About Exus Renewables North America

Exus Renewables North America is a leading independent developer and operator of utility-scale renewable energy projects, dedicated to advancing clean energy solutions across the United States. With offices in Pittsburgh, New York, and Albuquerque, and over 100 employees in the US, Exus NA focuses on developing, repowering, and managing renewable energy assets, contributing to the nation's decarbonization efforts and driving sustainable growth in the U.S. renewable energy sector.

The Construction Project Engineer will partner with the Project Managers, Site Managers, Director of Construction, and the Head of Construction serving as the central technical coordinator through the EPC project lifecycle through detailed engineering, procurement assistance, construction support, and commissioning. The Project Engineer will be assigned to one or more of the projects currently under contract. The Project Engineer acts as the primary technical bridge between discipline engineers, project management, procurement agents, field construction teams, and external vendors/clients.

Essential Responsibilities

1. The Project Engineer works continuously toward successful project completion by assisting the Director of Construction and the Site Managers in monitoring projects in a manner consistent with the intent of the contract requirements, specifications, and metrics appropriate to the project.
2. Executes safety audits and interact with contractors and subcontractors to ensure the site is working safely and a positive safety culture is implemented at the site.
3. Responsible for identifying and resolving issues which can impact the project’s schedule, quality, and budget for areas that have been assigned to the Project Engineer.
4. Actively tracks and audits project files and drawings to ensure that project teams maintain documents in an orderly fashion and are utilizing the latest revisions of documents on the project sites.
5. Manages submittals, transmittals, and requests for information (RFIs) from Vendors and Contractors and routing or answering in a timely manner to support the project schedules.
6. Manages submittals, transmittals, RFIs and schedules for accuracy and adherence to project requirements.
7. Responsible for follow up on submittals, transmittals, and RFIs for additional information and action items.
8. Tracks and owns project deliverables (such as schedule updates, lien waivers, and work plans) to ensure documents are submitted timely and accurately.
9. Perform field productivity audits tracking manpower, equipment, cycle times, and units installed.
10. Partners with the project teams in documenting issues that could impact EXUS’ interests.
11. Ability to read drawings (all disciplines), understand quality control requirements, and assess Project Schedules for risks and opportunities.
12. Support independent engineer documentation process/review of project documentation (does deep dive on everything from the job, tracks down missing documentation, answering questions, submitting to engineers, etc.)

Education and Experience Requirements

1. Bachelors in civil or electrical engineering, or construction management.
2. 3+ years of direct EPC or heavy industrial project execution experience.
3. Prior experience independently managing major equipment vendor packages, resolved field RFIs, and lead discipline integration on projects from groundbreaking to project turnover highly preferred.
4. Working knowledge of Word, Excel, Primavera, or MS Project.
5. Experience in drawing verification and interface clash resolution.