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Project
Engineer
Senior Project
Engineer - Field
Assistant Superintendent
Superintendent
Senior
Superintendent
General
Superintendent
Director of
Operations
Senior Project
Engineer
Assistant
Project Manager
Project
Manager
Senior
Project Manager
Project
Executive
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General Overview
Technical Skills
Project Engineers start developing the technical skills required to support and execute a project. They also start gaining an understanding of Balfour Beatty’s cultural initiatives and work to uphold them. Additionally, they pick up skills that support their own development, in addition to their interactions with team members and subcontractors.
Action-oriented
Professional Competencies
General Overview
Technical Skills
Safety
Preconstruction
Planning and Scheduling
Project Cost
Project Start-up
Project Progress
Quality Control
Subcontractors
Turnover/Closeout
Project Engineers enforce safety rules and regulations through weekly inspections, identify and address unsafe conditions and promote safety awareness on site and with subcontractors.
Safety
Project Engineers grasp the requirements of preconstruction specification and drawings, and assist with managing scopes of work, bid package development and vendor evaluation.
Preconstruction
Project Engineers develop an understanding of project schedules and managed scopes by helping to identify long lead items and preparing submittal and purchasing schedules.
Planning and Scheduling
Project Engineers assist in the change management process.
Project cost
Project Engineers develop a clear understanding of a project’s key contractual requirements, and assist with the development of a site logistics plan and project start-up checklist.
Project start-up
Project Engineers monitor job progress, ensuring on-time deliveries of submittals, evaluating submittals for compliance and overseeing the submittal review process. They provide documentation on job progress and inform the team of negative impacts to schedule.
Project Progress
Project Engineers assist in all aspects of quality control, from mock-ups and first work inspections to securing finished areas. They also maintain the data tracking system for compliance.
Quality Control
Project Engineers assist in coordinating subcontractor daily progress, scope of work and contract document compliance, and manage timely resolution of subcontractor issues.
Subcontractors
Project Engineers manage closeout of all project documentation, ensuring documentation of MEP testing results and owner receipt of each turnover item.
Turnover/Closeout
Project Engineers enforce safety rules and regulations through weekly inspections, identify and address unsafe conditions and promote safety awareness on site and with subcontractors.
Safety
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General Overview
Senior Project Engineers oversee several elements of operations -- from reviewing preconstruction documents to assisting in final inspections -- they also provide project orientation for new hires, participate in training and developing Interns and Project Engineers, delegate work, ensure accountability and instill trust in their team and partners.
Technical Skills
General Overview
Technical Skills
Safety
Senior Project Engineers orient new hires regarding safety procedures and assist with the coordinantion and management of various Safety, Health, & Environmental programs.
Safety
Preconstruction
Planning and Scheduling
Project Cost
Project Start-up
Project Progress
Quality Control
Subcontractors
Turnover/Closeout
Senior Project Engineers will manage closeout of items assigned to them. They organize and turn over warranty, operation and maintenance documents, and assist with all final inspections.
Turnover/Closeout
Senior Project Engineers will manage closeout of items assigned to them. They organize and turn over warranty, operation and maintenance documents, and assist with all final inspections.
Subcontractors
Senior Project Engineers assist in developing a Quality Control program and establish data tracking for compliance. They also establish a level of quality for managed trades.
Quality control
Senior Project Engineers maintain documentation on any given project and must have a firm grasp of the details of all correspondence, RFI responses and change orders. Senior Project Engineers also coordinate the schedule and receipt of construction materials and reviews scope changes.
Project progress
Senior Project Engineers set up the job management system and lead the coordination of trade, including Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) subcontractors.
Project start-up
Senior Project Engineers assist with the owner payment process and in issuing sub change orders.
Project cost
Senior Project Engineers maintain scheduling basics in Balfour Beatty’s scheduling software and update the project look-ahead schedules with the Superintendent.
