Field Engineer

Wharton Smith•Charlotte, NC

17d•Onsite

About The Position

Wharton-Smith, Inc. is seeking a Field Engineer willing to work in Florence, South Carolina. The Field Engineer supports the Superintendent and serves as a liaison among Superintendents, Subcontractors, and Project Engineers. The role helps ensure successful project completion by assisting with work-plan development, coordinating subcontractor activities, administering contracts, and supporting field operations, schedules, quality, and compliance. The position also supports jobsite safety and production systems. It requires work in an active construction environment and a flexible, project-based schedule that may include nights, weekends, holidays, overtime, and travel to assigned jobsites. The role may involve occasional overnight travel.

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, fall protection, OSHA 10-hour, First Aid and CPR, silica, and risk management.
Knowledge of surveying fundamentals.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products.
Willingness and ability 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 jobsites, 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, 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, rental-tracking, and other project logs and files.
Identify the need for Requests for Information (RFIs) and manage field RFIs.
Manage approved submittals to support quality control and compliance with onsite operations.
Maintain electronic and hard-copy as-built drawings, drawing controls, and field files.
Purchase, expedite, and handle materials; maintain the material-control system for materials entering the site.
Monitor and report productivity; perform small pipe and PVC take-offs and layout using survey equipment, batter boards, and string lines.
Create spare-parts lists and inventories for project turnover; coordinate project closeout after substantial completion.
Schedule building department inspections and accompany inspectors during site walks.
Understand Project Cost Accounting (PCA) budgets and verify correctness of work.
Assist with quality-control management, including pre-pour checklists and completion lists.
Maintain equipment maintenance and storage logs and manage small tools.
Understand subcontractor and purchase-order scopes.
Support the Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP), client and RPR relations, daily progress photography, daily reports, and coordination of locates and One Call tickets.
Coordinate with the Virtual Design Construction (VDC) business unit.
Schedule 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.
Set an example by following and enforcing safety rules; help maintain zero-accident operations.
Manage jobsite incident/accident standard operating procedures and subcontractor onsite safety.
Set up and maintain the project MSDS book.
Create production plans, maintain weekly PPC, and maintain the six-week schedule, distributing it to subcontractors on Fridays.
Lead end-of-shift and after-action review meetings, update production boards, and attend weekly team meetings.