Traveling Entry Level Field Engineer (Heavy Civil)

STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGIES; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PECD program

Career flexibility

Education reimbursement

Bonus opportunity

Cell phone reimbursement

401(k) with match

Paid vacation

Wellness benefits

Job summary

STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGIES in Denver, CO is seeking a Project Engineer for our PECD program. This in-field development role emphasizes hands-on learning across scheduling, estimating, cost control, safety, quality, and client relations.

The position requires extensive travel (70%+), a Bachelor's degree (Civil Engineering or Construction Management preferred), strong communication, documentation, and problem solving skills, with opportunities to advance into project management and estimating roles.

Qualifications

• Willingness to travel 70%+ for long-term construction projects.
• Bachelor's degree required; preferred fields are Construction Management or Civil Engineering.
• Minimum internship experience in related field.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Strong documentation and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Support multiple long-term construction projects with travel.
• Assist with scheduling, estimating, budgeting and cost control.
• Ensure safety, quality control and client relations.
• Develop skills across project management, estimating and construction management.

Skills

Travel willingness

Communication

Documentation skills

Problem solving

Reliable transportation

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGIESdevelops and integrates products, engineering support, repair and maintenance services to provide value-added solutions to owners, engineers and contractors.We provide specialty contracting services through our contracting companies, and state-of-the-art proprietary products and engineering support services through our technologies company. With over 2,500 employees working fromlocations nationwide and in select international markets, we serve the Commercial, Public, Transportation Industrial, and Power markets to tackle the toughest construction challenges. STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGIES is the in-house engineering business line of Structural Group.

About the Company:

We make structures stronger and last longer.

Structural Group, Inc. integrates technology-driven solutions with specialty contracting services to improve, protect, and enhance the existing infrastructure of owners directly, and in partnership with designers and contractors. Structural Group, Inc. offers a wide range of specialty repair and maintenance services and is the largest concrete repair contractor in the United States, with roughly 4,000 employees working from locations nationwide and in select international markets.

VSL Civil is expanding our Heavy Civil division that focuses on the construction of water/wastewater tanks, new bridges, and repair of existing bridges or special structures.

Please note - this role requires extensive travel (upwards of 70% of the year)!

About the Role:

As the country’s leading concrete repair contractor, Structural Group’s mission is to not only make structures stronger and last longer – it is also to provide a safe and enriching work experience for our people so they develop, have fun and grow with us.

Our Project Engineer Career Development (PECD) program is a cornerstone of our growth and development philosophy. With an emphasis on in-field learning and development, our Project Engineers can expect to master critical construction skills, including:

• Scheduling and production rate tracking
• Estimating
• Budget preparation and project cost control
• Safety management
• Quality control
• Business development and client relations
• Field resource management

The goal of our PECD program is to develop our people into company leaders. In order to accomplish that, the PECD program has been structured with a competency based approach along with an emphasis on individual mentorship. Our Project Engineers will build experience across multiple competencies before being promoted into the career path they desire – project management, estimating, construction management and more.

Our ideal Project Engineer candidate loves to solve problems, thrives in a collaborative team-based environment, has a strong time management system, hits deadlines, enjoys communicating with different types of people, organizes themselves well and is safety focused!

About the Team:

VSL Denver’s office is located in Wheat Ridge, CO and is primarily an in-office position. While our Project Engineers are mostly situated in Colorado, the branch has work spanning throughout the country. This role requires extensive project based travel!

Denver’s primary market is post-tensioning solutions, with an emphasis on strengthening and repairing water/wastewater tanks and heavy civil bridge work. For more information on VSL Denver, please refer to the team’s website page and social media: https://www.structuraltechnologies.com/vsl/

Minimum Qualifications:

• Ability and desire to travel and support long-term construction projects (70%+)
• Bachelor’s Degree is required. Preference for Construction Management, Civil Engineering or related field of study
• Cumulative grade point average of 2.8 or higher
• A minimum of one relevant internship experience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Exceptional documentation and organizational skills
• Aptitude for solving problems
• Reliable transportation from the office to job-sites

Benefits:

• PECD Program providing hands on development.
• Internal career flexibility.
• Continuing education reimbursement.
• Bonus structure dependent on performance.
• Cell-phone reimbursement
• 401(k) with a 6% company match, eligible upon hire.
• 15 Days of Vacation available upon hire.
• Wellness benefits; medical, dental, vision, short-term disability, long-term disability, critical illness, FSA, etc.

Structural Technologies is proud of a company culture that promotes 24/7 safety and quality.EOE/M/F/D/V