Senior Engineer (Austin)

Turner Construction•Austin, TX

1d•Onsite

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 role supports preconstruction and project startup, helps manage engineering practices and technology across projects, and shares procedures, lessons learned, and best practices with project teams and Business Units. The position reports to an Operations Manager, Senior Operations Manager, or Regional Operations Manager. The position regularly involves work on construction sites, where the employee may encounter moving mechanical parts, high and precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, outdoor weather conditions, electrical-shock risks, and noise ranging from moderate to very loud. The employee may perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or at least 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, 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, and negotiate work areas under construction.
Vision abilities including close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust 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) 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 adherence to safety, ethics, and compliance requirements.
Remain current on industry technology and manage the rollout of new technologies on 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 adequately covered.
Assemble and make available detailed checklists on a variety of topics, emphasizing risk management.
Collaborate with architects and engineers on industry topics and coordinate meetings.
Attend conferences and industry seminars to gather information on new technologies and systems and review their impact on the business.
Participate in project startup and maintain a general overview of engineering procedures.
Visit projects periodically, including attending job or pre-installation meetings, to assist with risk management.
Collect best practices and examples for procedures or methods, including scheduling, budgeting, and QA/QC, and share them with projects and Business Units.
Review project closeout procedures.
Manage off-site document storage and retrieval.
Perform other duties as assigned.