Planning and Scheduling
Senior Project Engineers have a general understanding of all the preconstruction documents, monitoring any changes that weren’t included in the contract drawings, pulling relevant information when drafting RFIs and submittals providing input when necessary.
Preconstruction
Senior Project Engineers orient new hires regarding safety procedures and assist with the coordinantion and management of various Safety, Health, & Environmental programs.
Safety
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Project Engineer
Senior Project Engineer
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Senior Project Engineers - Field work closely with the Superintendent to develop and implement project safety plans, ensure all materials are tested and results recorded and track and forecast budget costs. They also manage the equipment yard and equipment inspections.
Technical Skills
General Overview
Technical Skills
Safety
Senior Project Engineers - Field oversee key safety procedures, performing inspections and leading weekly safety meetings.
Safety
Preconstruction
Planning and Scheduling
Project Cost
Project Start-up
Project Progress
Quality Control
Subcontractors
Turnover/Closeout
Senior Project Engineers - Field assist with the testing and acceptance of life safety systems, the project turnover sequence and demobilization -- as well as the documentation of all TAB and commissioning activities.
Turnover/Closeout
Senior Project Engineers - Field work closely with trades, communicating levels of expectations, problem-solving, managing subcontractor manpower and helping to manage work schedules.
Subcontractors
Senior Project Engineers - Field assist in implementing the quality control program, tracking data and photo documenting inspections. They also ensure all materials are tested properly and are compliant.
Quality control
Senior Project Engineers - Field manage the equipment yard and equipment management and inspection logs.
Project progress
Senior Project Engineers - Field play a crucial role in setting up the site, from implementing a signage plan, to helping develop a traffic control plan and manpower projections, to assisting in storage and staging areas and identifying equipment needs.
Project start-up
Senior Project Engineers - Field must have a firm grasp of the project budget in order to forecast cost, apply labor, material and equipment costs to scope, track manhours and analyze change orders.
Project cost
Senior Project Engineers - Field create simple schedules for small projects and update look-ahead schedules.
Planning and Scheduling
Senior Project Engineers - Field are able to manage a larger quantity and more complicated scopes of work and continue to support bid package development and vendor evaluation.
Preconstruction
Senior Project Engineers - Field oversee key safety procedures, performing inspections and leading weekly safety meetings.
Safety
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General Overview
Assistant Superintendents work closely with the Superintendent to develop project safety plans and implement many of the logistics around project start-up. They also create simple schedules, ensure all materials and subcontract work are compliant and verify the skill level of tradespeople.
Technical Skills
General Overview
Technical Skills
Safety
Assistant Superintendents assist in developing project safety and disaster response plans, ensure compliance and perform regular safety inspections.
Safety
Planning and Scheduling
Project Start-up
Project Progress
Quality Control
Turnover/Closeout
Assistant Superintendents assist with the testing of life safety systems, including Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) systems. They also document all start-up, TAB and commissioning activities, and help determine the project turnover sequence.
Turnover/Closeout
Quality control
Project progress
Assistant Superintendents help develop, order and implement project signage, traffic control plans, staging areas and project fencing, as well as help manage manpower projections.
Project start-up
Assistant Superintendents track project schedules, create simple schedules for small projects and assist in creating the Critical Path Method (CPM) schedule.
Planning and Scheduling
Assistant Superintendents assist in developing project safety and disaster response plans, ensure compliance and perform regular safety inspections.
Safety
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Assistant Project Managers take on a larger share of responsibility, overseeing the RFI process, and procurement. Relationship-building also becomes more important as they manage Project Engineers and Senior Project Engineers, and resolve subcontractor conflicts.
Technical Skills
General Overview
Technical Skills
Safety
Assistant Project Managers make safety a priority, ensuring safety requirements are included in contract scopes.
Safety
Project Start-up
Project Progress
Quality Control
Subcontractors
Turnover/Closeout
Assistant Project Managers manage the project closeout process and obtain the certificate of occupancy and government approvals.
Turnover/Closeout
Assistant Project Managers communicate performance standards to vendors and subcontractors and ensure prompt conflict resolution.
