Field Engineer

Wharton Smith•Baton Rouge, LA

17d•Onsite

About The Position

Wharton-Smith, Inc. is seeking a Field Engineer willing to work in the Baton Rouge, Louisiana area and on a current project in Jackson, Mississippi. 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, project execution, schedules, quality, and compliance. The position includes field coordination and documentation, material and equipment control, quality control, project production planning, safety activities, and closeout. The Field Engineer works in an active construction jobsite environment and may travel daily to assigned jobsites, with occasional overnight travel. 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, 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 at an active construction jobsite in 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 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 needed 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, 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.
Purchase, expedite, and handle materials, including field purchase orders; maintain control of materials entering the site.
Monitor and report productivity; prepare small pipe/PVC take-offs; perform layout using survey equipment, batter boards, and string lines.
Maintain drawing control systems and field files.
Create and maintain spare-parts lists and inventories for turnover.
Schedule building department inspections and walk with inspectors.
Understand Project Cost Accounting (PCA) budgets and verify work correctness.
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), client and RPR relations, daily progress photos, daily reports, and project closeout after substantial completion.
Coordinate locates and One Call tickets.
Coordinate with the Virtual Design Construction (VDC) business unit.
Schedule required safety training, 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; set up and maintain the project MSDS book.
Help ensure operations maintain zero accidents and manage jobsite incident/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.