Field Engineer I-III – Data Center Construction

Batson-Cook Construction; Alexandria (LA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Batson-Cook Construction is seeking a Field Engineer I, II, or III for an on-site role in Boyce, LA on a $1.5B data center project. You will support project engineering, coordinate with owners, contractors, and engineers, and help manage daily reports, schedules, and takeoffs.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree or 1–4 years of related experience, with strong communication, documentation, and cost-tracking skills to ensure code compliance and project success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university; or 1-4 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

• Recognizes change conditions with respect to the contract and notifies appropriate parties.
• Ensures all completed work complies with applicable codes, drawings and specifications, coordinates inspections and testing.
• Assists with constructability reviews and value engineering functions.
• Assembles construction financial data; monitors costs; tracks costs for force accounts.
• Assists in the definition of contract bid packages, coordinating scopes of work, and in preparing the packages.
• Creates correspondence to owners, contractors, subcontractors, engineers, architects, etc.
• Assist project personnel with daily job reports and schedule monitoring.
• Prepares drawings and sketches to support construction work, change orders, estimates, etc.
• Completes appropriate paperwork for new field hires.
• Ensures correct setup and maintenance of filing system.
• Maintains job costing system and updates systems to reflect forecasts; creates margin reporting.
• Takes weekly jobsite photographs.
• Maintains RFI Logs and timely response to job questions.
• Maintains as-built drawings; posts RFI, bulletin and ASI as appropriate.
• Assists with pre-construction activities as needed (construction planning and design; interpretation of design and drawings; application of construction methods; bid packages).
• Assists in project close-out activities.
• Develops, implements, and administers project engineering procedures and other work documents; tracks and logs documentation.
• Assists and preparing project status reports and participates in project status meetings; assists in the development of meeting minutes.
• Maintains all safety records.
• Interprets designs and drawings; prepares takeoffs; researches and recommends resolutions to drawing interpretation problems, conflicts, and errors.
• Communicate with (or to) individuals or groups verbally and/or in writing (e.g. customers, suppliers, employees). Maintain relationship to ensure needs are met and problems/conflicts are resolved.
• Communicates and reinforces the Company vision, mission and values.

Skills

Field eng.

Cost tracking

RFI management

Schedule monitoring

Takeoffs

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Batson-Cook Construction is seeking a Field Engineer I, II, or III for an on-site role in Boyce, LA on a $1.5B data center project. You will support project engineering, coordinate with owners, contractors, and engineers, and help manage daily reports, schedules, and takeoffs.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree or 1–4 years of related experience, with strong communication, documentation, and cost-tracking skills to ensure code compliance and project success.