Field Engineer

Wharton-Smith•Tampa, FL

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Wharton-Smith, Inc. is seeking a Field Engineer to work in Central Florida. The Field Engineer supports the Superintendent and acts as a liaison among Superintendents, Subcontractors, and Project Engineers. The role helps develop work plans, coordinate subcontractor activities, administer contracts, and support field operations to meet project execution, schedule, quality, and compliance requirements. The position also supports site safety and production systems, including inspections, safety meetings, production planning, schedule maintenance, and progress reporting. It requires work in an active construction jobsite environment and the ability to travel daily to assigned jobsite(s), with occasional overnight travel depending on project needs. The schedule is project-based and may include nights, weekends, holidays, and overtime as needed.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or another relevant field.
Zero to four years of construction-related experience.
Ability to communicate and coordinate effectively with Project Managers, Project Superintendents, and Foremen to receive direction and provide project support.
Training and/or certification as a Competent Person in applicable areas, including trenching, scaffolding, rigging, confined space, and fall protection; OSHA 10-Hour; First Aid and CPR; silica; and risk management.
Knowledge of surveying fundamentals.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products.
Ability and willingness to work in an active construction jobsite environment and varying weather conditions, including heat, cold, rain, noise, and dust.
Ability to safely navigate uneven surfaces, ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, and similar structures.
Ability to perform physical job duties for extended periods, including standing, walking, bending, kneeling, crouching, climbing, crawling, reaching, grasping, pushing, pulling, lifting, and carrying.
Ability to occasionally lift and move up to 50 pounds and meet the physical requirements necessary to safely perform essential job functions.
Ability to work a flexible, project-based schedule, including nights, weekends, holidays, and overtime as needed.
Ability to travel daily to assigned jobsite(s), with occasional overnight travel based on project requirements.

Nice To Haves

Six years of construction-related experience with a proven record of quality and profitable craftwork.
Current Competent Person certifications in trenching, scaffolding, rigging, confined space, and fall protection; OSHA 10-Hour; First Aid and CPR; silica; and risk management.
Knowledge of surveying fundamentals.

Responsibilities

Coordinate and assist with facility start-up activities.
Attend subcontractor, progress, and team meetings.
Maintain field, equipment, delivery, concrete-tracking, and rental-tracking logs and files.
Identify the need for and manage field Requests for Information (RFIs).
Manage approved submittals to support quality control and compliance with onsite operations.
Maintain electronic and hard-copy as-built drawings, drawing control systems, and field files.
Purchase, expedite, and handle materials, including field purchase orders; maintain a site material control system.
Monitor and report productivity; prepare small pipe and PVC take-offs; perform layout using surveying equipment, batter boards, and string lines.
Create spare-parts lists and inventories for turnover.
Schedule building department inspections and walk with inspectors.
Understand Project Cost Accounting budgets and subcontractor and purchase-order scopes; verify work correctness.
Assist with quality control management, including pre-pour checklists and completion lists.
Create equipment maintenance and storage logs; manage small tools.
Support the Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) and maintain client and RPR relations.
Take daily progress photos and assist with daily reports.
Complete project closeout after substantial completion.
Coordinate locates and One Call tickets and coordinate with the Virtual Design Construction (VDC) business unit.
Schedule required safety training and new-hire safety orientations; conduct daily inspections and weekly safety meetings.
Assign and review Safety Task Analyses (STAs) conducted by Foremen, and conduct STA meetings on small projects.
Follow and enforce safety rules; assist in maintaining zero-accident operations; manage jobsite incident/accident Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
Maintain the Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) book for each project and manage subcontractor onsite safety.
Create production plans, maintain weekly PPC and the six-week schedule, and send the schedule to subcontractors on Fridays.
Lead end-of-shift meetings and after-action review meetings; assist with production board updates and attend weekly team meetings.