Earthworks Project Engineer — Civil Infrastructure Innovator

ACCIONA; Georgia; On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

ACCIONA invites applications for a Project Engineer – Earthworks in Georgia to support field operations on the SR400 Express Lanes Project. You will assist excavation, grading, and embankment activities, coordinating with superintendents, survey crews, and subcontractors to meet grades and safety standards.

The role requires a Civil Engineering degree, 3+ years in infrastructure, and proficiency with Primavera P6, Procore, Bluebeam, and HCSS.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or related field.
• Minimum of 3 years field experience in infrastructure, roadway, or bridge construction preferred.
• Proficiency with Primavera P6, Procore, Bluebeam, HCSS is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support field execution of clearing, excavation, mass grading, cut-and-fill, embankment construction, subgrade prep, soil stabilization, aggregate placement, and roadway earthwork.
• Coordinate daily earthwork operations with Superintendents, Foremen, survey crews, equipment operators, trucking operations, subcontractors, and geotechnical personnel.
• Review grading plans, cross sections, profiles, earthwork models, specs, and geotechnical information to support field construction.
• Track cut/fill quantities, excavation volumes, embankment placement, unsuitable material, borrow material, waste material, and aggregate quantities.
• Assist in maintaining the project earthwork balance and coordinate movement of material between excavation, fill, borrow, and disposal locations.
• Coordinate haul operations, truck requirements, haul routes, loading cycles, equipment spreads, and earthwork production targets.
• Coordinate survey and GPS/machine-control requirements to ensure crews are working to correct grades, slopes, elevations, and construction limits.
• Verify subgrade preparation, proof rolling, moisture conditioning, stabilization, compaction, and testing requirements are completed properly.
• Coordinate with geotechnical and quality personnel regarding unsuitable soils, rock, groundwater, compaction failures, and stabilization requirements.
• Coordinate earthwork around drainage systems, structures, utilities, retaining walls, roadway traffic, and phased construction.
• Track crew productivity, equipment utilization, earthwork quantities, and subcontractor performance against production targets.
• Develop look-ahead plans and maintain RFIs, quantity records, daily production reports, photographs, survey data, and as-built information.
• Monitor cost, schedule, quality, environmental compliance, and safety performance for assigned earthwork activities.

Skills

Field coordination

Read and interpret drawings

Communication skills

Geotechnical knowledge

Cost tracking knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or related field

Tools

Primavera P6

Procore

Bluebeam

HCSS

Job description

ACCIONA invites applications for a Project Engineer – Earthworks in Georgia to support field operations on the SR400 Express Lanes Project. You will assist excavation, grading, and embankment activities, coordinating with superintendents, survey crews, and subcontractors to meet grades and safety standards.

The role requires a Civil Engineering degree, 3+ years in infrastructure, and proficiency with Primavera P6, Procore, Bluebeam, and HCSS.