Field Engineer

Wharton Smith•Sanford, FL

17d•Onsite

About The Position

Wharton-Smith, Inc., a general contractor operating throughout the Southeast, is seeking a Field Engineer willing to work in Central Florida. The Field Engineer supports the Superintendent and serves 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 jobsite safety and production planning. The Field Engineer may work at assigned jobsites in varying weather and site conditions and follow a flexible, project-based schedule that can include nights, weekends, holidays, and overtime. Daily travel to assigned jobsites is required, with occasional overnight travel depending on project needs.

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.
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 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, and rental-tracking logs and files.
Identify the need for and manage field Requests for Information (RFIs).
Manage approved submittals to ensure 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, and maintain a 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; schedule building department inspections and accompany inspectors.
Understand Project Cost Accounting budgets and verify correctness of work.
Assist with quality control management, including pre-pour checklists and completion lists.
Create equipment maintenance and storage logs and manage small tools.
Understand subcontractor and purchase-order scopes.
Support the Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) and client and RPR relations.
Take daily progress photos and complete project closeout after substantial completion.
Coordinate locates and One Call tickets and coordinate with the Virtual Design Construction (VDC) business unit.
Assist with daily reports.
Schedule safety training as required, conduct daily inspections, and schedule new-hire safety orientations.
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; conduct weekly safety meetings and maintain a project MSDS book.
Help ensure operations maintain zero accidents and manage jobsite incident and accident Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
Manage subcontractor onsite safety.
Create production plans, maintain weekly PPC, and maintain the six-week schedule, distributing it to subcontractors on Fridays.
Lead end-of-shift meetings, assist with production board updates, attend weekly team meetings, and lead after-action review meetings on activities.