recommend to the Human Resources who are the qualified staff and workers to be retained at the project site and who are inefficient for termination; 

1.5 He must know the target activities on a daily basis and must ensure that these are attained as per schedule. Relatively, he must anticipate the amount of resources, material and manpower to attain these targets. 

1. When there is a negative slippage, he must know the causes and must be able to act fast to cut down the negative variance and to eventually zero out the slippage; 
2. He must ensure that all the project staff complies with the required reports/submittals of the Consultants/Construction Managers/Owner prior to implementation of certain works to avoid rectification works that will only cause financial losses and delay in the project. 

1. Administrative 

1. He must be knowledgeable about the project’s Contract Documents; 
2. He must know the working hours (time-in, time-out, over time if necessary) at the jobsite. 
3. He must report on time at the project site. 
4. He must visit the head office at least twice a week for proper coordination. 
5. He must maintain good relationship with the Management, his co-workers and our clients. 
6. He should monitor all necessary permit applications such as building permits, occupancy permits, etc. 
7. He must be project completion oriented. He must be visible at the project site for the duration of the project and leaves may be approved on a case-to-case basis. Long vacation leaves are discouraged prior to the completion of the project.  
8. He should be able to write business correspondence to clients, management and various departments if necessary. 
9. He should be able to have his own method of monitoring the project and must know of its status at the end of the day. 
10. He must be able to address all issues affecting the project and its completion; 

1. Purchasing / Logistics 

1. Prior to the implementation of the project, he ensures that each project coordinates the required tools and equipment with the Purchasing and Logistics Department and these items are provided at the job site as per Equipment Loading Schedule. 
2. Once the equipment is provided at the job site, he shall ensure that these are in good condition and are functioning properly. 
3. He must always ensure timely delivery of materials needed at the jobsite. 
4. He must do constant follow-ups/coordination with the Purchasing, Logistics and Accounting Department. 

1. Four Reasons of the Non-Delivery of Materials 
2. No Purchase Order was placed. (coordinate to Purchasing Dept.) 
3. The materials or tools are not available. (coordinate to Purchasing Dept.) 
4. No service vehicle is available to deliver the materials. (coordinate to Logistics Dept.) 
5. No payment was made for the materials. (This is the only time when you should call the Accounting Manager for assistance or to take appropriate actions.) 

1. He must ensure that the right quantity/amount of materials is procured to minimize or zero-out wastage. If there are scrap materials, he shall ensure that the items are properly accounted and returned / proper disposal; 

1. Collections 

1. He must ensure timely collection of payments from our clients, hence, significant accomplishments must be realized. 
2. He must ensure that our collection is bigger vis-à-vis our accomplishment. 
3. Weekly Progress Report
4. CLOSE OUT Reports
5. Initiate Variation Order Based from Actual Site Condition
6. Initiate Extension of Time - Reasons of Extension (Weather, ROW, Design Issue etc)
7. He must ensure that the Engineers of each project submits a closeout report to the management at the end of each project which includes documents such as but not limited to Certification of Completion and Acceptance from the Client and Total Project Cost/Contract Amount against the Total Project Cost at Completion.  

        LIABILITIES 

1. Continuous negative slippage of the project without appropriate action. 
2. Progress of work per site must be continuous. 
3. Direct Cost per project overshoots without proper coordination with concerned departments. 

         REPORTS 

         Statement of Work Accomplishment 

         Daily Site Report/Overtime Report