Construction Field Engineer I (Intern)

HNTB Corporation; Little Rock (AR); On-site; USD 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

HNTB Corporation invites current or former interns to join as an Engineering Inspector intern, focusing on field inspection and documentation for construction projects. The role supports compliance with plans, specs, and regulations while gaining hands-on experience with GPS/Rovers and on-site testing coordination.

The position emphasizes collaboration with Resident Engineers, report preparation, and learning the contractor’s CPM schedule to interpret drawings at a basic level.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Assists with construction field work tasks and activities on a project to ensure conformance to plans, specifications, and other contract documents.
• Coordinates and schedules quality controls inspections.
• Observes on-site material testing and coordinates testing and monitoring services.
• Performs mathematical calculations for material quantity payments.
• Performs basic shop drawing review and ensures that procedures and materials comply with plans and specifications.
• Read and interpret construction drawings and specifications and identify discrepancies or conflicts within the documents.
• Reviews contractor’s daily construction reports for accuracy, thoroughness and consistency.
• Regularly reviews contractor's as-built mark-ups, documents project progress using video and photo and prepares reports on construction progress.
• Consults with Resident Engineer on work progress and construction problems, proactively recommends solutions, assists in the resolution of issues, and acts as a liaison with the engineer of record.
• Remains current and knowledgeable of industry technology and tools used to perform inspection work through industry resources, training, and research.
• Gains exposure to new technology and utilizes it (GPS/Rovers) to increase efficiency and accuracy of inspection tasks.
• Performs office engineer work when needed including but not limited to; prepares meeting agendas and meeting minutes, assists in processing and maintains tracking logs for RFIs, submittals, pay estimates and other deliverables.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Constructware

Asite

Job description

HNTB Corporation invites current or former interns to join as an Engineering Inspector intern, focusing on field inspection and documentation for construction projects. The role supports compliance with plans, specs, and regulations while gaining hands-on experience with GPS/Rovers and on-site testing coordination.

The position emphasizes collaboration with Resident Engineers, report preparation, and learning the contractor’s CPM schedule to interpret drawings at a basic level.