Engineer - Albany

Turner Construction Company; Town of Colonie (NY); On-site; USD 81,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

401(k) plan

Wellness benefits

Job summary

Turner Construction Company in New York is seeking an experienced engineer to manage project timelines and budgets. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree and at least four years of experience in construction management.

This position involves supervising Assistant Engineers and ensuring project compliance with contract documents. Candidates must possess strong communication and leadership skills. Turner offers flexible benefits including medical and retirement plans.

Qualifications

• Minimum of four years' related experience.
• Proven written and verbal communication abilities.
• Ability to read and understand contract documents and drawings.

Responsibilities

• Act as a liaison with Architects, Subcontractors, and Owner's Representatives.
• Manage the project budget and oversee contract drawings.
• Supervise Assistant Engineers and Plan Clerks.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

BIM Usage

Organizational Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Job Details

• Division: New York North
• Project Location(s): Albany, NY 12205 USA
• Minimum Years Experience: (not provided)
• Travel Involved: 10-20%
• Job Type: Regular
• Job Classification: Experienced
• Education: (not listed)
• Job Family: Construction
• Compensation: Salaried Exempt

Salary range: 81,000.00 – 96,000.00 USD annualized.

Overview

Manage, evaluate and assess information necessary to construct the project on time, within budget and to the quality specified by the contract documents. Has supervisory responsibility for Assistant Engineers, Engineering Assistants, and Interns. The Engineer is the individual on the project responsible for building the overall project “on paper”.

Reports to: Project Engineer, Project Manager or Project Executive.

Responsibilities

• Acting as liaison with Architects, Subcontractors, Consultants, Suppliers, Inspectors and other Turner job staff and Owner's Representatives in resolving issues related to plans and specifications.
• Overseeing and making decisions related to contract drawings and subcontract information. Ensuring that all drawings and specifications properly relate to the estimate.
• Managing the project budget.
• Managing submittals and shop drawings. Assessing conformance to contract specifications. Resolving any conflicts in interpretation.
• Negotiating Change Orders, managing information on changes in the Work; preparing an independent analysis as required; obtaining and checking estimates for the changes from subcontractors; obtaining approval of the Architect and Owner; and resolving any conflicts.
• Overseeing the close‑out process. Preparing final records for the project such as RFIs, close‑out records, warranties, as-builts, O&Ms, attic stock, and spare parts, and evaluating information to insure compliance with contract documents.
• Supervising Assistant Engineers, Engineering Assistants, Plan Clerks and Interns, including providing input on performance appraisals.
• Preparing Scope of Work documents for trades.
• Developing reports such as General Conditions Items, labor, safety, Change Order logs and Quality Control.
• Scheduling and managing subcontractor trade coordination meetings, preconstruction meetings and submittal review meetings.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree plus a minimum of four years' related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience. Proven written and verbal communication abilities; proficiency with computer applications, including Microsoft Office Suite. Utilizes leading‑edge technologies such as Building Information Modeling (BIM) and LEAN. Ability to read, understand and interpret contract documents, drawings, specifications, scopes of work and project schedule. Demonstrated leadership and interpersonal skills.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an 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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee is frequently required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is sometimes exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to airborne particles or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to very loud.

May perform other duties as necessary or assigned.

Benefits

This is not a remote/hybrid position and will be based in a Turner office or project location. Turner Construction provides flexible benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, financial benefits such as a 401(k) plan, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Account, wellness benefits, a voluntary legal plan, identity theft, life insurance, short‑term and long‑term disability coverage.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Turner is an Equal Opportunity Employer – race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.