Field Engineer - Infrastructure

Maine Tech Hub; Kittery (ME); Hybrid; USD 46,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Cianbro is seeking a project controls professional to lead construction, scheduling, and cost-tracking activities on heavy civil, marine, and movable bridge projects. This role will coordinate planning, procurement, and change orders to keep projects on time and within budget.

The position requires a 4-year degree in engineering or construction management, strong communication and supervisory skills, and proficiency with MS Word, Excel, and Outlook. Travel to project sites is expected.

Qualifications

• Requires a 4-year degree in engineering or construction management.
• Knowledge of construction processes, schedules, estimates, and safety.
• Proficient with MS Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Willingness to travel.

Responsibilities

• Assist in project planning, value-added engineering, work packages, and master schedule development.
• Ensure environmental permits are in place and educate team on permit requirements.
• Interpret drawings for craft teams; resolve interpretation issues; ensure compliance with codes and specs.
• Provide engineering input to the daily job log and communicate productivity goals to crews.
• Interpret production goals from work packages and coordinate daily goals with supervisors.
• Verify quantity tracking data and measure productivity.
• Track major vendors and subcontractors to ensure timely material delivery and avoid schedule impact.
• Maintain the project schedule and support leadership in decision-making to hit goals.
• Generate and maintain project submittal, RFI, and client correspondence logs.
• Maintain contract compliance listings, buyout logs, and procurement reports.
• Identify and cost changes not in the original scope; report change orders and maintain a change-order log.

Skills

Communication

Organizational

Supervisory

Education

4-year engineering/ construction management degree

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

Outlook

Job description

Job Description

Responsibility for the construction and project controls functions on heavy civil, marine, and/or movable bridges. The wage range for this position is $1,000.00 to $1,500.00 per week. Compensation will be determined based on knowledge and experience.

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.

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