Field Engineer - Industrial

Cianbro; City of Glens Falls (NY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Cianbro in Glens Falls, NY is seeking a Project Engineer/Manager to support planning, coordination, field engineering, and document control on major projects. You’ll interpret drawings, develop work packages, and track schedules, budgets, and quality while coordinating procurement and subcontractor activities.

Ideal candidates have a 4-year engineering or construction management degree, strong communication and organizational skills, travel readiness, and experience with permits, safety, and

Qualifications

• Requires a 4-year degree in engineering or construction management.
• Knowledge of construction methods, safety, scheduling, and costs.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills; travel required.
• Proficient with Word, Excel, and Outlook.

Responsibilities

• Assist in project planning, develop work packages, and master schedule.
• Ensure environmental permits and compliance.
• Interpret drawings and resolve interferences; ensure code compliance.
• Provide engineering input to daily logs and reports.
• Interpret production goals for crews and communicate productivity targets.
• Track procurement and vendor/subcontractor progress and schedules.
• Maintain project schedule and support change orders documentation.
• Coordinate submittals with Owner/Engineer and client communications.

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Supervisory experience

Problem solving

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

Outlook

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 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.