Field Engineer

The Stewart/Perry Company; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid travel home every two weeks

Weekly per diem for traveling

Weekly truck allowance for non-travel

Job summary

The Stewart/Perry Company is seeking a traveling Field Engineer to support project teams across the Southeast. This full‑time, jobsite‑based role works with a Project Superintendent to manage field operations, drawings, QC, and documentation on active construction projects.

You will learn field leadership hands-on while collaborating with a Superintendent and coordinating with subcontractors and inspectors to ensure project quality and progress.

Qualifications

• Hands-on training and experience for pursuing a career in field leadership.

Responsibilities

• Review drawings and specifications and pull dimensions.
• Perform quantity takeoffs from project drawings.
• Prepare drawing markups, track progress, and identify completed work.
• Assist with quality control to confirm work complies with plans and specs.
• Use project software to manage drawings, documentation, and information.
• Prepare and distribute markups to subcontractors.
• Draft, submit, and track RFIs.
• Maintain accurate project records and documentation.
• Coordinate and supervise onsite personnel and subcontractors.
• Identify solutions when drawings or specs lack information.
• Communicate with project inspectors, subcontractors, officials, owners, and visitors.
• Develop and track subcontractor punch lists.
• Attend meetings and assist with minutes.
• Take and review photographs for daily reports.
• Capture 360-degree and aerial images documenting progress.
• Survey elevations using a tripod level.

Tools

Bluebeam

Job description

This position is for a traveling Field Engineer. You must be able to travel to jobsites within the southeast. Company pays for travel home twice a month.

Stewart/Perry is a company focused on building relationships as well as exceptional projects. Headquartered on a 16-acre campus in Birmingham, Alabama, we specialize in commercial and retail construction across the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. Since 1984, we have delivered high-quality work in 23 states. While retail construction remains a cornerstone of our business, we have steadily expanded into other sectors.

We are looking for a Field Engineer to join one of our traveling project teams. This is a full-time, jobsite-based position that supports the Project Superintendent in managing day-to-day field operations and maintaining the quality and progress of the project.

The Field Engineer position is designed to provide hands-on training and experience for someone interested in pursuing a career in field leadership. You will work closely with an experienced Superintendent while learning how drawings, specifications, subcontractor coordination, quality control, documentation, and field decisions come together on an active construction project.

What You’ll Do:

• Review construction drawings and specifications and accurately pull dimensions.
• Perform quantity takeoffs from project drawings.
• Prepare drawing markups, track progress, and identify completed work.
• Assist with quality control to confirm work complies with project plans and specifications.
• Use Bluebeam and other project software to manage drawings, documentation, and project information.
• Prepare and distribute markups to subcontractors.
• Draft, submit, and track requests for information (RFIs).
• Maintain accurate project records and documentation.
• Assist with the coordination and supervision of onsite personnel and subcontractors.
• Help identify solutions when drawings or specifications do not provide sufficient information.
• Communicate professionally with project inspectors, subcontractors, public officials, owners, and other jobsite visitors.
• Develop and track subcontractor punch lists throughout the project.
• Attend subcontractor and owner-architect-contractor meetings and assist with meeting minutes.
• Take and review photographs for daily reports.
• Use available technology to capture 360-degree and aerial images documenting project progress.
• Survey and verify elevations using a tripod level.

Why Stewart/Perry?

We believe in long-term relationships with our team and with our clients. You will receive hands-on experience, meaningful responsibility, and direct mentorship while working alongside a company that values customer service, collaboration, and quality.

• Location: Various construction jobsites across the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic.
• Schedule: Full-time, generally 40 hours per week plus additional hours as project needs require.
• Travel: Extended jobsite assignments with paid travel home every two weeks.
• Opportunities for professional development and advancement into field leadership.
• Weekly per diem for traveling
• Weekly truck allowance for non-traveling