Field Engineer

Aleut Federal; Oak Park (TN); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Aleut Federal is seeking a Field Engineer to serve as the designated Site Engineer, providing onsite technical, administrative, and project-controls support for assigned construction projects. You will assist the Project Manager and Site Superintendent with planning, coordination, and execution to meet contract requirements, schedules, budgets, and safety standards.

The role involves cost management, scheduling, procurement, subcontractor coordination, and daily project operations across diverse

Responsibilities

• Supports the Project Manager and Site Superintendent with day-to-day construction operations, project coordination, and execution.
• Maintains regular communication with project leadership regarding field conditions, schedule progress, procurement needs, risks, technical issues, and decisions requiring attention.
• Reviews issued-for-construction drawings, specifications, approved submittals, work packages, contract requirements, and applicable codes to support field execution and identify conflicts or discrepancies.
• Assists with field layout, dimensions, elevations, grades, quantities, and constructability reviews for earthwork, roads, utilities, concrete, buildings, and related systems.
• Coordinates technical questions, RFIs, design clarifications, sketches, and field changes with the project team and documents direction and resolution.
• Coordinates with subcontractors and vendors regarding scopes of work, schedules, deliverables, materials, and project requirements.
• Participates in preconstruction, pre-job, progress, coordination, and weekly project meetings, as well as jobsite walkdowns, pre‑evolution briefings, daily planning reviews, and post-job reviews when required.

Job description

ABOUT ALEUT FEDERAL

At Aleut Federal, we believe the company and its mission are just as important as the job you are applying for. Aleut Federal is an Alaska Native‑owned enterprise whose purpose is to support our Shareholders, the Unangax people of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. People are at the core of everything we do. We support our Shareholders by providing excellent service and quality results to our clients, including the various branches of the federal government. We engage in our local markets, so community service is embedded in our process.

Our culture strengthens our workforce through mentorship and coaching, opportunities for growth, competitive benefits, diversity, inclusion, and accountability at every level.

The Aleut Federal motto is "We are One" because we believe that with one heart, one mind, and one purpose, we can accomplish our mission and be an organization anyone would be proud to join.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Field Engineer serves as the designated Site Engineer and provides onsite technical, administrative, and project-controls support for assigned construction projects. This position assists the Project Manager and Site Superintendent with planning, coordination, execution, and monitoring to support completion in accordance with contract requirements, schedules, budgets, quality standards, safety requirements, issued-for-construction drawings, specifications, and approved work packages.

The Field Engineer supports cost management and analysis, scheduling, procurement, subcontractor coordination, project documentation, billing, and other day-to-day project operations. Work may include heavy civil, site‑development, utility‑infrastructure, commercial, and light‑industrial construction. The position works closely with project management, field supervision, subcontractors, vendors, clients, quality control, ES&H personnel, and other stakeholders to facilitate communication, resolve project issues, and maintain accurate and timely project information.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Project Operations & Coordination

• Supports the Project Manager and Site Superintendent with day-to-day construction operations, project coordination, and execution.
• Maintains regular communication with project leadership regarding field conditions, schedule progress, procurement needs, risks, technical issues, and decisions requiring attention.
• Reviews issued-for-construction drawings, specifications, approved submittals, work packages, contract requirements, and applicable codes to support field execution and identify conflicts or discrepancies.
• Assists with field layout, dimensions, elevations, grades, quantities, and constructability reviews for earthwork, roads, utilities, concrete, buildings, and related systems.
• Coordinates technical questions, Requests for Information (RFIs), design clarifications, sketches, and field changes with the project team and documents direction and resolution.
• Coordinates with subcontractors and vendors regarding scopes of work, schedules, deliverables, materials, and project requirements.
• Participates in preconstruction, pre-job, progress, coordination, and weekly project meetings, as well as jobsite walkdowns, pre‑evolution briefings, daily planning reviews, and post-job reviews when required.

Project Controls, Cost & Scheduling

• Assists with development, maintenance, and monitoring of short-term and long-term schedules, including progress, milestones, procurement activities, and potential schedule impacts.
• Monitors project costs, quantities, commitments, production information, and installed work; assists with cost reports and forecasts.
• Establishes and maintains accurate billing quantities and supports project billings, payment documentation, and other required cost information.
• Prepares and maintains daily job-cost reporting and other project reports as required.
• Identifies project risks, conflicts, differing conditions, and potential cost or schedule impacts; communicates them promptly and supports development of practical corrective actions.

Project Safety & Compliance

• Promotes and maintains a safe project site in accordance with Aleut policies, client requirements, OSHA requirements, DOE-site requirements, and established safety programs.
• Participates in safety meetings, inspections, briefings, work-package reviews, and other safety activities as required.
• Verifies that current approved work documents are available to personnel performing the work and that activities remain within the defined scope and sequence.
• Exercises stop-work responsibility and immediately notifies project leadership when work scope is unclear, controls are inadequate, unexpected hazards arise, or work cannot be performed as written.

Procurement & Subcontractor Management

• Coordinates material and equipment