Senior Project Engineer
Reports to: Project Manager
Summary of Position:
The Senior Project Engineer plays a key leadership role in the successful delivery of construction projects. Having mastered the Project Engineer role, this position manages a small project or a major portion of a larger project with limited oversight, while supporting the Project Manager in financial, schedule, and team leadership responsibilities.
The Sr. PE works closely with clients, architects, subcontractors, and internal teams to ensure projects meet Blach’s standards for safety, quality, schedule, cost, and customer experience.
Responsibilities:
- Manage a small project or significant scope of a larger project with minimal supervision
- Lead and mentor Project Engineers, interns, and support staff
- Review drawings and specifications; maintain strong knowledge of project requirements
- Coordinate RFIs, submittals, meeting minutes, schedules, and document control
- Assist PM with budgeting, cost reports, change orders, and monthly billings
- Support buyout process and ensure subcontract agreements, insurance, and bonds are secured
- Collaborate with Superintendent to monitor schedule, identify risks, and resolve issues
- Lead project meetings and maintain strong communication with clients and design teams
- Oversee project closeout documentation and turnover to Owner
- Support safety, QA/QC, and company standards on site
- Participate in Business Development and client relationship efforts as requested
Skills/Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or related field
- 5+ years of commercial construction experience
- Strong financial and cost management understanding
- Excellent organizational, leadership, and communication skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, scheduling software, and construction management platforms (CMiC or similar)
- Ability to manage both detailed execution and broader project leadership responsibilities
Location: Bay Area, California
Position Status: Full-time, regular business hours, exempt
Compensation: Blach Construction offers an outstanding compensation package, including a highly competitive base salary, an initial three weeks of paid vacation (growing to four weeks after five years of service), holidays, and sick leave. Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k) plan with company match, an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) retirement benefit, long-term disability insurance, cash bonuses based upon performance, student loan paydown assistance, paid parental leave, professional development and education assistance, credit union membership, wellness reimbursement, professional affiliations, and many other benefits. The company practices a progressive management style that truly values and appreciates high-quality team members and invests a tremendous amount in their growth and development.
About Blach Construction: Named as the #1 Best Place to Work in the Bay Area in 2019 by the Silicon Valley Business Journal and San Francisco Business Times and one of the Top 100 Best Companies to work for in the United States in 2013 and 2016, Blach Construction is a financially stable, award-winning, mid-sized general building contractor and construction manager headquartered in San Jose with operations throughout the greater Bay Area and Southern California.
Blach offers an outstanding benefits package, which you can read about on the company website, as well as an extensive training and development program for all employees through our own Blach University. The management of the company is dedicated to maintaining a stimulating and exciting work environment where teamwork and excellence are encouraged and supported. For more information, check out the company’s website at www.blach.com.
Contact: If you fit the above description and are looking for an exciting place to kickstart a fulfilling and challenging career, email your resume with a cover letter to Blach’s Human Resources Associate, Morgan Guenther, at [email protected].
Blach Construction is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field
- 5+ years of commercial construction experience
- Strong understanding of financial and cost management
- Excellent organizational, leadership, and communication skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, scheduling software, and construction management platforms such as CMiC
- Ability to manage detailed project execution and broader project leadership responsibilities
What We Do
Blach Construction is a full-service, award-winning commercial general contractor headquartered in San Jose, California, with offices in Monterey and Southern California. Founded in 1970 by Michael S. Blach, the company builds commercial, industrial, and institutional projects across California, including education, healthcare, technology, life sciences, civic, workplace, and housing facilities, and is known for collaborative project delivery, virtual design and construction, and its prefabricated Folia system.
