Position: Project Engineer
Company: LaPrairie Works
Location: Peace River, AB
Closing Date: Open
LaPrairie Works is a diversified and growing full-service contractor. With over 25 years of operating experience in Western Canada, core business areas include on and off highway hauling, road and bridge maintenance, road construction, earthworks, oilfield services, mine contracting and site services.
Job description:
Demand for our business and products continues to grow and we are seeking an experienced project engineer to provide project support and technical guidance to our various operations throughout western Canada. Working with our operational teams, the project engineer will draft and facilitate technical and procedural best practices for all company projects.
Key accountabilities (including but not limited to):
• Work closely with operations management, to ensure that all projects are appropriately assessed, designed, planned, resourced and scheduled in a timely and cost effective manner.
• Responsible to work in concert with the operations management, to achieve targets for specific projects and ensure efficient and accurate reporting of project parameters.
• Provide operational support when required, and ensure the accuracy of invoicing for specific projects, that documentation procedures are maintained and applied, and that project cost analysis and reporting are completed.
• Develop accurate documentation support for modifications to contracts and change orders including delay-times or other items outside of the project’s scope of work.
• Manage project budgets, commitments, expenditures and forecasts.
Experience:
Preference will be given to those who possess a Bachelors degree in Engineering, with 3-5 years experience in the field of construction management or project coordination.
In conjunction with the ability to work under pressure and handle multiple priorities and deadlines, the successful proponent will be comfortable working on active construction sites and will possess a high level of organizational skill and attention to detail.
LaPrairie Works offers competitive wages and benefits.
Please send your resumé to:
Manager of Human Resources
Email careers@laprairiegroup.com
Fax (403) 767-9932
Thank you for your written response. Only those persons selected for interview shall be contacted.
