Office Engineer - Water/Wastewater

Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc. • Tampa, FL

11h • Onsite

About The Position

Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson (JMT) is seeking an Office Engineer (OE) for water, wastewater, and utilities projects. This role bridges the gap between field construction and the engineering design team, managing critical project documentation, compliance, and administration. Responsibilities include processing Requests for Information (RFIs), handling material submittals, updating schedules, and ensuring adherence to strict water regulatory standards. The OE position supports the execution of work in the field with a focus on project administration activities. The OE participates in many of the field activities, especially as related to safety and quality control. The office engineer works with the project engineer and has responsibilities that include exercising judgment and discretion in making recommendations, implementing policies and procedures, and handling a wide variety of matters in the office such as trade partner/supplier management to administer contract changes (e.g., RFIs and change orders), management of financial accounts, scheduling of deliveries, reporting on production trends, and other administrative aspects of the project.

Requirements

• Manage critical project documentation, compliance, and administration.
• Process Requests for Information (RFIs).
• Handle material submittals.
• Update schedules.
• Ensure adherence to strict water regulatory standards.
• Support the execution of work in the field with a focus on project administration activities.
• Participate in field activities related to safety and quality control.
• Exercise judgment and discretion in making recommendations.
• Implement policies and procedures.
• Manage trade partner/supplier relationships.
• Administer contract changes (e.g., RFIs and change orders).
• Manage financial accounts.
• Schedule deliveries.
• Report on production trends.
• Perform other administrative aspects of the project.
• Gather and prepare data for submittal or transmittal.
• Maintain the project schedule and sequencing through materials management.
• Supervise trade partner employees involved in the submittal and shop drawing process.
• Perform detailed reviews and provide approvals of submittals, shop drawings and product data.
• Create and process RFIs.
• Process subcontract bonds, insurance, pay applications, correspondence, change estimates and potential change orders.
• Assist with data gathering for the monthly owner pay application and margin analysis.
• Enter data into the job cost system.
• Participate in reviewing cost reports with jobsite management.
• Assist in generating change orders and as-built data.
• Participate in jobsite safety meetings and weekly safety audits.
• Facilitate the quality control plan.
• Participate in preparatory meetings, initial inspections, and follow-up inspections.
• Support BIM and VDC coordination meetings.
• Review shop drawings from the coordinated model.

Responsibilities

• Assist engineers to gather and prepare data for submittal or transmittal to the customer, vendors, subcontractors, governmental agencies, and internal use.
• Support the field through materials management to maintain the project schedule and sequencing.
• Supervise trade partner employees involved in the submittal and shop drawing process.
• Perform detailed reviews and provide approvals of submittals, shop drawings and product data.
• Create and process RFIs in a solutions-orientated manner.
• Process subcontract bonds, insurance, pay applications, correspondence, change estimates and potential change orders.
• Assist with data gathering for the monthly owner pay application and margin analysis.
• Enter data into the job cost system and participate in reviewing cost reports with jobsite management.
• Assist in generating change orders and as-built data to be reviewed by the Project Manager.
• Participate in jobsite safety meetings, weekly safety audits, etc.
• Facilitate the quality control plan and participate in preparatory meetings, initial inspections, follow-up inspections, etc.
• Support BIM and VDC coordination meetings in the creation of RFIs, as needed, and review shop drawings from the coordinated model.
• Perform other duties as may be required.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed