Field Engineer

Martinus Rail; Anchorage (AK); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Per diem

401(k) plan with company match

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Flexible spending

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

Martinus Rail in Alaska is seeking Field Engineers to coordinate engineering works across technical, inspection, scheduling, planning, survey, procurement and quality control, adhering to Martinus standards.

You'll support project execution plans, submittal logs, PO processing, and weekly status meetings while ensuring safety, compliance with PSMP, and effective communication across disciplines in a rail construction environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Construction Management or similar.
• Diploma of Building/Construction, Project Management or similar.
• 1-2 years’ experience in an engineering/construction environment.
• Relevant experience in a rail construction environment.
• Working knowledge of MS Projects, Assignar, and Primavera.
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word.
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Outlook.
• Assist the contract administration, ensuring that Martinus’ rights and obligations are exercised, and proper records are kept.
• Identify where change is instructed, or occurs without an instruction, that would constitute a variation or change of scope under the head contract.
• Achieve agreement to variation prior to works occurring.
• Understand sub-contract agreement conditions.
• Ensure all purchase orders, receipts, invoices, and bills are coded and submitted to accounts payables.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and control engineering works across technical, inspection, scheduling, planning, survey, procurement and quality control in accordance with Martinus standards.
• Ensure effective communication and coordination between all disciplines and project activities.
• Develop project execution plans / staging plans and ensure they are followed.
• Generate Submittal logs and produce required submittals; Generate Purchase Order logs and manage PO process to meet schedule requirements.
• Record progress against the 2 weeks look ahead program and update master project schedule.
• Lead project weekly status meetings with OMs and field supervisors; focus on progress, budget variances and recovery plans.
• Track the percentage of planned and unplanned activity and ensure planned works.
• Resolve engineering issues as they arise (methods, design, procedures).
• Prepare and update project cost reports and forecast cost at completion.
• Review schedule to identify opportunities to accelerate work or reduce costs.
• Review design documents for compliance with standards and adequacy for construction.
• Review daily work reports to ensure accuracy and required information.
• Ensure daily timesheets are produced and accurate.
• Perform Quality Control inspections as required.
• Support investigation of near misses, incidents and NCRs; ensure PSMP compliance and SQ&E responsibilities.

Skills

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Construction Management or similar

Diploma of Building/Construction, Project Management or similar

Tools

MS Projects

Assignar

Primavera

Job description

Our Field Engineers are responsible for ensuring the effective coordination and control of engineering works through activities of technical, engineering, inspection, scheduling, planning, survey, procurement, and quality control based on Martinus Rail standards. Fiels Engineers ensure effective communication and coordination between all disciplines and all other project activities relevant to our work.

Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Construction Management or similar.
• Diploma of Building/Construction, Project Management or similar.

Required:

• 1 - 2 years’ experience in a construction/engineering environment.

Typical:

Martinus is a market leading, full-service railway infrastructure company that builds and maintains large scale railroads and intermodals within North America. We have the internal resources necessary to construct full turnkey railway projects for the Class 1, Short Line and Industrial markets.

The Role:

Our Field Engineers are responsible for ensuring the effective coordination and control of engineering works through activities of technical, engineering, inspection, scheduling, planning, survey, procurement, and quality control based on Martinus standards. Field Engineers ensure effective communication and coordination between all disciplines and all other project activities relevant to our work.

Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree (Engineering, Project Management, Construction Management or similar discipline).
• 1 - 2 years’ experience in an engineering/construction role.
• Relevant experience in a rail construction environment.
• Working knowledge of MS Projects, Assignar, and Primevera.
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word.
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Outlook.
• Assist the contract administration, ensuring that Martinus’ rights and obligations are exercised, and proper records are kept.
• Identify where change is instructed, or occurs without an instruction, that would constitute a variation or change of scope under the head contract.
• Achieve agreement to variation prior to works occurring.
• Understand sub-contract agreement conditions.
• Ensure all purchase orders, receipts, invoices, and bills are coded and submitted to accounts payables.

Pre- Construction / Construction

• Develop project execution plans / staging plans and ensure they are followed
• Generate Submittal log and produce required submittals.
• Generate Purchase Order logs and manage PO process to meet schedule requirements and maximize savings.
• Record progress against, and update the 2 weeks look ahead program and update master project schedule.
• Lead project weekly status meetings with OMs and/or field supervisors – focusing on progress to date, variance from budgets, and where applicable, recovery plans.
• Track the percentage of planned and unplanned activity undertaken and check that the planned works.
• Resolve engineering issues as they arise i.e., construction methods, design, engineering procedures, etc.
• Prepare and update project cost reports and maintain forecast cost at completion.
• Review schedule to identify opportunities to accelerate work or reduce costs.
• Reviews design documents to achieve clarification and compliance with standards, specifications, and codes as well as adequacy of design documents for the purpose of construction.
• Review daily work reports (DWRs) to ensure they are accurate and contain required information.
• Ensure daily timesheets are being produced and are accurate.
• Perform Quality Control inspections as required.

Health, Safety, Quality & Environment

• Support the investigation of any near miss, incident, NCR, event that are class 2A or above.
• Ensure all employees and visitors to the workplace are inducted adequately and are aware of relevant SQ&E responsibilities/risks.
• Ensure that the requirements of the Project Safety Management Plan (PSMP) are complied with and that specific requirements are carried out.
• Be aware of project environment and sustainability KPIs and what measures are taken to achieve them.

Qualifications

• Must be able and have a willingness to work safely.
• Must be willing to work in all types of weather conditions**
• Must be willing to work a flexible schedule, on-call, nights, weekends & holidays**

EEO:

Equal Opportunity Employer – Race/Color/Sex/Religion/National Origin/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Vets/Disabilities

Martinus and its affiliate companies offer an excellent total compensation package* including competitive salary, per diem, 401(k) plan with company match, available medical/dental/vision/life/disability insurance along with flexible spending and paid vacation and holidays. Relocation assistance may be available for some positions.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disabled and veterans.