Field Engineer

EDM International, Inc; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Company HSA Contribution

401(k) with Company Match

Life Insurance

Short- and Long-Term Disability

Job summary

EDM International, Inc is seeking a Field Engineer to support electric utility infrastructure construction on client sites. This hands-on role requires working with contractors, engineers, and utility clients to ensure work meets drawings, specs, and project requirements.

Responsibilities include monitoring activities, documenting field conditions, preparing daily reports, coordinating resolutions, and promoting safety across projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Construction, or related engineering discipline.
• 2+ years of engineering, construction, or field engineering experience.
• Experience with electric utility transmission, distribution, or substation projects is preferred.
• Experience with transmission line construction—foundations, towers, conductors—is a plus.
• EIT certification or progress toward PE licensure is preferred.
• Ability to read and interpret construction drawings, specs, and design documents.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and familiarity with web-based project documentation.

Responsibilities

• Provide field engineering support for electric utility construction projects.
• Monitor construction activities and evaluate conformance with drawings, specs, and project requirements.
• Prepare detailed daily field reports documenting progress, field conditions, and technical issues.
• Coordinate with contractors, project engineers, and client representatives to resolve field issues.
• Identify discrepancies, field changes, and potential nonconforming work.
• Observe field testing and review test results for consistency with project requirements.
• Review drawings, specifications, permits, RFIs, submittals, field revisions, and project documentation.
• Promote a safety-conscious work environment and communicate safety concerns through project channels.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Construction, or related engineering

Engineer-in-Training (EIT) certification

Tools

Procore

ArcGIS

Field Maps

Microsoft Office

Job description

Field Engineer - Electric Utility Construction

Build Your Career Where Engineering Meets the Field

EDM International is seeking a Field Engineer to support the construction of electric utility infrastructure projects. This is a hands-on, field-based engineering position for someone who enjoys being where the work is happening—working alongside contractors, engineers, and utility clients to help ensure projects are constructed safely and in accordance with engineering drawings, specifications, and project requirements.

As a Field Engineer, you'll monitor construction activities, document field conditions and project progress, identify discrepancies or potential nonconforming work, and help coordinate solutions when field conditions don't quite match what was expected on paper.

Experience with electric utility transmission, distribution, substation, or related infrastructure construction is strongly preferred.

What You'll Do

• Provide field engineering support for electric utility construction projects.
• Monitor construction activities and evaluate work for conformance with approved drawings, specifications, and project requirements.
• Prepare detailed daily field reports documenting construction progress, field conditions, and technical issues.
• Work directly with contractors, project engineers, and client representatives to communicate and help resolve field issues.
• Identify and document discrepancies, field changes, and potential nonconforming work.
• Observe concrete, soil, and other field testing and review available test results for consistency with project requirements.
• Review and maintain drawings, specifications, permits, RFIs, submittals, field revisions, and other project documentation.
• Promote a safety-conscious work environment and communicate observed safety concerns through appropriate project channels.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Construction, or a related engineering discipline from an accredited college or university. Equivalent relevant engineering and utility construction experience may be considered depending on project requirements.
• 2+ years of engineering, construction, or field engineering experience.
• Experience supporting electric utility transmission, distribution, or substation projects is preferred.
• Experience with transmission line construction—including foundations, steel poles, lattice steel towers, conductors, or related infrastructure is a plus.
• Engineer-in-Training (EIT) certification or progress toward Professional Engineer (PE) licensure is preferred but not required.
• Working knowledge of engineering and construction principles, including the ability to interpret construction drawings, specifications, design documents, material requirements, and conformance criteria.
• Ability to recognize when field conditions differ from design documents, document technical issues, and coordinate with engineering and construction personnel to support resolution.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and comfort working with web-based project documentation and collaboration systems.
• Experience with Procore, ArcGIS, Field Maps, or similar project and field applications is preferred.

Field Environment & Physical Requirements

This is a field-based position supporting active utility construction projects. Work may take place in remote and urban environments and in varying weather conditions.

The position may involve frequent driving and entering and exiting a full-size 4x4 pickup truck throughout the day. Field Engineers may walk or hike three or more miles per day across uneven, rough, wet, slippery, or steep terrain and work around active construction, traffic, noise, dust, and changing weather conditions. The role may also require carrying, pushing, or pulling up to 50 pounds.

Compensation & Benefits

Salary Range: $80,000-120,000 per year

Compensation within the range will be based on relevant experience, technical background, utility construction experience, education, certifications, and overall qualifications.

• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Company HSA Contribution
• 401(k) with Company Match
• Life Insurance
• Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Supplemental Benefits

Why EDM?

At EDM, our work supports the infrastructure that keeps communities powered. Our employees work alongside utilities and industry professionals to solve real-world engineering and construction challenges across the electric utility industry.

For a Field Engineer, that means combining engineering knowledge with hands-on construction experience while developing expertise in utility infrastructure and working directly with experienced engineers, contractors, and clients.

If you enjoy getting out from behind the desk, solving problems in real time, and seeing engineering designs become operating infrastructure, we'd like to hear from you.