Field Engineer

RK Industries, LLC • Santa Teresa, NM

12d • $80,000 - $100,000

About The Position

The Field Engineer provides maintenance and administrative support to field managers in executing, tracking, and managing labor resources, quality control and assurance, safety administration, start-up and commissioning, and project tools. The role coordinates with field leadership, project engineers, and project managers on the internal work needed to complete projects successfully.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 3–5 years of experience in the construction field, including hands-on experience with steel and piping materials.
• Ability to make independent decisions using sound judgment.
• Ability to manage a department or functional area as a leader or subject-matter expert.
• Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with key staff and cross-functional teams.
• Ability to make authoritative decisions and recommendations that significantly influence company operations.
• Creativity, foresight, and mature judgment in addressing and resolving complex, unprecedented challenges.
• Working knowledge of trade materials and tools.
• Ability to lift, move, and/or carry 50 pounds.

Nice To Haves

• A college or university degree, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience, especially for technical roles.

Responsibilities

• Keep corporate project documentation current, including time cards, daily reports, additional work authorizations, receiving documents, and as-built drawings.
• Coordinate and attend in-house pre-construction meetings.
• Ensure project permits and licenses are obtained and current.
• Coordinate timely completion of material and equipment buy-outs with the Field Manager and purchasing department.
• Work with the Field Manager to ensure Triangulation take-offs are complete, accurate, and on time.
• Maintain project as-built drawings.
• Administer signed subcontract requirements to ensure conformance with agreements, contract documents, and change orders.
• Work with the Project Manager and logistics department to develop, prepare, and finalize RK’s mechanical construction CPM schedule, using input from Field Managers.
• Coordinate the ordering, processing, and delivery of materials and equipment with vendors and the purchasing department.
• Ensure project quality control procedures are properly executed during construction in accordance with contract documents and company policies and procedures.
• Manage requisitions, returns, and transfers of project tools.
• Ensure change order requests are processed according to procedure and provide the Field Manager with information needed for implementation.
• Work with Field Managers to provide take-offs for changed conditions.
• Coordinate and track take-off orders, procurement, and release of change order items with purchasing and Field Managers.
• Manage labor resource planning, including labor resource charts, tracking and reviewing labor productivity reports, and developing short interval plans in conjunction with the LRC and LPR.
• Manage and coordinate the start-up and commissioning process.
• Ensure proper and efficient job closeout, and keep the Project Manager informed of closeout status, including documentation, customer punch lists, Engineer of Record observations, start-up and commissioning, tools, and demobilization.
• Work with Field Managers to schedule daily and weekly scopes of work.
• Monitor craft employees’ compliance with company and project safety requirements.
• Assist the safety manager with preparing, documenting, and distributing accident reports.
• Maintain the proper journeyman-to-apprentice ratio.
• Execute, supervise, and maintain CPMIS.
• Support company profitability through decision-making based on reliable and mature judgment.

Benefits

• Competitive benefits to support employee growth and well-being.
• Hands-on training and development opportunities through RK University, including leadership and technical learning.
• Accredited apprenticeship program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED