Field Engineer - Heavy Highway

The Sr Field Engineer is a member of the project operations team. The primary function of the Field Engineer is supporting project staff, Superintendents and Foreman to ensure assigned craft-work is planned, efficient, understood and well documented. A successful Field Engineer will need to interface between craft supervision, owners, vendors, subcontractors and members of the project team.  

Essential Functions

• Participate in the Estimate Turnover Meeting. Perform quantity takeoff. 
• Assist in converting the estimate to a control budget. Assist in set up of job files.
• Coordinate ad review submittals.
• Assist engineering staff in procuring material suppliers and subcontractors.
• Attend and participate in daily and weekly safety meetings.
• Manage quantities and perform quantity takeoffs as required.
• Procure / schedule subcontractors and materials.
• Manage subcontractors and suppliers with support of staff, superintendents, and foremen.
• Assist in work plan development with project engineer, superintendents, and foremen. Monitor work plans.
• Manages quantity and cost reporting as accurately as possible, reports results to superintendents and foremen.
• Assists as necessary in change orders pricing.
• Participates in project document control process.
• Maintains accurate record set of project drawings and specifications.
• Participates in the project close out process.
• Final quantities of cost reports and final quantities and payment from owner.
• As built drawings.
• Turnover of required documents to owner.
• Miscellaneous / Other duties as required

Requirements

 Required Skills & Experience 

• 2-3 years’ recent heavy highway, road and bridge construction experience (prefer a prior internship with a heavy civil contractor) 
• Medium to Large project experience ($10M+) is required
• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering or similar discipline is preferred
• Ability to read and interpret construction drawings and specifications
• Work independently as well as part of a team