Field Engineer - Infrastructure

Cianbro; Norwalk (CT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Job summary

Cianbro in Norwalk, CT is seeking a project controls professional to oversee construction and project controls for heavy civil, marine, and movable bridges. You will assist in planning, scheduling, cost tracking, and coordination with vendors/subcontractors.

Responsibilities include maintaining the master schedule, submittal logs, RFI logs, change orders, cost estimates for extra work, and ensuring compliance with drawings, specs, and permits. Willingness to travel required.

Qualifications

• Requires a 4-year degree in engineering or construction management.
• Knowledge of construction processes, scheduling, estimating, and safety.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills; travel willingness.

Responsibilities

• Assist in project planning, value-added engineering methods, developing work packages, and master schedule.
• Ensure environmental permits are in place and educate the team on permit requirements.
• Interpret drawings, resolve conflicts, and verify workmanship complies with codes and specs.
• Provide engineering input to the daily job log and communicate productivity goals to crews.
• Track vendors and subcontractors, maintain submittal/RFI logs, and manage change orders.
• Coordinate submittals and approvals with Owner/Engineer, and maintain procurement reports.

Skills

Project planning

Communication

Supervision

Problem solving

Education

4-year degree in engineering or construction management

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

Outlook

Job description

Responsibility for the construction and project controls functions on heavy civil, marine, and/or movable bridges.

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.