Field Engineer - Industrial

Vermont, Inc; Brattleboro (VT); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Cianbro is seeking an engineering/PM professional to support project execution through planning, coordination, and field engineering services. You will assist teams with drawings/specs, develop work packages, track productivity, and manage procurement and subcontractor activities to meet schedules, budgets, and quality standards.

The role requires ensuring environmental permits, interpreting drawings, and maintaining logs and reports. Travel and strong communication are essential.

Qualifications

• 4-year degree in engineering or construction management.
• Knowledge of construction processes, tech, budgeting, scheduling, and safety preferred.
• Excellent communication, organizational and supervisory skills.
• Willingness to travel.

Responsibilities

• Assist in proper project planning, value-added engineering, and developing work packages.
• Ensure environmental permits comply with state/local laws and educate the team.
• Interpret drawings for crafts installing material and resolve interpretation conflicts.
• Verify adherence to codes, drawings, and specifications for completed work.
• Provide engineering input to the daily job log and track productivity.
• Explain production goals to craft supervisors and communicate daily targets to crews.
• Monitor quantity tracking data and measure productivity.
• Track vendor and subcontractor progress to prevent schedule delays.
• Maintain the project schedule to aid leadership in decision-making.
• Create and maintain submittal logs, RFIs, and client communications.
• Maintain contract compliance lists, buyout logs, and procurement reports.
• Identify and estimate unanticipated extras and document change orders.

Skills

Communication

Organizational skills

Supervisory skills

Analytical problem solving

Education

Bachelors degree in engineering or construction management

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

Outlook

Job description

Job Description

Support project execution through planning, coordination, technical problem solving, and field engineering services. Assist project teams with interpreting drawings and specifications, developing work packages, tracking productivity, maintaining project documentation, and coordinating material procurement and subcontractor activities. Utilize strong organizational, analytical, and communication skills to help ensure projects are completed safely, efficiently, and in accordance with project schedules, budgets, and quality standards.

Job Responsibilities

• Assist in proper project planning, value-added engineering means and methods, developing work packages, and preparing production indicators/benchmarks, and developing the master schedule.
• Ensure proper environmental permits are in place (identify any state or local laws relating to environmental compliance); Educate our team to ensure understanding and compliance with permit requirements.
• Interpret design/drawings for crafts installing material.
• Research and resolve drawing interpretation problems, conflicts, interferences, and errors.
• Verify that all completed work complies with applicable codes, drawings, and specifications.
• Provide engineering input to the daily job log.
• Interpret production goals from work packages for craft supervisors, ensuring full understanding to enable daily communication of productivity goals to crews executing the work.
• Verify quantity tracking data and measure productivity.
• Track progress of the major Vendors and Subcontractors to ensure that materials are manufactured and delivered in a timely fashion as not to impact the project schedule.
• Maintain the project schedule to aid project leadership in knowing where they are and making decisions for how to achieve project goals, with input from others.
• Generate and maintain the project submittal log, Requests For Information log, and correspondence with client/owner.
• Generate and maintain contract compliance listings, buyout logs, and procurement reports.
• Identify, document, and estimate costs of extra work activities, which were not anticipated in the original scope, and provide proper notification and financial reporting of change orders. Establish and maintain a project change order log that ties to the UAR.
• Coordinate the transmittal and subsequent approval of all submittals to the Owner/Engineer.

Qualifications / Requirements

• Requires a 4-year degree in engineering or construction management.
• Knowledge of all aspects of construction (technology, equipment, methods): craft agreements, jurisdiction, negotiations, engineering, estimating, schedules, and safety preferred.
• Excellent communication, organizational and supervisory skills essential.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and implement detailed solutions to complex technical problems.
• Computer skills including Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Must be willing to travel.

Cianbro is an employee-owned, tobacco-free, equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate based on marital status, race, color, creed, gender, sex, religion, national origin, gender identity, age, veteran status, union affiliation, physical or mental disability, citizenship status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or other legally protected status.

Compensation is determined based based on factors such as experience, knowledge, qualifications, and performance. The compensation range for this position is $60,000.00 - $90,000.00 and is exclusive of any other benefit and/or bonus. Hiring at the maximum of the range would not be typical to allow for future and continued growth.

Cianbro is an employee owned, tobacco-free, equal opportunity employer of women, minorities, veterans, individuals with disabilities and other protected categories.