Resident Engineer

Must Haves:

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in transportation engineering and project management.
• Strong technical knowledge of roadway construction, materials testing, and SCDOT standards.
• Previous experience overseeing a Construction Materials Testing Team
• Previous experience supporting SCDOT

Plusses:

• SCDOT CEMT Certification
• Experience mentoring junior engineers and managing multidisciplinary teams.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license in the State of South Carolina (or be able to obtain within 6 months)

Job Description:

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Resident Construction Engineer to oversee transportation infrastructure projects across South Carolina. This role will serve as the primary liaison between contractors, consultants, and the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT), ensuring that construction activities meet design specifications, quality standards, and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Plan, schedule and coordinate construction inspection activities and material testing operations.
• Implement and oversee compliance with administrative and business operation activities including human resources, training programs, inventory, safety and budget monitoring.
• Review and recommend approval of applications for payment.
• Oversee Area Office record management operations.
• Meet with contractor's supervisors or other project leaders on assigned project sites to discuss and coordinate testing, sampling, or inspection of construction materials or construction procedures to verify compliance with the approved plans, specifications and shop/working drawings.
• Review plans, specifications, and shop/working drawings for project activities.
• Resolve differences in the interpretation of plans and specifications.
• Perform Operational Walk Through and Competency Testing.
• Review implementation of established procedures and implement preventive and corrective actions.
• Responsibilities as contained within the RKI Quality Management System.
• Carry out assigned duties in accordance with established procedures.
• Maintenance of license and/or certifications at the time of employment or obtained during employment.
• Submittal of accurate, legible, comprehensive, and complete testing and/or inspection reports on a daily basis in accordance with project Quality Plan.
• Interpret, organize, execute, and coordinate major technical engineering assignments.
• Review construction inspection procedures of assigned supervisors and/or inspectors and clarifies procedures.
• Assign work priority tasks to assigned direct reports and/or inspector(s).
• Perform other duties as assigned.