Field Engineer Lead-Civil & Site Infrastructure

Edgewater Technical Associates • Aiken, SC

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Edgewater Technical Associates is seeking qualified candidates for a Field Engineer Lead-Civil & Site Infrastructure opportunity to support a multi-year construction project involving significant civil, mechanical, piping, electrical, and site infrastructure construction at the Savannah River Site. The role involves providing field engineering support for various civil and site infrastructure construction activities, reviewing technical documents, and ensuring construction meets engineering requirements.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of field engineering, construction engineering, civil construction, or related industrial construction experience.
• Experience supporting one or more of the following: grading, earthwork, excavation, demolition, storm drainage, sewer, water systems, utilities, or site infrastructure construction.
• Working knowledge of civil construction methods, grading, excavation, backfill, compaction, drainage, piping installation, and site development.
• Ability to read and interpret civil drawings, grading plans, profiles, specifications, procedures, surveys, and technical requirements.
• Experience resolving field engineering, constructability, design, and installation issues.
• Experience coordinating technical issues between Engineering, Construction, Quality, and Survey.
• Knowledge of construction testing, inspection, and documentation requirements.
• Must be a US Citizen

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Engineering Technology, or a related technical field.
• Experience with large-scale industrial, heavy civil, infrastructure, DOE, nuclear, or highly regulated construction projects.
• Experience with storm drainage, sewer, domestic/service water, and site piping systems.
• Experience with mass excavation, engineered fill, grading, soil stabilization, compaction, and site development.
• Experience supporting demolition and modification activities around existing facilities or infrastructure.
• Experience with survey controls, elevations, alignment, and civil construction layout.
• Experience with system testing, walkdowns, turnover, and as-built documentation.
• Prior lead or senior Field Engineer experience preferred for Lead-level assignments.
• Previous Savannah River Site or other DOE site experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide field engineering support for grading, earthwork, demolition, storm drainage, sewer, water systems, and associated civil and site infrastructure construction.
• Review drawings, specifications, procedures, work packages, surveys, and other technical documents to support field construction activities.
• Provide technical interpretation and clarification of engineering requirements to Construction supervision and craft personnel.
• Support excavation, grading, earthwork, fill placement, backfill, compaction, drainage, piping, demolition, and site development activities.
• Support construction of storm drainage, sewer, domestic/service water, and other site piping and infrastructure systems.
• Verify elevations, slopes, grades, alignments, excavation limits, and other construction requirements against approved design documents.
• Identify drawing conflicts, field interferences, constructability issues, and discrepancies between design documents and actual field conditions.
• Develop and/or coordinate Requests for Information (RFIs), field changes, technical questions, and resolution of construction issues.
• Coordinate survey, testing, inspection, and technical requirements associated with civil and site construction.
• Support resolution of soil, compaction, drainage, material, excavation, and installation issues encountered during construction.
• Coordinate technical issues with Engineering, Construction, Quality, Survey, Procurement, Planning, subcontractors, and other project disciplines.
• Coordinate with QC personnel regarding inspections, testing, hold points, acceptance criteria, and resolution of nonconforming conditions.
• Support system and area walkdowns, punch-list resolution, as-built documentation, turnover, and construction completion activities.
• Maintain field engineering documentation, technical correspondence, redlines, field changes, and other required construction records.
• For Lead-level assignments, coordinate field engineering priorities, provide technical direction to Field Engineers, and serve as a primary technical interface between Engineering and Construction.

Benefits

• highly competitive salaries
• employee benefit packages
• multiple individual and family benefit options
• paid time off
• medical insurance
• dental insurance
• life insurance
• vision insurance
• disability insurance
• pre- and post-tax 401 (k) retirement account with Company matching contributions
• 100% vesting for eligible participants beginning DAY 1

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior