Field Engineer

Tutor Perini Corporation • Menlo Park, CA

2d • $95,000 - $115,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Rudolph & Sletten, a Tutor Perini Company, is seeking a Field Engineer for its Menlo Park, California office. The role is primarily committed to field operations, ensuring plans and specifications are followed and quality-control measures are implemented. The Field Engineer provides accurate and timely reporting of daily work and quantities and maintains required project documentation. The position reports directly to the Project Manager, Field Supervision, or another assigned supervisor.

The Field Engineer supports work on large, high-profile projects and coordinates with subcontractors, suppliers, field supervision, and QA/QC teams. Responsibilities include interpreting project documents, verifying completed work, maintaining project records, supporting planning and controls, implementing quality and safety programs, and helping resolve field issues.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or construction management, or four years of experience in construction management.
• At least 2 years of Project Engineer experience working on projects in the field.
• Ability to read plans, communicate effectively across multiple levels, manage competing priorities, and work successfully at project sites.
• Intermediate proficiency with Windows, Excel, Word, and Outlook.
• Knowledge of AutoCAD and scheduling, estimating, and cost software.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with large commercial projects, including healthcare, higher education, corporate campuses, justice, and science and technology facilities.

Responsibilities

• Interpret plans, specifications, designs, shop drawings, and submittals; verify control lines, elevations, installations, and completed work for compliance with applicable codes and project requirements.
• Coordinate with subcontractors, suppliers, field supervision, and QA/QC teams to understand scopes of work, resolve conflicts, and address noncompliance or quality issues.
• Prepare, process, and maintain RFIs, field design change requisitions, as-built drawings, status reports, punch lists, sketches, quantity calculations, and other required project records.
• Support project planning and controls through quantity takeoffs, schedule and logistics coordination, productivity tracking, value engineering, and identification of potential change orders.
• Implement the company’s quality control plan, document field conditions and issues with weekly photographs, participate in job walks, and recommend practical solutions.
• Promote a safe and environmentally responsible work site by identifying hazards, participating in inspections, and ensuring compliance with company programs and OSHA requirements.
• Prioritize multiple assignments, work independently from established direction, communicate effectively with all levels of personnel, solve construction-process problems, and perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

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