Subcontractors
Assistant Project Managers oversee the development of a Quality Control program with the staff.
Quality control
Assistant Project Managers are key players in the execution of a project. They oversee the RFI and Submittal processes, and manage a relationship with the owner, participating in Owner/Architect/Contractor (OAC) meetings, processing the owner pay applications and ensuring compliance with owner contract requirements and timely notification to the owner.
Project progress
Assistant Project Managers help determine resources for all stages of a project, helping to define job roles, put financial systems in place, manage the purchasing schedule and identify necessary permits.
Project start-up
Assistant Project Managers play a key role in creating and maintaining project budgets. They track project costs and manage change orders, subcontractor and vendor payments, procurement, and labor costs savings.
Project cost
Assistant Project Managers help develop the project schedule, owning the scheduling for smaller projects and leading pull planning sessions alongside the Superintendent.
Planning and Scheduling
Assistant Project Managers have increased oversite into project requirements, from documentation, to staffing to budgets. They manage scopes of work and bid package development, and are key in resolving conflicts in contract documents.
Preconstruction
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General Overview
Superintendents oversee project operations to ensure the project is completed on time, from establishing a job site safety team, to determining the schedule, to approving payment applications.
Technical Skills
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Technical Skills
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Senior Superintendent
General Overview
Project Managers are the main point of contact for the client. They oversee the bulk of logistics for a given project, from maintaining project costs to managing a team.
Technical Skills
General Overview
Technical Skills
Safety
Preconstruction
Project Progress
Project Cost
Project Start-up
Subcontractors
Turnover/Closeout
Project Managers manage closeout of all project documentation, ensuring documentation of owner receipt of each turnover item and Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) testing results.
Turnover/Closeout
Project Managers perform all subcontractor and supplier buyout negotiations and contracting and communicate performance standards and expectations. They also oversee closeout of all subcontractors and vendors.
Subcontractors
Project start-up
Project cost
Project Managers are responsible for creating and updating project schedules, leading pull planning sessions when necessary and ensuring pull planning is implemented.
Planning and Scheduling
Project Managers provide valuable input during the preconstruction process. They liaise on the initial job schedule and the selection of subcontractors and design professionals. They manage budget estimates and client deliverables and develop a staff plan.
Preconstruction
Project Managers educate owners and their team on safety culture and benefits and participate in incident investigations.
Safety
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General Overview
Like Project Managers, Senior Project Managers oversee logistics and manage a team, but they do it on bigger or multiple projects and at a larger scale.
Technical Skills
Project Executive
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General Overview
Project Executives oversee their projects from soup-to-nuts. They identify what projects to pursue, and supervise operations from start to finish.
Technical Skills
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General Superintendents use their years of experience to guide and mentor Superintendents, provide input on projects and sign-off on big picture logistics -- like timeframe and staffing requirements.
Technical Skills
Director of Operations
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General Superintendent
General Overview
The Director of Operations ensures that day-to-day business operations are well supported.
Technical Skills
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Director of Operations
Rebounds easily from setbacks
Good at collaborating
A good communicator
Has good insight into their own strengths and weaknesses
Learns through successes and failures
Tech-savvy
Values different perspectives
Senior Project Engineer - Field
Senior Project Engineer
Customer-focused
Inspires team confidence and engagement
Demonstrates vision and purpose
Works to develop an understanding of key financial indicators
Professional Competencies
Begins to develop skills in developing talent
Delegates well
Assistant Project Manager
Assistant Superintendent
Willing to address difficult issues
Makes good and timely decisions
Always looking for an innovative approach
Delegates well
Drives results under pressure
Balances needs of multiple stakeholders
Professional Competencies
Instills trust
Is resourceful
Assistant Superintendent
Assistant Project Manager
Delegates work and removes obstacles.
Puts smart processes in place.
Handles conflict with speed and efficiency.
Translates opportunity into breakthrough strategies.
