IEA Project Engineer- Lead

IEA Management Services, Inc.
life insurance, 401(k)
United States, Indiana, Indianapolis
6325 Digital Way (Show on map)
Oct 09, 2025
Summary For us, "family" doesn't describe our size or capabilities, rather it's a way of doing business. It means we put people first. From our committed and dynamic safety culture, to the way we treat our employees and clients, to how we interact with project stakeholders on a daily basis, our focus on people allows us to achieve our goal of doing a good job, and doing it with integrity. We offer a comprehensive benefits package to include: Competitive Compensation Health Insurance Vision & Dental Health Savings Account Flexible Spending Accounts Short- and Long-Term Disability Life Insurance 401(k) Position Responsibilities Lead Project Engineer (PE) is responsible for financial reporting, including proper phasing of costs, monitoring productivity, projecting job costs, managing subcontractor contracts, and change order management. Lead PE is also responsible for managing Field PE(s) and ensuring their responsibilities are correctly executed, including project engineering, documentation management, accounts payable, and material tracking. The Lead PE's responsibilities will vary slightly based on project schedule and scope, but will typically involve aiding the management of: Subcontractor set up and coordination Equipment and manpower tracking and projection Onsite financial reporting Accounts receivable Invoice approval Other cost control processes Support the Project Manager in overseeing the Field PE's successful execution of the project engineering, documentation management, accounts payable, and material and quantity tracking processes. Support the Project Manager in overseeing the Administrative Assistant's successful management of the onsite payroll process. Monitor phasing of job costs, ensuring all costs are tracked in the correct phases. Monitor productivity, material tracking, subcontractor contract value, staffing, and equipment usage weekly and notify the Project Manager of variances from budget. Maintain staffing and equipment matrices weekly, which records all anticipated site staff and equipment, including start and end dates, weekly burn rates, and anticipated total job costs. Support Project Manager in the change order process by initiating client change orders, providing and storing backup in the online document control platform, entering change order breakdowns per phase in the project management software, maintaining the change order log, and following up with the client on open change order requests. Assist the Project Manager in ensuring pay applications are developed and submitted per the contract. Record the cost of all work that has been completed but not yet invoiced (accruals) monthly. Assist the Project Manager in developing and maintaining a risk and opportunity register, including identifying risk and opportunity events, event likelihoods, and potential financial and schedule impacts. Develop the Monthly Performance and Progress Report (MPPR), which includes estimating the final job costs per phase and updating and maintaining the change order log, pay applications log, risk matrix, staffing matrix, and equipment matrix. Maintain the equipment and staffing matrix with dates matching the current schedule and review with Project Manager, Construction Manager, and Superintendents to ensure accuracy with current construction plan. Submit requisitions to the corporate Procurement team to initiate vendor subcontracts and/or purchase orders. Manage vendors and subcontracts, including working through vendor noncompliance to ensure timely payments, receiving partial and final lien waivers, ensuring quantities received match invoicing, reviewing invoices and approving or rejecting as applicable, and executing change orders to cover our of scope work. Collect progress schedules from subcontractors as applicable and distribute detailed, summary path, and 3 week look ahead schedules to the project team. Execute duties as required to support the financial reporting process and Field PE responsibilities. Skills Microsoft Office programs Viewpoint or other accounting program CPM scheduling Efficient written and verbal communication Technical writing proficiency Change Order management Basic estimating Personal Attributes Desire to learn and apply knowledge to critical, evolving situations. Effective and efficient communicator. Able to manage and prioritize multiple simultaneous issues. Deadline oriented. Willing to travel as position is located at jobsite. Mathematically competent. Education Bachelors Degree Position Requirements Bachelor's of Science in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or similar Engineering field Two (2) years of Project Engineering or comparable experience Training Must be authorized to work in the United States now and in the future On the job, Compliance and Safety Viewpoint or comparable project management software SharePoint or comparable document storage management OSHA 30 Equal Opportunity Statement IEA, and our family of companies, is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. We consider all qualified applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability or any other legally protected status. We also comply with all applicable laws governing employment practices and do not discriminate on the basis of any unlawful criteria.