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The company delivers complex infrastructure and construction projects and is expanding its capabilities in private infrastructure, buried utilities, broadband/fiber, site development, and other emerging infrastructure markets.\nThe organization combines construction expertise, engineering capabilities, project development, and field operations to deliver projects from early concept and planning through construction execution. This is an opportunity to join a growing team and play a key role in identifying, developing, and successfully transitioning new projects into construction.\nPosition Overview\nThe Project Development Engineer will serve as a primary technical and construction resource for project development and preconstruction activities, with a particular focus on private infrastructure and buried utility opportunities.\nThis position will work directly with owners, developers, engineers, designers, estimators, business development, and operations teams to define project scope, evaluate alternatives, assess risks, and develop practical construction strategies before projects begin.\nThe role serves as a critical connection between business development and construction operations, helping transform early project concepts into executable plans and supporting growth in buried utilities, broadband/fiber, site development, and other emerging infrastructure markets.\nKey Responsibilities\nServe as the primary technical and construction resource during project development and preconstruction activities.\n\nWork with owners, developers, engineers, and designers to define project scope and objectives.\n\nEvaluate project alternatives, feasibility, constraints, risks, and construction requirements.\n\nDevelop high-level project execution strategies, including means, methods, sequencing, logistics, and route planning.\n\nLead constructability reviews and project planning efforts.\n\nProvide technical guidance on buried utility infrastructure, including trenching, boring, plowing, conduit installation, utility conflicts, permitting, easements, and constructability.\n\nDevelop conceptual budgets, preliminary schedules, assumptions, and planning documents.\n\nIdentify and analyze risks involving constructability, utilities, permitting, right-of-way, easements, environmental requirements, schedule, contractual, insurance, and commercial considerations.\n\nCoordinate efforts between business development, estimating, engineering, and operations.\n\nProvide strategic direction to estimating personnel regarding budgets, pricing strategies, production assumptions, scope gaps, and project risks.\n\nSupport proposals, client presentations, interviews, and pursuit activities.\n\nCommunicate construction approaches, assumptions, risks, and execution strategies to clients and stakeholders.\n\nFacilitate project turnover and ensure operations teams understand project scope, assumptions, risks, commitments, budgets, schedules, and execution plans.\n\nWork closely with internal teams to improve project development effectiveness, backlog growth, and project profitability.\n\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline.\n\nMinimum 8 years of progressively responsible construction experience.\n\nExperience in heavy civil, utility infrastructure, infrastructure, oil and gas, water, telecommunications, preconstruction, estimating, project management, operations, engineering, or related fields.\n\nExperience in the Pennsylvania, Ohio, or West Virginia markets is preferred.\n\nStrong experience developing construction execution strategies, project development plans, conceptual budgets, preliminary schedules, and proposal support materials.\n\nExperience with project planning, constructability reviews, design coordination, value engineering, scope development, and risk analysis.\n\nStrong understanding of heavy civil and buried utility construction means and methods.\n\nKnowledge of trenching, boring, plowing, conduit installation, utility coordination, earthwork, grading, and site development.\n\nUnderstanding of utility permitting, easement coordination, route planning, right-of-way considerations, environmental constraints, and utility conflict resolution.\n\nAbility to review plans, specifications, contract documents, geotechnical reports, utility information, permitting requirements, and other technical documentation.\n\nDemonstrated ability to influence project decisions and gain consensus among owners, developers, designers, consultants, estimators, engineers, operations teams, and senior stakeholders.\n\nSoftware Experience\nExperience with the following is preferred:\nMicrosoft Office Suite\n\nHCSS HeavyBid\n\nHCSS HeavyJob\n\nBluebeam\n\nScheduling software\n\nDocument management platforms\n\nAdvanced Excel for budgeting and analysis\n\nPreferred Experience\nExperience supporting projects involving:\nUtility infrastructure\n\nBroadband / Fiber\n\nOil & Gas\n\nWater infrastructure\n\nIndustrial construction\n\nTransportation infrastructure\n\nPrivate site development\n\nHeavy civil construction\n\nRole Structure\nThis position was created to strengthen the organization's project development and preconstruction capabilities within private infrastructure and buried utility markets.\nThe role is intended to bridge the gap between business development and operations, particularly where projects are still being developed and require practical construction input.\nThis position will function primarily as a project development and preconstruction resource, rather than as a dedicated estimator or traditional project manager.\nSuccess in This Role\nSuccess will be measured by:\nProject development effectiveness\n\nRisk identification and mitigation\n\nClient confidence\n\nSuccessful transition of projects to operations\n\nBacklog growth\n\nProject profitability\n\nQuality of construction execution strategies\n\nAdditional Requirements\nAdditional responsibilities may be assigned as needed.\nCandidates must demonstrate strong communication, collaboration, leadership, analytical, and problem-solving skills and be comfortable working across business development, estimating, engineering, and construction operations.\nIdeal Candidate Profile\nThe organization is particularly interested in candidates with titles such as:\nProject Development Engineer | Preconstruction Engineer | Senior Project Engineer | Construction Engineer | Preconstruction Manager | Project Development Manager | Heavy Civil Engineer | Utility Project Manager | Estimator / Preconstruction Lead\nStrong consideration will be given to candidates with experience in:\nBuried utility construction\n\nBroadband / Fiber\n\nHeavy civil construction\n\nInfrastructure development\n\nPrivate development\n\nOil & Gas\n\nWater infrastructure\n\nConstruction predevelopment and preconstruction\n\nProject feasibility and constructability\n\nConceptual estimating and budgeting\n\nPennsylvania, Ohio, or West Virginia 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