Lead Transit Corridor Resident Engineer

Luster National, Inc.; Leavenworth (WA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited time off

Paid holidays

Paid parental leave

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Long-term disability insurance

Short-term disability insurance

Life insurance and AD&D

401(k) plan with employer contribution

Career development program

Professional development stipend

Job summary

Luster National, Inc. in Washington, USA seeks Resident Engineers at multiple skill levels to support large transit capital programs including light rail and bus corridors, stations, tunnels, and guideways.

Responsibilities include coordinating inspection coverage, maintaining quality, safety, cost, and schedule commitments at the site level on corridor packages, coordinating with designers, contractors, and third parties. This pool targets upcoming needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in civil engineering, construction management, construction engineering, engineering technology, or architecture, or related field.
• 10+ years of construction management, resident engineering, or construction engineering and inspection experience for large >$500M, complex, heavy-civil infrastructure projects.
• Experience administering construction contracts in the field, including submittals, requests for information, change management, and progress payments.
• Experience serving as the primary point of contact for formal contract communications.
• Experience coordinating and directing inspection staff across concurrent work fronts.
• Experience delivering construction management services as an owners representative for a major transit or DOT agency.
• Knowledge of construction means and methods, contract administration practices, quality assurance, and field documentation standards.
• Ability to pass a background check and complete the site safety orientation required before performing work on the project site.
• Experience with industry standard project / construction management software (e.g., Primavera P6, MS Project, Unifier, Kahua, etc.).
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite/Office 365 (e.g., Outlook, Teams, Word, PowerPoint, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Administer an assigned construction contract, enforcing the plans, specifications, and contract requirements.
• Coordinate inspection coverage across work fronts and shifts, and direct assigned inspection staff to the work their discipline qualifications support.
• Review and process submittals, requests for information, and shop drawings, and coordinate technical responses with design teams and third parties.
• Review baseline schedules, schedules of values, and monthly updates, evaluate progress against them, verify pay quantities, and recommend approval or withholding of progress payments.
• Analyze change requests, potential change orders, and claims, and develop independent cost and schedule assessments to support negotiation.
• Oversee quality assurance activities, materials testing coordination, and nonconformance tracking through documented resolution.
• Enforce site safety and security requirements, verify safety certification obligations, and support incident reporting and corrective action.
• Coordinate with contractors, designers, utility owners, railroads, jurisdictional agencies, and third-party stakeholders to resolve field conflicts before they affect the schedule.
• Maintain the complete construction record, including daily reports, correspondence, permit conditions, third-party agreement commitments, and as-built documentation.
• Oversee equipment start-up, testing and commissioning, punch list development, substantial completion, and closeout documentation.

Skills

Contract administration

Inspection leadership

Schedule analysis

Cost analysis

Quality assurance

Stakeholder coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in civil engineering or related field

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

Unifier

Kahua

Power BI

Job description

Luster National, Inc. in Washington, USA seeks Resident Engineers at multiple skill levels to support large transit capital programs including light rail and bus corridors, stations, tunnels, and guideways.

Responsibilities include coordinating inspection coverage, maintaining quality, safety, cost, and schedule commitments at the site level on corridor packages, coordinating with designers, contractors, and third parties. This pool targets upcoming needs.