About IBHS – Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety

Project Engineer

Job Title: Project Engineer

Job ID: 27740700

Location: Richburg, SC, 29729

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Description

Summary

The Project Engineer is critical to the success of IBHS by ensuring accountability for quality and schedules across projects. This role focuses on both office tasks—such as managing schedules, resources, and cross functional teams, but also working in/around the RC facilities (inside and out), assessing project progress and helping to manage resource trade-offs. Reporting to the IBHS RC General Manager, the Project Engineer will directly impact research throughput by addressing operational challenges and improving staff efficiency.

While this role does not involve direct reports, it plays a key part in developing comprehensive project schedules, enhancing visual communication tools for resource management, and improving quality assurance processes, all of which contribute to the overall success of IBHS.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Other duties may be assigned as necessary.

Estimate and forecast resources, schedules, and labor for a given project.
Coordinate between departments (engineering, purchasing, construction, product, communications, etc.).
Develop systems for capturing costs and project progress, providing timely and accurate performance reports.
Analyze project problems and recommend corrective actions that minimize impact on cost and schedule.
Evaluate and update schedules and forecasts based on new data.
Identify techniques to improve scheduling, planning, and cost control.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Competencies

Use of Technology: Adapts to and troubleshoots new technologies to increase productivity.
Project Management: Develops project plans and manages projects within budget and on schedule.
Communication: Effectively expresses ideas verbally and in writing; exhibits good listening and comprehension skills.
Strategic Thinking: Analyzes organizational strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats; adapts strategy as needed.
Achievement Focus: Sets and accomplishes challenging goals, demonstrates persistence, and takes calculated risks to succeed.
Dependability: Follows instructions, takes responsibility for actions, and keeps commitments.
Initiative: Seeks increased responsibilities and looks for opportunities to contribute. Must be a self-starter and comfortable working with and influencing other team members (higher and lower) across the organization.
Innovation: Displays creativity and originality in problem-solving and idea generation.
Judgment: Makes sound decisions and includes relevant parties in the decision-making process. Must be able to see wide and deep within the organization so as to connect dots and see cause and effect relationships.
Planning/Organizing: Prioritizes tasks, manages resources efficiently, and develops realistic action plans.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must meet the following qualifications:

Education and/or Experience:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience, along with 1-2 years of related experience or training.

Language Skills:

Ability to interpret technical documents, write business correspondence, and effectively present information. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the public.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to solve practical problems and interpret written or oral instructions.

Computer Skills:

Proficiency in CAD, PLC software, and design software. Experience with scheduling software (MS Project, Wrike, Asana, Monday.com, or equivalent).

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

PMP certification is a plus.