Overview

The role of a Field Engineer is to assist the Project Manager, Project Engineer, and Superintendents to engineer, plan, and schedule construction operations to ensure safe, efficient, profitable, and timely performance. The Field Engineer provides primary oversight on assigned field operations in a manner consistent with Company policies and procedures. The role requires thorough knowledge of project plans and specifications, preliminary and temporary work design, field layout and drawings, field operations planning, forecasting, cost and quantity tracking, operations scheduling, and interaction with field and office personnel.

Responsibilities

• Assist Project Manager, Project Superintendent and Project Engineer as required,
• Perform field engineering and design of temporary structures including formwork, false work, lift plans, trestles, sheet piling and shoring as required
• Assist in all schedule preparations & updates, identify critical work items, prepare list of long-lead items
• Coordinate survey crew activities
• Responsible for quantity tracking/reporting and assist in project costing & forecasting
• Prepare requisitions for equipment and material for approval by Project Engineer.
• Coordinate inspections of material deliveries to ensure compliance with purchase order and shop drawings.
• Resolve field problems and conflicts, liaise with subcontractors, suppliers & own workforce on field details.
• Notify the Project Engineer of potential costs impacts due to field problems or conflicts in the plans.
• Assists in the preparation of RFI’s.
• Assists with the documentation of time & material work and other extra work activities.
• Project Documentation: Keep a daily diary of project progress; take project photos on a regular basis.
• Assist project close out
• Additional responsibilities as required per the project needs.

Qualifications

EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• 4-year degrees in engineering / construction management or equivalent combination of technical training and/or related experience and a minimum of 4 years similar construction engineering and/or surveying experience

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:

• Excellent management and supervisory skills.
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills.
• Proficient in database and project controls computer application systems, MS Excel, MS Word
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.