Provides guidance and training to Project Engineers -- Field.
Professional Competencies
Superintendent
Uses marketplace insights to advance business goals
Delegates well
Develops the talents of their team
Effective conflict resolution
Puts smart processes in place
Relationship building
Professional Competencies
Project Manager
Customer-focused
Inspires team confidence and engagement
Delegates well
Demonstrates vision and purpose
Demonstrates an understanding of key financial indicators
Good at identifying and developing talent
Professional Competencies
Senior Project Manager
Customer-focused
Inspires team confidence and engagement
Delegates well
Demonstrates vision and purpose
Demonstrates an understanding of key financial indicators
Good at identifying and developing talent
Professional Competencies
Project Executive
Customer-focused
Inspires team confidence and engagement
Delegates well
Is a talented problem solver
Attracts and develops top talent
Professional Competencies
Builds strong teams with diverse skills
Identifies and nurtures talent
Builds and nurtures relationships (internally and externally)
Delegates well
Inspires team confidence and engagement
Demonstrates vision and purpose
Demonstrates an understanding of key financial indicators
Uses marketplace insights to advance business goals
Professional Competencies
Senior Superintendent
Builds strong teams with diverse skills
Identifies and nurtures talent
Builds and nurtures relationships (internally and externally)
Delegates well
Inspires team confidence and engagement
Demonstrates vision and purpose
Demonstrates an understanding of key financial indicators
Uses marketplace insights to advance business goals
Professional Competencies
General Superintendent
General Superintendent
Courageously addresses difficult issues
Navigates through complex policy, process and people-related dynamics.
Drives engagement across their team
Attracts and develops top talent
Professional Competencies
Director of Operations
Anticipates needs of team
Holds team accountable through corrective action plans and performance improvement reviews.
Attracts and coaches top talent
Professional Competencies
In addition to their own responsibilities, Assistant Superintendents know and understand the daily duties of the Project Superintendent well enough that they can take over planning, progress and subcontractor responsibilities in the event of the Superintendent’s absence.
Assistant Superintendents have a vital role in ensuring the compliance and quality of all materials and subcontract work. This includes verifying the skill level of all trades people, making sure materials are properly tested (and results recorded) and reviewing subcontractor daily reports for accuracy.
Assistant Project Managers make safety a priority, ensuring safety requirements are included in contract scopes.
Safety
Business Development
Project Managers work to win business from new clients and maintain strong relationships with existing clients. They network at conferences and industry events, assist in RFP preparation and present their vision.
Business Development
Crisis Control
Project Managers establish a crisis management program, identify the root cause of a crisis and create a recovery schedule.
Crisis Control
General Overview
Technical Skills
Safety
Preconstruction
Project Operations
Project Executives identify which projects to review, prepare and present RFPs, maintain strong relationships with clients and secure referrals for owners, designers and subcontractors.
Business Development
Business Development
Project Executives supervise operations from start-up to closeout, managing resources from staff projections to hourly labor and promotions. They evaluate financial performance, as well as the budget, schedule and quality of work and take ownership in resolving major issues.
Project operations
Project Executives lead the preconstruction process, validate scopes of work and provide input for subcontractor and supplier selection.
Preconstruction
Project Executives monitor enforcement of safety policies and respond quickly to major incident investigations.
Safety
Project Executives identify which projects to review, prepare and present RFPs, maintain strong relationships with clients and secure referrals for owners, designers and subcontractors.
Business Development
General Overview
Technical Skills
Safety
Preconstruction
Planning and Scheduling
Project Cost
Project Start-up
Project progress
Turnover/
Closeout
Crisis Control
Superintendents prepare operations-related components of proposals and build relationships with key stakeholders.
Business Development
Business Development
Superintendents are at the front line of any crisis, traveling to the crisis location and identifying root cause, and formulating an alternative plan and recovery
Crisis Control
Superintendents ensure the project closeout process is finalized.
