Junior Construction Engineer: Field & Project Impact

Socket.dev; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Whiting-Turner Contracting Company is seeking an Entry-Level Engineer to assist in managing all aspects of construction projects in the Philadelphia area. You will report to a Project Manager and/or Superintendent and help coordinate with owners, architects, engineers, inspectors, and subcontractors to execute project tasks.

The role emphasizes coordinating work, resolving design issues, tracking costs, and ensuring quality and safety standards across project phases.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating work with project owner representatives, architects, engineers, inspectors, and site subcontractors and/or directing the work of all trades assigned to a construction work site.
• Managing estimating and bidding processes and tracking costs to manage project budget.
• Resolving and clarifying design issues.
• Identifying and resolving field issues and change orders.
• Writing contracts and purchase orders using company boilerplate language to document all ordered work, schedules, projected costs, change orders and technical specifications.
• Participating in meetings to coordinate work and manage labor concerns.
• Ensuring work is completed in accordance with quality standards and contract specifications.
• Implementing project schedules including each task associated with project completion.
• Documenting the technical, financial and personnel aspects of each project.
• Reviewing project drawings, specifications, submittals and change orders.
• Reviewing each trade’s work progress with respect to each project phase.
• Providing field support to construction superintendents to help ensure contract compliance, quality control and maintenance ofthe site.
• Tracking project phase completion against milestones.
• Setting expectations for managing a safe work site.
• Documentation each phase of the project.

Job description

Whiting-Turner Contracting Company is seeking an Entry-Level Engineer to assist in managing all aspects of construction projects in the Philadelphia area. You will report to a Project Manager and/or Superintendent and help coordinate with owners, architects, engineers, inspectors, and subcontractors to execute project tasks.

The role emphasizes coordinating work, resolving design issues, tracking costs, and ensuring quality and safety standards across project phases.