Field Engineer - Heavy Industrial - Traveling

Sundt•Iva, SC

11d

About The Position

The Field Engineer assists the Project Engineer as a technical source of information for the project, responding to questions about drawings, specifications, shop drawings, and change orders. The role assists with writing change orders, RFIs, and meeting minutes, and reviewing submittals. It requires maintaining effective, professional working relationships with owners, architects, engineers, subcontractors, and suppliers. The position has three progression steps—I, II, and Senior—based on increasing skill and experience; Step I is the entry level for individuals with minimal experience in the position. The Field Engineer supports project planning and execution, documentation, quality management, safety, risk management, cost control, and field operations. Depending on the project, duties may include BIM coordination, LEED documentation, digital record drawings, construction layout, and quantity tracking. The role also provides support to superintendents and helps resolve field problems. This is a field-based role with physical requirements that include wearing personal protective equipment, frequently using hands to handle objects, reaching, interacting with people, and sitting, standing, or walking for extended portions of the workday. Occasional duties include stooping, kneeling, bending, climbing stairs or ladders, and lifting, pushing, or pulling objects. The position requires compliance with safety standards and procedures.

Requirements

Ability to assume responsibility and interface and communicate with others.
Normally requires 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 demands described, including frequent reaching and handling objects, frequent interaction with people, and sitting, standing, or walking for extended periods; occasional climbing, stooping, kneeling, bending, and lifting, pushing, or pulling.

Responsibilities

Assist the Project Engineer with developing and maintaining as-built drawings and with processing or reviewing submittals, change orders, RFIs, and budget forecasts.
Ensure the timely and appropriate generation, collection, distribution, storage, retrieval, and disposition of meeting agendas, RFIs, and daily reports.
Support and execute the project management plan and change management process, including project scope activities.
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, when applicable.
Participate in project risk management, including identification, analysis, response planning, monitoring, and control.
Understand project environmental control processes and take corrective actions when necessary.
Oversee or manage BIM coordination between subcontractors and designers, when assigned.
Prepare and submit documentation for LEED certification and create and update digital record drawings, when assigned.
Provide construction lines, grades, and layout as required, while maintaining an organized logbook, when assigned.
Maintain accurate quantity logs and report weekly quantities in compliance with the cost control manual, when applicable.
Perform budgeting and cost-control tasks to help complete the project within the approved budget.
Provide support to superintendents for work execution and assist with resolving field problems.