Junior Construction Engineer: Field-Site & Budget Focus

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company; Fort Lauderdale (FL); On-site; USD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company is seeking an Entry-Level Engineer in Fort Lauderdale to support project managers and superintendents across construction phases. This role involves coordinating with project owner representatives, architects, engineers, inspectors and subcontractors, and assisting with budgets and design issue resolution.

You will help manage bids, track costs, document changes and ensure quality, safety and schedule adherence on site.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating work with project owner representatives, architects, engineers, inspectors, and site subcontractors and 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.
• Writes contracts and purchase orders using 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 of the site.
• Tracking project phase completion against milestones.
• Setting expectations for managing a safe work site.
• Documenting each phase of the project.

Job description

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company is seeking an Entry-Level Engineer in Fort Lauderdale to support project managers and superintendents across construction phases. This role involves coordinating with project owner representatives, architects, engineers, inspectors and subcontractors, and assisting with budgets and design issue resolution.

You will help manage bids, track costs, document changes and ensure quality, safety and schedule adherence on site.