As an Engineer Technician I, you will assist in providing technical and field support services including construction observation, planning, organizing and managing project tasks for KLJ clients.
Essential Functions

• Conduct technical and field support work independently or with direction from senior team members
• Able to understand basic principles of field construction and engineering processes, procedures and methods
• Apply field observation and documentation practices necessary to individual project tasks
• Able to read and understand construction drawings and specifications
• Able to understand basic construction surveying practices
• Conduct technical and field support work independently or with direction from senior team members
• Provide quality control by reviewing work completed by other technicians
• Ensure compliance with KLJ safety and quality standards
• Utilize software(s) associated with typical project requirements
• Communicate consistently with the project manager and client
• Utilize effective written and oral communication

Responsibilities

• Assist with planning, organizing and managing project tasks
• Become familiar with the plans and specifications, maps, and related material for each project and be able to utilize the information appropriately
• Assist with correspondence, legal descriptions and easements, permits, bid and estimate forms, agreements, and project files and closeouts
• Ensure proactive understanding of priorities on an ongoing basis.
• Raise field construction issues for guidance from supervision
• May support construction administration functions

Qualifications

• Must have a valid driver's license and be able to operate motorized vehicles

Preferences:

• An Associate's degree in accredited engineering or construction management program
• Construction field experience

Relationships
The Engineering Technician I is supervised by the Team Lead and receives close supervision and direction on project related tasks from the engineer or project manager
Hours and Travel
This position requires the individual work 40 hours per week with 20% of time spent in the office and 80% in the field.
Physical Requirements
The physical demands described represent those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.
The employee is regularly required to:

• Sit, stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl
• Use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms
• Talk or hear and communicate clearly

The employee must:

• Be able to walk on uneven terrain up to three miles per day
• Frequently lift and move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and move up to 75 pounds

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
What else you need to know
This job description is not meant to be all-inclusive or restrictive and other duties may be assigned. It is a description of the job as presently defined and is subject at any time to revision. This document is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this classification. This is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required. Individuals may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities, as needed.
The salary for this position is expected to range between $45,000 and $55,000. This estimated salary represents the middle of the range. Factors that may be used to determine actual salary include education (or applicable experience), training, job location, competencies relevant to the role, and internal equity.
At KLJ, we offer a competitive full suite benefit package including health, dental, vision, and life insurance, performance bonus, 401k, employee stock ownership program and a flexible work environment that gives you options to support excelling both professionally and personally. The options available for the current year are described at www.kljeng.com/careers/benefits.
Who we are
Here at KLJ, we are Safe, Inclusive, Learners, Performers and Owners. We care that you get home safely. Every person, every idea, and every voice matters. We encourage personal and professional growth. We celebrate performance. As a 100% employee-owned firm, your decisions and efforts will help shape OUR great company.
Why work at KLJ
KLJ Engineering might be just the company you have been looking for. We are that perfect size - not so big that you become a number, not so small that our resources are limited. Here, you can be you, in all your engineering, surveying, planning and scientist glory. Just as you are. We embrace how much you love engineering, because we love it too. We love it when a road curves just right, when we see a familiar water tower on our drive home, or when we consider the fiber in the ground connects us to our friends and family. If you are looking to join a great firm, with amazing technical talent, we know just the place, here at KLJ.
All applicants must be authorized to work in the US, without employer-sponsorship. KLJ does not sponsor individuals for employment-based visas and does not participate in any OPT training program.
KLJ will not be partnering with third-party recruiters on this position. Please review our third-party recruiting policy at www.kljeng.com/careers.
Position will be posted until filled.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)