Project Engineer

When chocolate and vanilla ice cream get together, it’s called a chocolate-vanilla swirl. When a Labrador and a Poodle have a baby, it’s a called a Labradoodle. And when a plum is cross-pollinated with an apricot, it’s called a pluot.

So, what do you get when you mix a Project Manager with an Engineer? A Project Engineer, of course.

Although it’s not the cutest or most delicious combination in the world, the job of “Project Engineer” is definitely one of the most efficient, combining engineering expertise with project management practices to create the business equivalent of a Mixed Martial Arts Fighter: someone who kicks project butt!

Indeed, when you’re a Project Engineer, it’s your job to oversee engineering projects from start to finish. Those projects might be construction projects, IT projects, mechanical projects, or manufacturing projects. Always, however, they require someone with advanced technical knowledge to move the project along from the planning phase to the execution phase.

Because you’re that person, it’s up to you to assemble a project team, delegate project tasks, and supervise project progress. What’s more, it’s up to your inner Project Manager to use established project management methodologies to create and enforce project timelines, establish and monitor project budgets, and anticipate and mitigate project risks — all of which is made easier by the fact that you’re a licensed Engineer, which means you know not only how to manage technical projects, but also how to execute them.

Basically, think of yourself as an Undercover Police Officer: Companies hire you to manage their projects because your engineering expertise allows you to oversee things “from the inside”!