Resident Engineer

HNTB Corporation; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking a construction manager to lead project oversight and field management in Salt Lake City, UT. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Engineering and significant experience managing construction projects. Responsibilities include overseeing project compliance, managing teams, and ensuring client satisfaction on projects valued at $10M or greater. Candidates should have strong leadership skills and experience in contract negotiation and risk management. This is a full-time role with growth opportunities within the firm.

Qualifications

• 10 years of construction related experience.
• All jurisdictional certificates.

Responsibilities

• Lead construction management presence supervising contractors and inspectors.
• Ensure compliance with client plans and safety standards.
• Oversee inspection activities and verify materials and workmanship.
• Monitor schedules and budgets; elevate issues proactively.

Skills

Project management

Risk management

Leadership

Contract negotiation

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Master's Degree in Engineering

Job description

What We're Looking For

At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.

This opportunity entails being responsible for overall field management of HNTB's contract, administration and coordination on projects of a diverse and complex nature. Monitors activities of assigned staff for conformance with contractual requirements. Provides technical leadership for complex or unique assignments. Reviews drawings, specifications, and installation procedures for constructability. May recommend changes to design. Represents projects at meetings and conferences. Typically responsible for running projects of $10M or greater in construction value and key role in mega project pursuits.

Construction Oversight & Field Leadership

• Lead HNTB’s construction management presence supervising contractors, inspectors, and field engineers to ensure work meets client plans, specifications, and safety standards.

• Serve as HNTB’s on‑site representative, maintaining strong professional relationships with client personnel, contractors, and local partners.

• Identify risks early and provide clear, well‑documented recommendations that protect the client and the firm.

Inspections, Compliance & Quality Assurance

• Oversee inspection activities and verify materials, workmanship, and documentation in accordance with client standards and HNTB quality procedures.

• Ensure accurate, timely reporting using client and HNTB systems.

Project Management & Delivery Support

• Monitor schedules, budgets, and progress; elevate issues proactively and collaborate with HNTB PMs to maintain project health.

• Communicate clearly and professionally, representing HNTB’s commitment to client service.

Documentation & Risk Management

• Maintain thorough project records, including inspection reports, correspondence, change documentation, and quality logs.

• Apply HNTB’s risk‑management practices to ensure defensible, audit‑ready documentation.

Team Development & Mentorship

• Lead, mentor, and develop HNTB inspectors and field engineers, fostering a collaborative, accountable, and growth‑oriented team culture.

• Support onboarding, training, and performance feedback for Construction Services staff.

What You'll Do

• Responsible for development of the project scope and fee quotation and assists in the preparation of technical proposals and contracts in accordance with HNTB's Sophisticated Contracting Approach (SCA).

• Coordinates project activities establishes priorities and staff to jobs. Prepares Summary Inspection Report of Daily activities. Monitors contractor progress and compares with the reviewed progress schedule. Resolves technical field issues, and coordinates with Architects and Engineers for timely and accurate responses to requests for information.

• Oversees project controls including checking contractors’ controls and coordinating schedules, reviews constructors schedule.

• Reviews submittals for conformance to plans and specifications. Develops strategies with the contractor to create submittal packages that conform to schedule requirements.

• Implements the firm’s project delivery plan using HNTB's Sophisticated Delivery Approach (SDA) on each project. Leads the development and the execution of the project management plan. Supervises and mentors team to overall project objectives. Identifies and resolves non-compliant work.

• Provides interpretation and enforcement of contract plans and specifications. Develops strategies with the contractor to create submittal packages that conform to schedule requirements.

• Confirms change order requests, develops estimates, negotiates costs, and writes change orders.

• Provides cost control on projects and quality control within discipline.

• Partners with Client Service Leaders and pursuit champions to assist with business development, building client relationships and pursuit efforts for mini-mega and mega projects in accordance with HNTB's Sophisticated Sales Approach (SSA). Works with the project team and marketing resources to prepare appropriate proposal and presentation materials. Leads proposal development and interview presentations for strategic, mini-mega, and mega projects to the client as well as general presentations within the industry and community.

• May be responsible for the recruitment, hiring, development, and retention of construction staff, including development of plan for staff reporting, performance and compensation reviews, and succession.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

What You'll Need

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering and 10 years construction related experience.

• All jurisdictional certificates.

What You'll Bring

• Winning, contracting, and successfully delivering 4for4 (on-time, on-budget, quality, client satisfaction) on multi-disciplined projects. Identifying and handling risk and change management with guidance from more experienced staff.

• Leading a team on mid-sized and/or moderately complex projects inside and outside of HNTB using sub-consultants.

• Using system tools to manage, monitor, and deliver mid-sized and/or moderately complex projects.

• Leading with minimal assistance from the Office Management Team in implementing HNTB Sophisticated processes as applicable to the project.

• Serving as the lead interface with the client on moderately complex projects.

• Developing successors to work with same client on other work.

What We Prefer

• Master's degree in Engineering.

• 12 Years of relevant experience.

• Professional Engineer (PE), American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), Project Management Professional (PMP), or National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies (NICET) Level III.

Additional Information

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Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Locations: Salt Lake City, UT

NOTICE TO THIRD-PARTY AGENCIES: HNTB does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or agencies. Any staffing/employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume to this site does so with the understanding that the applicant's resume will become the property of HNTB. HNTB will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion and without any fee owed to the submitting staffing/employment agency, person or entity. Staffing/employment agencies who have fee agreements with HNTB must submit applicants to the designated HNTB recruiter to be eligible for placement fees.

Job Type: Regular

Full/Part Time: Full time

Job Category: Construction Services Group

ReqID: R-29542