Construction Field Technician I (Survey Technician)

Flintco; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Flintco, LLC in Austin, TX, is seeking a Field Technician to support field teams with safety, punch-list items, and logistical needs. You will study drawings, assist with closeout, and coordinate with trade partners on daily tasks.

The role requires 0–2 years in construction, the ability to read construction documents, travel up to 50%, and flexibility to work long or weekend hours. On-site environment with growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or vocational training; construction knowledge preferred.
• Ability to read and interpret construction drawings.
• Experience with field logistics and punch-list processes.
• Willingness to travel up to 50%.

Responsibilities

• Support field teams with safety and punch-list items.
• Assist with project closeout and logistics.
• Review construction drawings for layout and elevations.
• Coordinate with trade partners on daily tasks and materials.
• Monitor quality and report deficiencies to the superintendent.

Skills

Reading & interpretation of drawings

VDC tools: Revit / AutoCAD / Naviswork

Communication & teamwork

Problem solving

Travel readiness

Education

High School Degree or vocational training

Tools

Revit

AutoCAD

Navisworks

Job description

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Locations

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Flintco, LLC
Austin, TX 78746, USA

• On-site
• Construction Technology
• Full-Time

Description

Great work starts with great people. At Flintco, you’ll find respect, stability, and opportunity to grow your career. Established in 1908, Flintco maintains offices in 8 major cities and employs more than 900 talented and humble professionals. Ranked among the largest and safest contractors in the nation, we deliver projects across a wide range of market sectors, including healthcare, education, hospitality, sports, mixed-use/residential, advanced industries, and renewable energy. With self-perform capabilities in concrete, steel fabrication and erection, site work, and other critical services, we bring a distinct in-house advantage to every project. Guided by the core principles of our Ethos — Safety, Quality, Honesty, Integrity, and Innovation — our culture is rooted in accountability, collaboration, and commitment to shared success. Beyond the jobsite, we invest in the communities we call home, strengthening the places where we live, work, and build.

Job Summary

Responsible for supporting the execution of work in the field to include, supporting field teams with Safety, closeout and punch-list items, and supporting the logistical needs of the field leadership team and trade partners with the day-to-day completion of their assigned tasks. The Field Technician should be a flexible, detail-oriented individual that will thrive performing in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment, with the ability to multi-task, produce quality deliverables, and meet project-based deadlines.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

All duties and responsibilities include the following, however, other duties may be assigned. To perform in this position successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Utilize independent judgement, problem-solvingability, and prioritization basedonrelevant factors
• Good communication skills to articulate challenges and success stories to internal and external clients
• Tracks and assists with closing out project punch list items and/or identified quality issues with completed work
• Supports Trade Partners and the project team with logistical items during work activiteis to include clean up, lay down operations, scheduling, tools, material, and equipment sourcing,
• Informs Superintendent of any quality deficiencies
• Study and analyze construction drawings and shop drawings to confirm or otherwise establish the planned layout dimensions and elevations for the project
• Inform Superintendent of any variations in the project dimensions and elevations, and assist company and subcontractor personnel to (1) understand the layout, and (2) identify the precise locations of the elements being installed
• Other functions as may be required or assigned by Project Superintendent or other authorized individual, including making suggestions of alternative construction methods and techniques, and/or developing interpretations of vague or conflicting information, etc.
• Ability to quickly learn new hardware/software tools
• Serve as an ambassador for efforts and services internally/externally and collaborate with project teams
• Travel up to 50% of the time, to various construction sites; plan and execute multiple projects daily
• Ability to work flexible hours due to project or site constraints, including occasional early, late, or weekend hours

Management Responsibilities

None

Knowledge/Skills/Ability

The ability to work closely with the field team to learn the superintendent roles and responsibilities. Good people and leadership skills directing labor and working with trade partners. Problem solving skills and the ability to work towards finding a solution to the problems. Skill in observing two dimensional drawings or pictures and understanding how they will look in three dimensions as solid objects. Ability to read and interpret construction documents. Experience with VDC technologies such as Revit, AutoCAD, Navisworks, and other similar software systems is a plus.

Education

High School Degree or vocational training or an equivalent combination of education, technical training and experience.

Experience

0-2 years construction field experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

None

Physical Requirements

• Physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit and smell.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Occasionally, especially when managing multiple projects and during problematic opening and/or closing phases of projects, mental stress can be taxing.
• May be required to work long hours for extended periods of time.
• Observing (seeing well, either naturally or with correction), as in reading detailed blueprints, drawings, sketches and plans at close proximity.
• Seeing and observing at a distance as in making visual assessments of the exact location of a marker when viewed through a surveyor’s instrument.

Special Job Dimensions

The office provides a safe and healthy work environment, is adequately heated and cooled, is free from exposure and extreme conditions, has appropriate lighting and office furnishings, and is smoke-free and drug-free. While performing the duties of this position in the fabrication shop, warehouse, maintenance shop or at a project site, the employee could be regularly exposed to any number of the following, including, but not limited to: moving mechanical parts; moving machinery; high, precarious places (including, but not limited to, being raised several hundred feet in a bucket); close tight quarters; rough and sloped terrain; fumes or airborne particles; drilling and blasting activities; welding activities; toxic or caustic chemicals; the potential of falling rock; and outside weather conditions. The employee may be occasionally exposed to risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is generally loud.

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