FIELD ENGINEER

Frank L Blum Construction Co•Asheville, NC

About The Position

The Field Engineer oversees the physical construction of assigned projects with minimal or no day-to-day oversight, helping ensure delivery with high quality, profitability, and adherence to or improvement on the construction schedule. The role manages all or part of the construction process and supports more experienced field staff. Depending on project size and complexity, the Field Engineer may be responsible for various scopes of work. The Field Engineer assists the Superintendent across project phases and supports project management staff. The role helps coordinate field personnel, job-site activities, subcontractors, documentation, schedules, safety compliance, quality, and client relationships. It also contributes to project setup, mobilization, planning, meetings, closeout documentation, and ongoing professional development. The position involves regular outdoor job-site work, exposure to construction conditions and loud noise, and physical activities including climbing, carrying tools and equipment, and lifting or moving materials weighing up to 100 pounds. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Responsibilities

Assist the Superintendent in all phases and aspects of assigned projects and provide support to project management staff.
Apply field best practices, guidelines, and programs in daily activities.
Assist with managing and documenting day-to-day job-site activities, including OSHA safety compliance.
Direct field personnel according to the project plan or Superintendent direction, and communicate daily issues, events, performance, and progress to the Superintendent.
Promptly report problems and seek guidance from the Superintendent or Project Manager on materials, sequencing, scheduling, and personnel matters.
Establish effective working relationships with clients, project team members, design team members, subcontractors, and vendors.
Ensure proper tools are in place before project start; review the Owner contract, drawings, specifications, bid-list subcontractors, pre-mobilization activities, and start-up schedule.
Help mobilize the field office and maintain the job site to company standards; organize project documentation for access and review.
Manage subcontractor performance to quality and ethical standards and work with the Superintendent to resolve manpower and construction issues or changes.
Work with the Superintendent to update the project schedule and develop weekly two-week and short-interval schedules.
Develop phasing and logistics plans with the Project Manager or Senior Project Manager.
Complete daily reports and maintain logs, files, shop drawings, safety records, drawing and revision logs, and other required project documentation.
Take ongoing job-site photographs and inspect the quality and condition of material deliveries.
Maintain as-built working drawings and communicate drawing updates and revisions to subcontractors.
Attend project turnover, mobilization coordination, pre-installation, safety pre-construction, weekly foreman and safety, and monthly schedule review meetings as applicable.
Review RFI, submittal, and PCO logs with the Project Manager weekly.
Distribute punch lists with the Project Manager or Project Engineer and follow up to support timely completion.
Assist the Superintendent with owner training sessions and assemble as-built drawings and O&M manuals.
Participate in company-wide training, development initiatives, meetings, and other initiatives supporting company goals; continue professional development and assist less-experienced colleagues.
Maintain client relationships, identify and address client needs, add value, and collaborate with outside parties to accomplish client goals.
Promote professional and fair relationships with subcontractors and vendors, and keep field team members informed.
Track subcontractor participation in safety pre-construction meetings; verify MSDS sheets, site-specific safety plans, and current insurance certificates before subcontractors begin work.
Review site safety with the Superintendent and Foreman, enforce the project safety plan, and promptly address unsafe practices.
Anticipate problems and risks, develop mitigation plans, use resources effectively, and take responsibility for resolving issues.
Set priorities, follow through, make timely decisions, and deliver work on time and to quality standards while managing profitability and changing needs.