Project Engineer Civil West Construction Salem, OR Job Details Full-time 1 day ago Benefits Health insurance Paid time off Qualifications Construction cost control Project change management Driver's License Working on construction projects in a civil infrastructure role Construction submittals Construction change order management Full Job Description Job title Project Engineer — Civil Construction Job location type In person Job location Salem, OR About Civil West Construction Civil West Construction LLC is a Salem, Oregon-based heavy civil prime contractor built around infrastructure work. We self-perform excavation and horizontal construction across a wide range of project types — site development, underground utilities, roadway, concrete, and public works — for ODOT, federal, state, county, and municipal owners, including prevailing-wage projects. We don't box ourselves into one scope. If it's heavy civil infrastructure work in Oregon, we're built to bid it, run it, and close it out. This Project Engineer role sits inside a growing operating system for how we schedule, cost-track, document, and close our jobs. The role We're hiring a Project Engineer with roughly 2-3 years of civil construction experience to support our Project Managers and Superintendents on active jobs. You'll be the day-to-day owner of project paperwork, schedule updates, cost tracking, and field coordination — the person who keeps jobs organized so the PM can focus on strategy and the crew can focus on production. This is an in-person role based out of our Salem office, with regular trips to job sites. What you'll own Schedule control Maintain and update project schedules in Excel and our schedule-control tool Publish weekly 2-3 week look-aheads for each active job Flag slippage early and support recovery planning with the PM and Superintendent Submittals, RFIs, and change orders Log, route, and track submittals and RFIs with owners, engineers, and subs Draft change order requests with backup (quantities, unit prices, time impacts) Keep the submittal and RFI logs current so nothing sits idle Job cost tracking (cost visibility, not P&L ownership) Track committed and actual project costs — labor hours, equipment hours, materials, subs, and rentals — against the budget Reconcile material deliveries and vendor invoices to POs and job cost codes Support quote-vs-actual tracking with our estimating and bookkeeping team; you're not owning gain/loss reporting, but you are making sure the numbers going in are clean Field coordination and closeout Review foreman daily logs, chase missing information, and follow up on issues raised from the field Coordinate deliveries, inspections, utility locates, and ODOT/agency contacts Own project closeout: as-builts, O&M manuals, warranty documents, final lien releases, and punch list What we're looking for 2-3 years of project engineer, assistant PM, or field engineer experience on civil construction projects (site work, underground utilities, concrete, ODOT/prevailing-wage a strong plus) Working knowledge of civil plans and specs, submittals, RFIs, and change orders Comfortable in Excel — you should be able to build and maintain a schedule, cost tracker, and quantity log without hand-holding Strong organization and follow-through; you close loops without being asked twice Good written communication — clear RFIs, clean emails, tight meeting notes Willing to be in the office daily and out on Oregon job sites when the work calls for it Valid driver's license and reliable transportation Nice to have Degree or coursework in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field Experience with SharePoint, Microsoft 365, Bluebeam Prevailing-wage certified payroll familiarity OSHA 10 or 30 Compensation and benefits

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Full-time, in-person, Salem OR Benefits and PTO discussed during the interview process Direct path into a Project Manager role for the right person as Civil West grows If interested and want more information feel free to message me. Look forward to hearing from you.

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Health insurance Paid time off

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In person