Senior Engineer (Austin)
About The Position
The Senior Engineer provides Operations staff with technical, administrative, and training support for project development, with an emphasis on project engineering. The position supports construction projects through preconstruction review, cost and estimate preparation, engineering guidance, technology adoption, risk management, and continuous improvement of procedures. It reports to an Operations Manager, Senior Operations Manager, or Regional Operations Manager. The role works across business units and project teams to share building-code and company-policy knowledge, develop and evaluate engineering personnel, communicate lessons learned and best practices, and collaborate with architects and engineers. It includes periodic construction-site visits and regular on-site work at construction sites. Other duties may be assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or a minimum of four years of formal engineering or architectural training.
- At least 15 years of building construction experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
- Strong knowledge of construction cost, scheduling, estimating, purchasing, and engineering principles and techniques.
- Basic understanding of Turner accounting procedures.
- Strong knowledge of construction methods and materials, including their characteristics, installation procedures, and tolerances.
- Management know-how, leadership, and interpersonal skills.
- Strong presentation, verbal communication, and written communication skills.
- Ability to climb permanent and temporary stairs and ladders, use construction personnel hoists as a passenger, and negotiate areas under construction.
- Vision abilities including close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and adjustment of focus.
- Ability to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; sit, talk, hear, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
- Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Responsibilities
- Perform constructability reviews during preconstruction on assigned projects.
- Support Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) preparation and/or estimate preparation as required.
- Understand and share national and local building codes and requirements, as well as Turner’s internal policies.
- Monitor and assist with the development, training, and evaluation of engineering personnel.
- Ensure strict adherence to safety, ethics, and compliance requirements.
- Stay current on industry technology and manage the rollout of new technologies onto Turner jobsites.
- Conduct regular meetings in business units to discuss challenges, relevant issues, lessons learned, and information exchange.
- Update and improve existing procedures manuals and develop new manuals for areas not fully covered.
- Assemble and provide detailed checklists on various topics, with emphasis on risk management.
- Collaborate with architects and engineers on industry topics and coordinate meetings.
- Attend conferences and industry seminars to gather information on technologies and systems and assess their impact on the business.
- Participate in project start-up and maintain a general overview of engineering procedures.
- Visit projects periodically, including attending job or pre-installation meetings, to assist with risk management.
- Collect and share best practices and examples for procedures and methods, including scheduling, budgeting, and QA/QC.
- Review project closeout procedures.
- Manage off-site document storage and retrieval.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
