Construction Project Engineer | QC Engineer - Mission Critical Projects

Veit & Company, Inc.; Ankeny (IA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Veit & Company, Inc. in Iowa seeks a Traveling Heavy Civil/Mission Critical Project Engineer/QC or Field Engineer to manage field logistics and ensure compliance with engineering standards on mission critical projects.

You will coordinate with project managers and contractors to keep operations aligned with project goals. You will also prepare submittals, change orders, invoicing documentation, and safety plans while traveling extensively to job sites.

Qualifications

• Ability to work with field concepts and office environments.
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Effective communication with internal and external customers.
• Motivational and supervisory skills.
• Ability to organize and prioritize tasks.

Responsibilities

• Manage field logistics and coordinate with project managers and contractors.
• Prepare, review, and approve supplier purchase orders.
• Understand contracts to manage invoicing and change orders.
• Validate and reconcile quantities for billing and communicate variances.
• Produce project submittals, RFIs, and logs for the lead project manager.
• Lead meetings with clients, owners, and project teams.
• Develop and oversee safety and site-specific requirements.
• Assist with estimating duties including take-offs and bids.

Skills

Office ability

Effective communication

Organizational skills

Prior supervision

Education

Associate's or Bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering or related field

Tools

Construction software

Job description

Job Description

The Traveling Heavy Civil/Mission Critical Project Engineer/QC or Field Engineer is responsible for managing the field logistics and updating company project managers and contractors to ensure the mission critical projects comply with all engineering standards, codes and specifications. This position works with Project Managers and Superintendents to provide direction and support in managing operations, overseeing the logistics of the job, as well as generating reports for division leaders.

A Day in the Life

• Manages plan grid and heavy job for project work accuracy, monitor projects costs to stay within budget.
• Prepares, reviews, and approves supplier purchase orders.
• Understands the owner contract and subcontract documents to understand the inclusions/exclusions for the purpose of invoice payment.
• Validates, reconciles, and maintains accurate quantities for billing purposes and communicates differences to project management.
• Identifies out of scope work for the purpose of changes orders.
• Produce drafts, manage and maintain project submittal/RFI/ logs for lead project manager.
• Schedule, facilitate and manage Gopher 1 tickets.
• Schedule and lead private utility meetings and document conversations to communicate with office personnel.
• Prepare change orders, manage trucking logs and invoice approval.
• Perform on-site safety observations.
• Identifies, completes, and applies for local permits.
• Attends meetings as required with clients, owners and project teams.
• Develop and maintain good working relationship with client, subcontractor, vendors, land-owners, suppliers, etc.
• Develop and oversee the job site-specific requirements relating to safety, site cleanliness, manage delivery schedules, etc.
• Organize and ensure proper documentation and drawing distribution to staff and field personnel.
• Assist in the production and processing of Project deliverables such as Safety and QA/QC plans, and test procedures.
• Assist in drafting subcontractor/P.O agreements and ensure all subcontract agreements are finalized before work begins.
• Plan and coordinate the engineering deliverables from various parties.
• Ability to independently perform tasks assigned with instructions as to the expected general results.
• Track productions to produce project activity profiles.
• Proactively work with Project Management, Field Supervisory, and Client teams to identify and analyze potential risks and impacts to the project schedule.
• Assist with job site duties to keep job site facilities functioning correctly.
• Assist with Estimating duties including but not limited to take-offs, solicitations to subcontractors/suppliers/bid, and quote preparation/bid running.
• Participate in business development events.
• Assist with other duties as assigned by management.

What You'll Need

• Ability to work with field concepts and work in the office.
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Effective communication (oral, written, presentation, listening) with internal and external customers.
• Effective motivational and supervisory skills.
• Ability to organize and prioritize numerous tasks.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations, mean, median, and averages.
• Ability to maintain compliance with all Veit policies and procedures.
• Ability to respond to shifting priorities in a fast-paced environment with a can-do attitude.

What Will Set You Apart

• Associate's or Bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering or related field; 1-3 years of estimating and managing projects experience in related scope of work, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Prior experience using construction software is a plus.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret project plans and specifications.

Other

• Must have a clean Motor Vehicle record.
• Requires 8 to 10-hour hour workdays, Monday - Friday.
• Travel requirement is 80% to mission critical job sites.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by any employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee is regularly required to stand and/or sit in a stationary position for extended periods of time; 50%+. The employee is regularly required to use a computer/laptop/iPad in on office environment with natural and/or florescent lighting, navigate between office building floors, attend off-site meetings, and lift up to 50 lbs. unassisted. The employee occasionally may encounter high noise levels, but hearing protection is provided/required.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those employees may encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. Employee is exposed to environmental conditions, working near machines and loud noises associated with construction sites. Exposed to variable weather conditions including rain, snow, wind, cold and heat. Also exposed to variable terrain.

Additional Job Description

Who Are We?

Veit is one of the country's leading specialty contractors, with nearly a century of experience and the best people in the industry. We specialize in foundations, earthwork, utilities, marine services, industrial cleaning, curedinplace pipelining, and waste disposal. We pride ourselves on our relentless pursuit to push the construction industry forward and deliver for our customers. Our modern fleet of iron, diverse expertise, and unmatched determination allow us to successfully tackle some of the largest and most complex projects across every sector while also living out our values every day. Our company culture is one where everyone pitches in to get the job done, regardless of job title or seniority. We do everything we can to maintain an atmosphere where family comes first. We want every one of our employees to look forward to each day at work and make it home safe and happy at the end of the day.

Never settle, dig deeper

Our Core Values

• Deliberately Safe We believe all safety incidents are avoidable when everyone operates with a deliberate mindset. We are deliberately proactive and thorough in training and job planning. We are deliberately safe in our everyday operations and decision-making.
• Build with Intention We build with intention. Whether in the office or the field, we work with grit and determination toward a better future for everyone involved. We leave things better than we found them, and never leave a job until we're proud to put the Veit name on it.
• Leaders Dig First Egos have no place at Veit. We expect everyone on our team to dig in with a leadership mentality. That means being willing to jump in, take ownership, and get mud on our boots - especially when times get challenging.
• Real Relationships Like our work, we approach relationships authentically, with a long-term mindset. Whether you're a client partner, vendor, or team member, we make an effort to build a more meaningful connection with you by communicating with respect and honesty.
• Integrity in Everything As part of the Veit family, everything we do and say reflects on this entire company. We act with integrity, which means treating others just as we want to be treated, doing the right thing, and holding ourselves accountable.

VEIT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER, INCLUDING VET/DISABILITY