Turnover/Closeout
Superintendents oversee safety and training programs, jobsite control reporting, facilitate weekly progress and safety meetings, manage OSHA site visits, identify and solve problems and ensure timely project completion.
Project progress
Superintendents have a firm grasp of local labor, environmental and jurisdiction requirements and ensure these are met. They keep the local community updated of any activities that may impact them and establish and assess safety and logistics protocols.
Project start-up
Project cost
Superintendents determine schedule activities and durations, track project schedule progress and lead pull planning sessions.
Planning and Scheduling
Superintendents sign-off on all project estimates, purchase orders and contracts in the event of conflicts.
Preconstruction
Superintendents ensure safety and compliance across the job site. This includes developing safety plans and fire evacuation routes,establishing the site safety team, and ensuring the Safety Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are met.
Safety
Superintendents prepare operations-related components of proposals and build relationships with key stakeholders.
Business Development
General Overview
Technical Skills
Safety
Crisis Control
General Superintendents review staffing requirements, schedule and project costs and provide input where necessary, and join in the strategic pre-planning process for complicated projects.
Project operations
General Superintendents work to continuously improve and monitor the enforcement of safety policies and respond quickly to major incident investigations.
Safety
Project operations
General Superintendents facilitate turnaround strategies for projects that are in trouble and provide guidance when a project faces a challenge.
Crisis Control
General Overview
Technical Skills
Safety
Project operations
Crisis Control
The Director of Operations reviews the project at the earliest stages, reviewing the owner contract and helping to make staffing decisions.
Business Development
Business Development
The Director of Operations works with project teams to investigate the cause of a crisis and provide necessary resources to implement a recovery plan.
Crisis control
The Director of Operations supervises operations for all projects from start to finish -- including monitoring project progress and financial performance -- and takes leadership in anticipating and resolving any major issues.
Project operations
The Director of Operations monitors enforcement of safety policies and procedures and has knowledge and involvement in any major incident investigations.
Safety
The Director of Operations reviews the project at the earliest stages, reviewing the owner contract and helping to make staffing decisions.
Business Development
Like Superintendents, Senior Superintendents oversee operations to ensure the project is completed on time, but they are able to perform their job across multiple projects, or on one “mega” project.
General Superintendents review project proposals, participate in project pursuit presentations, and maintain valuable relationships with owners, design partners, and subcontractors.
Business Development
Business Development
Preconstruction
General Superintendents work to identify project challenges and solutions, support in the development of General Conditions and General Requirements (GC/GR) and the most efficient schedule.
Preconstruction
Planning and Scheduling
Preconstruction
Project Cost
Builds networks as a professional competency in the right-hand side
Project Cost
Subcontractors
Assistant Superintendents review general conditions budget to understand spending limitations and constraints.
Project Cost
Assistant Superintendents review subcontractor daily reports for accuracy and conduct subcontractor project orientations.
Subcontractors
Planning and Scheduling
Quality Control
Project Managers work to win business from new clients and maintain strong relationships with existing clients. They network at conferences and industry events, assist in RFP preparation and present their vision.
Business Development
Project Managers develop and manage the project schedule, determine resources for all stages of the project, and approve pay applications and change documents
The Project Manager is responsible for all aspects of project start-up, from defining organizational structure and responsibilities, to ensuring all appropriate documents, permits, certificates, and insurance are in place. They also determine all necessary resources for each phase of the project and implement the Sales to Delivery meeting to ensure a smooth project kick-off.
Project Managers ensure projects stay on track. They prepare and distribute schedule updates, oversee change orders, and review and approve owner and subcontractor pay applications and proposal change documents.
Project Progress
Quality Control
Project Managers oversee development of the Quality Control program.
General Overview
Technical Skills
Crisis Control
Subcontractors
Turnover/Closeout
Quality Control
Project Progress
Project Start-up
Planning and Scheduling
Preconstruction
Project Cost
Safety
Project Managers work to win business from new clients and maintain strong relationships with existing clients. They network at conferences and industry events, assist in RFP preparation and present their vision.
