Field Civil Engineer & Risk Coordinator

Ivanhoe Electric Inc.; Casa Grande (AZ); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Ivanhoe Electric Inc. is seeking a Project Engineer with a Civil/Structural background to drive field engineering and project execution at the Santa Cruz project in Casa Grande, AZ. You will manage RFIs, review submittals, and support constructability, ensuring alignment with design and quality standards.

You will also lead risk workshops, maintain risk registers, and surface execution risks for project managers while promoting lessons learned and continuous improvement across projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a closely related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Provide civil/project engineering oversight in the field, including resolution of RFIs, interpretation of design drawings, and review of contractor submittals to ensure alignment with project requirements.
• Monitor and support civil construction activities to ensure work is executed in accordance with design, specifications, quality standards, and constructability best practices.
• Evaluate the technical, cost, schedule, and constructability impacts of design changes, field conditions, and construction methodologies in collaboration with project controls and construction management.
• Support contractor interface and field coordination efforts to drive timely issue resolution, maintain construction progress, and minimize rework or delays.
• Coordinate daily with the responsible project manager and construction management on field priorities, technical queries, and emerging execution issues.
• Facilitate risk identification and assessment workshops with engineering, construction, HSE, and contractors, applying Ivanhoe Electric’s risk framework consistently from project to project.
• Act as custodian of project risk registers, keeping entries current, consistently scored, and assigned to a named owner with an agreed action date. Accountability for the risks themselves, and for delivery of mitigation actions, remains with the responsible project manager.
• Prepare concise risk summaries and workshop outputs for project leadership, setting out top risks, movement since the previous review, and overdue mitigation actions.
• Promote continuous improvement through lessons learned, constructability reviews, and consistent application of project engineering and risk management practice across projects.

Skills

Field engineering

Contractor coordination

RFI interpretation

Design review

Risk management

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or Structural Engineering

Job description

Ivanhoe Electric Inc. is seeking a Project Engineer with a Civil/Structural background to drive field engineering and project execution at the Santa Cruz project in Casa Grande, AZ. You will manage RFIs, review submittals, and support constructability, ensuring alignment with design and quality standards.

You will also lead risk workshops, maintain risk registers, and surface execution risks for project managers while promoting lessons learned and continuous improvement across projects.