Illinois Construction Services Office Engineering II

HNTB; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 82,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

HNTB is seeking a project controls professional in Chicago, IL to support contract administration and field engineering. You will assist the Resident Engineer and Project Manager by interpreting contract plans, reviewing shop drawings, and maintaining project records.

Responsibilities include tracking RFIs, submittals, change orders, and generating progress reports. Strong Excel and familiarity with construction software are valued assets in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering with 2 years relevant experience or
• Master's degree in Engineering with 1 year relevant experience or
• Doctorate degree in Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Assists Resident Engineer/Project Manager in contract administration and reviews submittals for compliance.
• Maintains as-built drawings, project files, and records database.
• Keeps inspector's daily activity reports and reviews monthly schedule submittals and pay estimates.
• Coordinates testing, quality control inspections, and related services.
• Manages requests for information, submittals, change orders and other deliverables.
• Prepares progress reports, meeting agendas, and minutes; assists in close-out documents.
• Reviews inspector daily reports for conformance with project requirements and quantities.
• Assists in review/assembly/processing of monthly progress payments.

Skills

EIT

ACI

Constructware

Asite

Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree in Engineering

Doctorate in Engineering

Tools

Constructware

Asite

Job description

What We're Looking For

At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.

This opportunity entails being responsible for performing basic contract administration and supporting field engineering functions in order to monitor individual contractor's compliance with specifications, plans and other contract provisions.

What You'll Do

• Assists Resident Engineer and/or Project Manager in the administration of the construction contract. Provides interpretation of contract plans and specifications and reviews contractor's shop drawings and submittals for contract compliance, as applicable.


• Maintains as-built record drawings, project files, and records database including specifications, test results, and reports.


• Keeps inspector's daily report of assigned work activities. Performs reviews for approval of contractor's monthly schedule submittals and pay estimates.


• Coordinates testing and monitors services as well as quality control inspections.


• Responsible for logging, tracking, and processing requests for information, submittals, change orders, and other project deliverables.


• Prepares project progress reports, agendas, and minutes for meetings, conducts pre-construction meetings, and assists in preparing final project close-out documents.


• Assists in review of inspector's daily reports for conformance with the project requirements, plans, specifications, quantities, contractor's progress, and as-constructed data.


• Assist in the review, assembly, and processing of monthly progress payments.


• Performs other duties as assigned.

What You'll Need

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering and 2 years relevant experience, or


• Master's degree in Engineering and 1 year relevant experience, or


• Doctorate degree in Engineering.

What You'll Bring

• Identifies complex discrepancies or conflicts within documents and evaluating the quality of work performed by using inspection checklists.


• Performs increasingly complex calculations, develops plots and graphs using Excel, and drafts detailed reports for project reporting to the client with guidance from more experienced staff.


• Performs basic shop drawing and submittal review and evaluates the contractor's CPM schedule.

What We Prefer

• Engineer in Training (EIT) or American Concrete Institute (ACI).


• Trained in digital construction management software such as Constructware, Asite or similar preferred.

Additional Information

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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Job Type: Regular

Full/Part Time: Full time

Job Category: Construction Services Group

ReqID: R-31401

Locations

Chicago, IL

Salary

The approximate pay range for Illinois is $81,859.63 - $122,789.44. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position based on all selected locations within the state at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to, the individual’s qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as physical work location within the state.

Equal Employment Opportunity & Disability Accessibility Statement

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HNTB has implemented the following policy as part of its longstanding commitment to compliance with all applicable affirmative action requirements. HNTB agrees to post in conspicuous places, available to employees and applicants for employment, this affirmative action policy.

HNTB is a federal contractor subject to Section 4212 of the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended (“Section 4212”) and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (“Section 503”). Accordingly, it is HNTB’s policy to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment protected veterans (disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, Armed Forces Service Medal veterans, or active‑duty wartime or campaign badge veterans) and individuals with disabilities at all levels of employment, including the executive level. HNTB also will provide reasonable accommodation to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified employee or applicant for employment with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose undue hardship on the operation of HNTB. In order to request a reasonable accommodation, employees should contact the HR Solutions Center at General Policy Inquiry - Employee Center and applicants should contact [e-mail].

HNTB will recruit, hire, train, and promote individuals in all job titles, and will ensure that all other personnel actions are administered, without regard to an individual’s protected veteran or disability status. All employment decisions will be based only on valid job requirements. In addition, employees and applicants shall not be subjected to harassment, intimidation, threats, coercion, or discrimination because they have engaged in or may engage in any of the following activities: (1) filing a complaint; (2) assisting or participating in an investigation, compliance evaluation, hearing, or any other activity related to the administration of any Federal, State, or local law requiring equal opportunity for protected veterans or individuals with disabilities; (3) opposing any act or practice made unlawful by Section 4212, Section 503, their implementing regulations, or any other Federal, State, or local law requiring equal opportunity for protected veterans or individuals with disabilities; or (4) exercising any other right protected by Section 4212, Section 503, or their implementing regulations.

The non-confidential portions of the affirmative action program for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities shall be available for inspection upon request by any employee or applicant for employment. These plans are available for review upon request during normal business hours. Any questions or requests to review should be directed to your Human Resources Partner.

As Chief Executive Officer, I fully support our affirmative action program and am committed to the implementation of the company’s affirmative action policy. I have delegated overall responsibility for this policy to the Business Integrity Director. The Manager of HR Compliance & Immigration is responsible for the implementation, auditing, and reporting of this policy and program, assisted by the office’s Human Resources Partner.

HNTB employees must comply with this policy and report any violations of illegal discrimination, as specified in the Integrity Reporting policy.

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Robert J. Slimp, CEO