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Field Engineer

Clark Construction Group
Washington, DC Full Time
POSTED ON 10/21/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/19/2026
As a Field Engineer you will be responsible and tasked with managing technical functions, testing equipment, handling repairs, managing engineering projects, and conducting site inspections. You will also engage with clients, ensure compliance, conduct feasibility studies, and apply technical knowledge to practical problems.

Responsibilities

  • Be able to establish project Horizontal Control
  • Be able to verify accuracy of consultant-provided control
  • Be able to establish working control points from provided control
  • Continuously checks and maintains horizontal control
  • Be able to establish project Vertical Control
  • Be able to verify accuracy of consultant-provided control
  • Be able to establish working benchmarks from provided control
  • Continuously checks and maintains vertical control

Instrument care, maintenance, and use

  • Able to check optical plummet
  • Visually checks instrument for evidence of damage or mis-adjustment
  • Able to check and set temperature and pressure correction in Total Station
  • Able to check and calibrate instrument collimation

Auto level Care, maintenance, and use

  • Able to run and adjust three-wire level loop
  • Able to compute tangent grades
  • Able to plot cross-sections and determine earthwork
  • Is familiar with and able to read a contour map

Basic Qualifications

  • Able to make temperature corrections when chaining
  • Have a basic ability to read and understand Structural / Architectural / Shop Drawings
  • Be able to provide layout from drawings without assistance
  • Be able to coordinate between drawings and discern potential conflicts
  • Be proficient in the use of scales
  • Be able to layout footings, columns, and building lines with no assistance
  • Be able to establish vertical dimensions from given finish floor elevations
  • Be able to compute concrete quantities for daily pours, slabs, columns, etc.
  • Be able to conduct fine grading operations
  • Be able to level deck with no assistance
  • Be able to grade columns with no assistance
  • Be able to establish secondary benchmarks
  • Be able to establish secondary horizontal and vertical control, i.e. column lines, offsets
  • Be able to compute and track concrete during pour
  • Alignment to Clark Standards of Excellence: Self-Motivated, Results Oriented, Adaptable, Team Player, Accountable, Ethical, Innovative, Resilient, Builds Relationships

Mathematic Skills

  • Proficient in simple math, geometry, and trigonometry
  • Able to figure deflection angles and solve curves
  • Proficient in the computation of rectangular and polar coordinates

Computations

  • Be proficient with Data Collection software
  • Introduction to AutoCAD
  • Knowledge of everything required of an Apprentice.

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