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Field Project Controls

ZAP Engineering & Construction Services, Inc.
Denver, CO Full Time
POSTED ON 4/3/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/1/2026
Title

Field Project Controls Specialist

Department

Field Services

Reports To

Director of Construction

Flsa

Non-Exempt

Work Schedule

M-F 8:00am – 5:00pm

Travel Required

Up to 100%

LOCATION:

Based on Work Assignment

Management

No

Eeo

Professionals

Job Family

Professionals

A Little About Us

ZAP is a full-service engineering, design, and construction management firm servicing the oil & gas, heavy industrial, mining, and manufacturing sectors. From our Lakewood, Colorado office, we execute projects across North America, spanning from California to Florida and Canada down to Mexico. Our projects range in size from simple engineering studies or maintenance repairs to full-scale design of extensive facilities. ZAP operates at a fast pace while providing a team-centric approach to our work.

About Your Role

This is a hands-on, full-time position with day-to-day duties, including providing daily and weekly production reports, assisting with all ITP documentation for final turnover to the client, providing document control and keeping trackers up to date, assisting the construction manager with project needs, checking in material, instruments, and equipment. Requisitions material as needed.

Essential Duties And Major Responsibilities

  • Handles take-offs for steel, concrete, piping, and welding.
  • Creates Weld Tracker updates production daily, updates status report with production quantities for the week, creates daily field report and verifies quantities with all disciplines for reporting.
  • Reviews all incoming mapped isometrics from shop and field containing correct x-ray numbers that mirror x-ray reader sheets.
  • Ensures all stated heat trace numbers on map match MTRs in the database and submits back to the contractor to make revisions and return corrections.
  • Creates and maintains ZAP master set of mapped piping isometric drawings (ISOs) on network, complies with inspection reports, and updates logs.
  • Handles the filing of all project documentation and reviews testing procedures prior to testing.
  • Assists with building packages and job books for final turnover and updates various reports and reviews for accuracy.
  • Reviews RFIs generated in the field and submits to the home office team, then prints and distributes RFIs, field directives, and project drawings.
  • Ensures current revisions of drawings are being used.
  • Takes meeting minutes during construction and subcontractor meetings and distributes to team.
  • Maintains the inventory of deliveries by regularly identifying, labeling, and placing materials in stock.
  • Conducts a visual inspection and hand check on delivery Equipment, Instruments, Specialty Items, Pipe, Value, Fittings (PVF), and all related project materials, as well as identifies and resolves shortages as damages.
  • Completes and populates consumed materials to reflect on consumption tracker, in addition to preparing instruments and materials readily available to contractors.
  • Acquire and document all Material Test Reports (MTRs), Certificate of Compliance (COCs) and Installation, Operation and Maintenance manuals (IOMs).
  • Scan and file documentations of all received items to project network and file-sharing sites.
  • Assist with other duties as assigned.

Work Hours

Company Hours

8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Hours vary and are dependent on business needs.

40-Hour Work Week

Monday through Friday, hours may vary with the workload.

Evenings/Weekends/OT

As needed to satisfy the requirements of the position.

Benefits

  • Medical Insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Accrued PTO
  • Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
  • Basic Life / AD&D
  • Voluntary Life / AD&D
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Aflac

Qualifications

Education

  • High School Diploma or GED required.
  • Some college coursework, Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree preferred.
  • 2 years’ experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and education required.

Type Of Experience Needed To Be Successful

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Problem-solving skills to propose mutually beneficial solutions.
  • Work requires rich communication, frequent interaction, and reciprocal handoffs.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Outlook, and Excel, as well as other software required to execute daily tasks.

Supervisory Expectations

  • The position does not have any regular responsibility for overseeing or supervising the work of other team members.

Independence of Action

  • Work progress is monitored by supervisor/manager; incumbent follows precedents and procedures and may set priorities and organize work within general guidelines established by supervisor/manager/leader.

Physical Demands and Work Environment: (The phrases "occasionally," "regularly," and "frequently" correspond to the following definitions: "occasionally" means up to 1/3 of working time, "regularly" means between 1/2 and 2/3 of working time, and "frequently" means 2/3 and more of working time.)

  • The work environment is the typical construction environment. The employee must complete their work satisfactorily in an environment with significant distractions, including staff, clients, and vendors walking through and conversing, telephones ringing, conversations carrying over, loud noises, and interruptions to answer questions from others. Must be able to drive to sites or meetings with clients.
  • The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. In many cases, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee frequently is required to talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
  • The employee must regularly lift and move up to 25 pounds and should do so in a sound and safe manner. This job's specific vision abilities include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Core Competencies

  • Oral Communication and Written Communication - Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; listens and gets clarification; writes clearly and informatively; Edits work for spelling and grammar; Able to read and interpret written information. Ability to communicate with clients or customers.
  • Teamwork - Balances team and individual responsibilities; puts team success above own interests; Builds morale and group commitments to goals and objectives; Supports everyone's efforts to succeed. Focuses on solving conflict, not blaming; Maintains confidentiality; Listens to others without interrupting.
  • Reasoning and Problem Solving - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems, identify complex problems, and review related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
  • Detail Oriented – Consistently checks and rechecks work product for accuracy. Able to manage multiple tasks while accurately performing essential job functions. Prepares accurate and thorough reports, emails, and data as required by the position.
  • Planning/Organizing - Prioritizes and plans work activities; uses time efficiently; plans for additional resources; sets goals and objectives; organizes or schedules other people and their tasks; develops realistic action plans.
  • Organizational Support - Follows policies and procedures; completes administrative tasks correctly and on time; supports organization's goals and values; benefits organization through outside activities; supports affirmative action and respects diversity.

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