Construction Project Engineer

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

We are seeking an experienced Construction Project Engineer / Project Coordinator to support the delivery of a new build industrial facility proximate to Jackson, Mississippi. This hybrid role combines the technical document-control, contract-administration, schedule, cost, and field-coordination duties of a construction Project Engineer with the reporting, meeting, logistics, and follow-up responsibilities of a Project Coordinator. The successful candidate will serve as the project’s central point for timely information flow, maintain accurate records, reports and dashboards, proactively drive action items and deliverables, and support the Project Team in keeping the work aligned with contract requirements, approved scope, budget, schedule, quality, safety, and key performance indicators.

This is a full-time, project-based position requiring regular on-site presence and flexibility to support meetings, inspections, and critical project activities.

The position will be located in Jackson, Mississippi.

Role accountabilities:

- Support the Project Director and site leadership in coordinating day-to-day delivery of the project from mobilization through closeout.

- Prepare and distribute concise weekly and monthly project reports covering safety, scope, schedule, cost, risks, decisions, procurement, changes, quality, and upcoming milestones.

- Maintain project dashboards and logs for RFIs, submittals, shop drawings, action items, decisions, procurement, long-lead materials, inspections, permits, change orders, punch-list items, and closeout deliverables.

- Perform an initial completeness and coordination review of shop drawings, product data, samples, and other submittals against drawings, specifications, contract requirements, approved alternates, and the submittal schedule; route them to the appropriate design professionals for formal review and approval.

- Prepare, log, distribute, and follow up on RFIs and technical clarifications; monitor response dates and escalate items that may affect field progress, procurement, cost, or the critical path.

- Coordinate recurring owner, architect/engineer, contractor, subcontractor, and vendor calls; issue invitations and agendas, capture decisions and minutes, assign action owners and due dates, and send reminders until each item is closed.

- Review the contract, exhibits, scopes, specifications, and reporting requirements to develop and maintain a compliance matrix for contractual deliverables, notice requirements, service levels, and KPIs.

- Track contractor and consultant KPI performance, validate supporting evidence, identify missed or at-risk commitments, and coordinate recovery actions with the Project Director.

- Maintain the change-management log for potential change events, notices, proposals, change orders, directives, contingency use, approvals, and associated cost and schedule impacts; follow up to prevent unresolved changes from aging.

- Monitor the baseline schedule, current update, near-term look-ahead activities, milestones, procurement dates, and critical-path risks; reconcile schedule status with field progress and report variances and required corrective actions.

- Coordinate information and document flow among the owner, internal stakeholders, architect, engineers, general contractors, subcontractors, authorities having jurisdiction, vendors, and facility users.

- Maintain controlled project records, including current drawings and specifications, correspondence, transmittals, meeting records, inspection and testing reports, photos, payment support, as-built information, warranties, O&M manuals, training records, and turnover documentation.

- Support site observations, progress verification, quality reviews, punch-list management, and confirmation that reported work and installed materials are consistent with approved documents; promptly elevate discrepancies to the responsible professional.

- Assist with purchase order requests, invoice review support, commitment tracking, forecast inputs, and reconciliation of approved changes with project financial reports.

- Plan and support site visits, design and construction meetings, inspections, commissioning activities, stakeholder walk-throughs, training, occupancy readiness, and project closeout.

- Facilitate lessons learned and maintain a clear record of open risks, issues, decisions, responsibilities, and due dates through final completion.

- Perform other project-delivery duties assigned by the Head of Hub Operations or Project Director.

Qualifications & Experience:

- Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, or a related field preferred; equivalent relevant construction experience will be considered.

- 5+ years of progressive experience supporting commercial, industrial, warehouse, manufacturing, or infrastructure construction projects.

- Demonstrated experience managing RFIs, submittals and shop drawings, meeting minutes, action-item logs, change-order logs, project schedules, procurement tracking, and closeout documentation.

- Working knowledge of construction contracts, drawings, specifications, scopes of work, change-management procedures, lien and closeout documentation, building codes, quality requirements, and jobsite safety practices.

- Ability to read and interpret architectural, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire-protection, and equipment drawings and specifications and identify coordination gaps for resolution by the responsible parties.

- Strong written, verbal, mathematical, analytical, organizational, and presentation skills, with the discipline to pursue outstanding commitments to closure.

- Proficiency in Microsoft 365 and experience with construction/project-management platforms such as Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud, Bluebeam, Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, or comparable systems.

- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced site environment, manage competing priorities, maintain accurate records, and communicate professionally with executives, technical teams, contractors, and vendors.

- OSHA 30, First Aid/CPR, or comparable safety credentials preferred.

What You Bring

- A proactive owner’s mindset and the ability to connect technical details, contractual commitments, schedule priorities, cost impacts, and stakeholder actions.

- Sound judgment regarding the limits of the role: coordinate and perform completeness reviews without assuming the architect’s or engineer of record’s professional design-approval responsibility.

- Experience producing leadership-ready reporting that clearly communicates status, exceptions, decisions needed, risks, and next steps.

- Strong follow-through, attention to detail, and the confidence to hold internal and external parties accountable for agreed deliverables and dates.

- Excellent written and spoken English and the ability to discuss technical and contractual topics with contractors, architects, engineers, vendors, facility stakeholders, and Siemens Energy leadership.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity employer. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement.  We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $68,000-$112,600 Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.

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