Construction Engineer Duties & Responsibilities

The role and function of a Construction Engineer includes the following duties and responsibilities:

  • Construction engineers manage the planning and design stage of construction projects.
  • Overseeing all the different engineering processes in a construction project.
  • Construction engineers bring specific knowledge to construction projects, such as cost control, cost accounting, and management of project schedules.
  • When needed, they facilitate discussions and create solutions between construction contractors and construction managers. It is their responsibility to eliminate disagreements in the field and misunderstandings about expected work outcomes.
  • Keeping up-to-date logs, estimates, change orders, vendor forms, and surveys with different software.

Note that this is not an exhaustive list of Construction Engineer duties and responsibilities. Job functions for specific Construction Engineer roles may vary, depending on the industry and type of employer.