Rail Field Engineer - Scheduling, Cost & QC

martinusbottomline.com; Anchorage (AK); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Martinus Rail is seeking a Field Engineer to coordinate and control engineering works across disciplines, with a focus on planning, surveying, procurement, and quality control in accordance with Martinus Rail standards.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field, 1-2 years in engineering/construction, and proficiency with MS Projects, Assignar and Primavera, plus intermediate Excel/Word and basic Outlook. On-site work in Alaska is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Project Management, Construction Management or similar.
• 1-2 years of experience in an engineering/construction role.
• Relevant rail construction experience and working knowledge of MS Projects, Assignar, and Primavera.
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word, basic knowledge of Microsoft Outlook.
• Assist in contract administration, identify and approve changes, manage purchasing and subcontract conditions, and maintain accurate project records.

Responsibilities

• Assist the contract administration, ensuring that Martinus’ rights and obligations are exercised, and proper records are kept.
• Identify where change is instructed, or occurs without an instruction, that would constitute a variation or change of scope under the head contract.
• Achieve agreement to variation prior to works occurring.
• Understand sub-contract agreement conditions.
• Ensure all purchase orders, receipts, invoices, and bills are coded and submitted to accounts payables.
• Develop project execution plans / staging plans and ensure they are followed.
• Generate Submittal log and produce required submittals.
• Generate Purchase Order logs and manage PO process to meet schedule requirements and maximize savings.
• Record progress against, and update the 2‑weeks look ahead program and update master project schedule.
• Lead project weekly status meetings with OMs and/or field supervisors – focusing on progress to date, variance from budgets, and where applicable, recovery plans.
• Track the percentage of planned and unplanned activity undertaken and check that the planned works.
• Resolve engineering issues as they arise (construction methods, design, engineering procedures, etc.).
• Prepare and update project cost reports and maintain forecast cost at completion.
• Review schedule to identify opportunities to accelerate work or reduce costs.
• Review design documents to achieve clarification and compliance with standards, specifications, and codes as well as adequacy of design documents for the purpose of construction.
• Review daily work reports (DWRs) to ensure they are accurate and contain required information.
• Ensure daily timesheets are being produced and are accurate.
• Perform Quality Control inspections as required.

Skills

Scheduling

Quality control

Contract administration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Project Management / Construction Management

Tools

MS Projects

Assignar

Primavera

Job description

Martinus Rail is seeking a Field Engineer to coordinate and control engineering works across disciplines, with a focus on planning, surveying, procurement, and quality control in accordance with Martinus Rail standards.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field, 1-2 years in engineering/construction, and proficiency with MS Projects, Assignar and Primavera, plus intermediate Excel/Word and basic Outlook. On-site work in Alaska is required.