Business Development
Business Development
Senior Project Managers establish a crisis management program, identify the root cause of a crisis and create a recovery schedule.
Crisis Control
Senior Project Managers manage closeout of all project documentation, ensuring documentation of owner receipt of each turnover item and Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) testing results.
Turnover/Closeout
Senior Project Managers perform all subcontractor and supplier buyout negotiations and contracting and communicate performance standards and expectations. They also oversee closeout of all subcontractors and vendors.
Subcontractors
Quality Control
Senior Project Managers oversee development of the Quality Control program.
Senior Project Managers ensure projects stay on track. They prepare and distribute schedule updates, oversee change orders, and review and approve owner and subcontractor pay applications and proposal change documents.
Project Progress
Senior Project Manager is responsible for all aspects of project start-up, from defining organizational structure and responsibilities, to ensuring all appropriate documents, permits, certificates, and insurance are in place. They also determine all necessary resources for each phase of the project and implement the Sales to Delivery meeting to ensure a smooth project kick-off.
Project start-up
Senior Project Managers are responsible for creating and updating project schedules, leading pull planning sessions when necessary and ensuring pull planning is implemented.
Planning and Scheduling
Senior Project Managers provide valuable input during the preconstruction process. They liaise on the initial job schedule and the selection of subcontractors and design professionals. They manage budget estimates and client deliverables and develop a staff plan.
Preconstruction
Senior Project Managers develop and manage the project schedule, determine resources for all stages of the project, and approve pay applications and change documents
Project cost
Senior Project Managers educate owners and their team on safety culture and benefits and participate in incident investigations.
Safety
Senior Project Managers work to win business from new clients and maintain strong relationships with existing clients. They network at conferences and industry events, assist in RFP preparation and present their vision.
Business Development
Quality Control
Superintendents sign-off on subcontractor and vendor pay applications and all bills for materials and subcontractor requisitions, as well as the monthly general conditions budget.
Superintendents are responsible for developing and implementing the Quality Control program.
Quality Control
General Overview
Technical Skills
Crisis Control
Turnover/
Closeout
Quality Control
Project progress
Project Start-up
Project Cost
Planning and Scheduling
Preconstruction
Safety
Senior Superintendents prepare operations-related components of proposals and build relationships with key stakeholders.
Business Development
Business Development
Senior Superintendents are at the front line of any crisis, traveling to the crisis location and identifying root cause, and formulating an alternative plan and recovery
Crisis Control
Senior Superintendents ensure the project closeout process is finalized.
Turnover/Closeout
Senior Superintendents are responsible for developing and implementing the Quality Control program.
Quality Control
Senior Superintendents oversee safety and training programs, jobsite control reporting, facilitate weekly progress and safety meetings, manage OSHA site visits, identify and solve problems and ensure timely project completion.
Project progress
Senior Superintendents have a firm grasp of local labor, environmental and jurisdiction requirements and ensure these are met. They keep the local community updated of any activities that may impact them and establish and assess safety and logistics protocols.
Project start-up
Project cost
Senior Superintendents sign-off on subcontractor and vendor pay applications and all bills for materials and subcontractor requisitions, as well as the monthly general conditions budget.
Senior Superintendents determine schedule activities and durations, track project schedule progress and lead pull planning sessions.
Planning and Scheduling
Senior Superintendents sign-off on all project estimates, purchase orders and contracts in the event of conflicts.
Preconstruction
Senior Superintendents ensure safety and compliance across the job site. This includes developing safety plans and fire evacuation routes,establishing the site safety team, and ensuring the Safety Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are met.
Safety
Senior Superintendents prepare operations-related components of proposals and build relationships with key stakeholders.
Business Development
General Superintendents review project proposals, participate in project pursuit presentations, and maintain valuable relationships with owners, design partners, and subcontractors.
Business Development
Relationship building
Uses marketplace insights to advance business goals
Relationship building
Uses marketplace insights to advance business goals
