What are the responsibilities and job description for the Construction Engineer position at Spicer Group?
POSITION SUMMARY This position is for a full-time Construction Engineer in our Construction Services Group in our Saginaw, St. Johns, East Lansing, Dundee, and Bingham Farms office locations.
THE COMPANY Spicer Group is a multi-disciplinary engineering, surveying, and planning company. We have offices in Saginaw, St. Johns, Manistee, Traverse City, Dundee, Byron Center, East Lansing, Standish, Bingham Farms, and Atlanta, Georgia. Spicer Group prides itself on our core values of commitment to growth, great client relationships, excellent services and solutions, maintaining a team environment, and having integrity in all we do. We are seeking a candidate who will strive to uphold these values.
Spicer Group offers a comprehensive benefits package including sick, vacation, and holiday pay; fitness membership reimbursement; a 401(k)-match program; profit sharing; health, dental, and vision insurance options; and much more!
A TYPICAL DAY ON THE JOB
THE COMPANY Spicer Group is a multi-disciplinary engineering, surveying, and planning company. We have offices in Saginaw, St. Johns, Manistee, Traverse City, Dundee, Byron Center, East Lansing, Standish, Bingham Farms, and Atlanta, Georgia. Spicer Group prides itself on our core values of commitment to growth, great client relationships, excellent services and solutions, maintaining a team environment, and having integrity in all we do. We are seeking a candidate who will strive to uphold these values.
Spicer Group offers a comprehensive benefits package including sick, vacation, and holiday pay; fitness membership reimbursement; a 401(k)-match program; profit sharing; health, dental, and vision insurance options; and much more!
A TYPICAL DAY ON THE JOB
- Acts as client, contractor, and project manager liaison for the construction of municipal and MDOT infrastructure projects.
- Observation of construction work in progress to ensure conformance with specifications, examining workmanship of finished installations for conformity to standards, and maintaining detailed records of work performed by contractors.
- Communicates directly with clients and owners, holds and attends meetings, reviews shop drawings, performs quantity take offs, and generates preliminary estimates of cost.
- Performs office technician duties such as reviewing certified payrolls, reviewing IDR’s for compliance to standards, generating pay estimates and contract modifications.
- Familiarity with MDOT specifications, standard plans, and work practice is preferred.
- Conducts material testing as related to: grout inspection and testing, HMA sampling, concrete sampling and testing, aggregate sampling, mechanical testing of aggregates, compaction testing for granular, aggregate, clay, and HMA materials.
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering
- E.I.T. or P.E., a plus
- Construction inspection experience, preferably in the areas of municipal infrastructure, MDOT Road, and Bridge Construction
- Valid driver’s license