Junior Construction Engineer: Kickstart Field Impact

Whiting-Turner Contracting Company; City of White Plains (NY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Whiting-Turner Contracting Company in White Plains, NY seeks an Entry-Level Engineer to support project teams on all phases of construction. You’ll report to a Project Manager or Superintendent and help coordinate owner reps, architects, engineers, inspectors, and subcontractors.

Responsibilities include reviewing drawings, tracking costs, resolving design issues, assisting with schedules, and documenting project progress while upholding safety and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in an Engineering discipline.
• Knowledge of engineering principles.
• Ability to read and understand technical specifications, blueprints, and drawings.

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.
• 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 of the site.
• Tracking project phase completion against milestones.
• Setting expectations for managing a safe work site.
• Documenting each phase of the project.

Skills

Safety regulations

Construction processes

Scheduling software

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

Microsoft Project

Suretrak

Primavera

Job description

Whiting-Turner Contracting Company in White Plains, NY seeks an Entry-Level Engineer to support project teams on all phases of construction. You’ll report to a Project Manager or Superintendent and help coordinate owner reps, architects, engineers, inspectors, and subcontractors.

Responsibilities include reviewing drawings, tracking costs, resolving design issues, assisting with schedules, and documenting project progress while upholding safety and quality standards.