Staff Project Engineer (St. Louis, MO)
Location: Chesterfield, Missouri
Country: United States
Category: Engineering
Workplace Location: Onsite
Employment Type: Contract To Hire
Posted Date: February 9, 2026
Job ID: 642898
Job Description
Job Title: Staff Project Engineer
Location: Chesterfield, MO 63017
Pay: $55/hr - $65/hr
- Bachelor Degree in Engineering from an ABET accredited university and min 3 years of detailed engineering design experience for design-only and/or
- EPC projects (internship experience doesn't count)
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant T&D experience preferred
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to lead team members and drive to project deliverables
- Coordinate and lead projects from conceptual stage through engineer, procurement, construction and ultimately closeout
- Lead multiple concurrent projects including overhead transmission and substation projects ranging from 34.5kV to 500kV
- Work with technical teams to understand interdependencies of projects and establish an overall construction sequence for inter-related projects
- Maintain detailed project financials with support from project team
- Maintain detailed project schedule with support from project scheduling team
- Implement a project management lifecycle process to document and execute projects in a consistent, standardized fashion
- Leverage technical education and background to effectively manage projects
- Serve as project point of contact with Owner regarding efforts such as client coordination, strategic planning, scope management, and budgeting
- Provide overall management of projects including but not limited to siting, environmental, permitting, planning, estimating, engineering, right-of-way acquisition, project controls, procurement, constructability reviews, material management, and construction management
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