Field Engineer - Heavy Industrial - Traveling
About The Position
The Field Engineer assists the Project Engineer as a technical source of project information, responding to questions about drawings, specifications, shop drawings, and change orders. The role supports preparation of change orders and RFIs, meeting minutes, and submittal reviews, and maintains professional working relationships with owners, architects, engineers, subcontractors, and suppliers. The position has three progression steps— I, II, and Senior—with Step I identified as the entry level for individuals with minimal experience in the position. The Field Engineer supports project planning, documentation, quality, safety, cost control, and field execution. Depending on project needs, responsibilities may also include BIM coordination, LEED documentation, digital record drawings, surveying layout, and quantity tracking.
Requirements
- Ability to assume responsibility and interface and communicate effectively with others.
- A four-year construction-related degree or equivalent technical or field experience.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Ability to wear required personal protective equipment and comply with safety standards and procedures.
- Ability to meet the physical requirements of the role, including frequent reaching and grasping; occasional stooping, kneeling, bending, climbing, and lifting, pushing, or pulling; and sitting, standing, or walking short distances for up to the duration of a shift.
Responsibilities
- Assist the Project Engineer in developing and maintaining as-built drawings and in reviewing and processing submittals, change orders, RFIs, and budget forecasts.
- Ensure timely and appropriate generation, collection, distribution, storage, retrieval, and disposition of meeting agendas, RFIs, and daily reports.
- Understand and support execution of the project management plan and change management process; perform project-scope activities that help the team complete the project successfully.
- Administer the project quality management plan and reinforce a culture of safety throughout the project.
- Assist with calculating daily production rates and unit costs for self-performed work, as needed.
- Participate in project risk management, including identification, analysis, response planning, monitoring, and control.
- Understand project environmental control processes and take corrective action when necessary.
- Coordinate BIM activities between subcontractors and designers when assigned.
- Prepare and submit documentation for LEED certification and create and update digital record drawings when assigned.
- Provide lines, grades, and layout as required, while maintaining an organized logbook.
- Maintain accurate quantity logs, report weekly quantities in compliance with the cost control manual, and file completed logs with project files when quantity tracking is assigned.
- Perform assigned budgeting and cost-control processes to help complete the project within the approved budget.
- Support superintendents in executing the work and assist with resolving field problems.
- Maintain effective, professional working relationships with owners, architects, engineers, subcontractors, and suppliers.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
