Chicago Office Engineer II

HNTB Corporation•Chicago, IL

14h•$81,860 - $122,789

About The Position

At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners. This opportunity entails being responsible for performing basic contract administration and supporting field engineering functions in order to monitor individual contractor's compliance with specifications, plans and other contract provisions.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering and 2 years relevant experience, or Master's degree in Engineering and 1 year relevant experience, or Doctorate degree in Engineering.
Identifies complex discrepancies or conflicts within documents and evaluating the quality of work performed by using inspection checklists.
Performs increasingly complex calculations, develops plots and graphs using Excel, and drafts detailed reports for project reporting to the client with guidance from more experienced staff.
Performs basic shop drawing and submittal review and evaluates the contractor's CPM schedule.

Nice To Haves

Engineer in Training (EIT) or American Concrete Institute (ACI).
Trained in digital construction management software such as Constructware, Asite or similar preferred.

Responsibilities

Assists Resident Engineer and/or Project Manager in the administration of the construction contract.
Provides interpretation of contract plans and specifications and reviews contractor's shop drawings and submittals for contract compliance, as applicable.
Maintains as-built record drawings, project files, and records database including specifications, test results, and reports.
Keeps inspector's daily report of assigned work activities.
Performs reviews for approval of contractor's monthly schedule submittals and pay estimates.
Coordinates testing and monitors services as well as quality control inspections.
Responsible for logging, tracking, and processing requests for information, submittals, change orders, and other project deliverables.
Prepares project progress reports, agendas, and minutes for meetings, conducts pre-construction meetings, and assists in preparing final project close-out documents.
Assists in review of inspector's daily reports for conformance with the project requirements, plans, specifications, quantities, contractor's progress, and as-constructed data.
Assist in the review, assembly, and processing of monthly progress payments.
Performs other duties as assigned.