2025-07-03
Cumming
Other
/yr
employee
contract
Los Angeles
California
90001
United States
Position Title: Project Engineer
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Req Id: JR101176
Time Type: Full time
Description:
At Cumming Group, you will work on some of the world's most exciting projects in a dynamic environment where your success is measured by the impact you make. We are one of the fastest-growing project and cost management consultancies in the United States, as reflected in our top 10 rankings in ENR. With over 60 offices globally, an extremely diverse project portfolio, and double-digit year-over-year revenue growth, the opportunities to make your mark are limitless!
We are currently hiring an experienced Project Engineer located in Monterey Park, CA. This opportunity will have you working within our Education project sector. The Education team is a prime consultant to multiple school districts in the country and provides services to K-12 as well as higher education institutions nationally. You will be teaming with project, program, and client leadership to provide premier educational facilities for our nation’s youth and adults seeking to better themselves through learning.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
Provides technical and engineering support to the College Project Teams (CPT) including Project Managers and Construction Managers.
Coordinates with Program Management Office (PMO) staff, contractors, architects, engineers, inspectors, consultants and College staff.
Participates in, and occasionally runs, design or construction meetings.
Makes field checks on construction, demolition, rehabilitation, alteration addition or repair projects to determine compliance with job specifications, plans, established College standards, and Division of the State Architect (DSA) requirements.
Reads and interprets construction plans and shop drawings.
Assists in preparing written materials including correspondence, reports, procedures, and guidelines.
Supports development of weekly/monthly status and photos reports for project team.
Reviews, estimates, negotiates, and processes construction change orders and construction field orders.
Reviews and enforces construction and professional services contracts.
Manages and directs contractors and outside consultants including reviewing and approving invoices.
Assesses project risks and develops risk registers including mitigation strategies.
Facilitates resolutions of construction and design issues.
Coordinates with Architects for timely and accurate responses to requests for information, submittals, Construction Change Documents, etc.
Generates and distributes meeting minutes (construction meetings, design meetings, etc.).
Confirms contractor’s maintenance of record drawings prior to monthly progress payments to the Contractor.
Maintain project files in both electronic and paper format.
Reviews submittals for conformance to plans and specifications.
Generates and drafts Proposed Board Actions (PBA).
Other job-related duties or projects as assigned.
Prepare Scope of Work documents for solicitation of consultant and contractor services.
Prepare project status reports.
Preferred Education and Experience:
BS/BA Degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or related field required. Additional qualifying experience in excess to the minimum stated below may be substituted for the required education on a year for year basis.
Minimum of five (5) years of recent experience in a similar or equivalent position involved in project or construction management.
Experience with Division of the State Architect (DSA) construction/design process preferred.
Experience on large public works programs.
Experience with Proliance or similar PMIS systems.
Ability to work in a fast paced environment.
Ability to take initiative and make sound decisions.
Professional Engineer (PE), Certified Construction Manager (CCM), or similar credentials preferred.
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Cumming Group is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunity in its personnel policies and practices. It is Cumming Group’s policy to recruit, hire, train and promote Team Members and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, marital status, registered domestic partner status, genetic information, sexual preference, sexual orientation, gender (including gender expression and gender identity), pregnancy (including childbirth or related medical conditions, including breastfeeding), military service, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical disability, mental disability, veteran status or any other protected classification under federal, state, or local law. All such decisions are based on (1) individual merit, qualifications, and competence as they relate to the particular position, and (2) promotion of the principle of equal employment opportunity.
All other terms and conditions of employment, such as compensation, benefits, transfers, layoff, return from layoff, training, education, and social and recreational programs, are administered without regard to the characteristics described above. To this end, Cumming Group complies with all provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended, all of the rules, regulations and relevant orders of the Secretary of Labor, and all similar state and local laws.
In addition to base salary, Cumming Group offers a comprehensive benefits package including:
At Cumming Group, we are passionate about helping our clients execute large-scale, complex projects on-time and within budget. Our project and cost-management services are specifically tailored to each client’s needs and add meaningful value at every step of a project’s development.
Drawing on deep expertise in the communities and sectors we serve, we anticipate and solve problems, deliver solutions, and drive results. Since opening our doors in 1996, Cumming Group has grown to 50+ offices globally, and is now home to more than 1,950 team members – including many of the brightest minds in the industry.
Learn more about what a great organization we are at https://www.linkedin.com/company/cumming-group/about/
Cumming Group is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunity in its personnel policies and practices. It is Cumming Group’s policy to recruit, hire, train and promote Team Members and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, marital status, registered domestic partner status, genetic information, sexual preference, sexual orientation, gender (including gender expression and gender identity), pregnancy (including childbirth or related medical conditions, including breastfeeding), military service, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical disability, mental disability, veteran status or any other protected classification under federal, state, or local law. All such decisions are based on (1) individual merit, qualifications, and competence as they relate to the particular position, and (2) promotion of the principle of equal employment opportunity.
All other terms and conditions of employment, such as compensation, benefits, transfers, layoff, return from layoff, training, education, and social and recreational programs, are administered without regard to the characteristics described above. To this end, Cumming Group complies with all provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended, all of the rules, regulations and relevant orders of the Secretary of Labor, and all similar state and local laws.
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