Engineer Jobs in Houston, TX

Who We Are :

For over thirty years, SAM has built a reputation as a trusted, knowledgeable, and innovative partner. Our licensed professionals transform petabytes of complex spatial data into intelligent insights in a holistic Managed Geospatial Services (MGS) framework. As North America's premiere MGS company, SAM provides practical, precise, and high-fidelity solutions designed to enhance decision-making, mitigate risks, achieve strategic objectives, and drive costs out of our client's business. Our vision is to advance spatial data acquisition, improve analysis capabilities, and develop predictive analytics to redefine and transform how infrastructure assets are developed and managed throughout their lifecycles.

Your Impact at SAM :

The Field Engineer reports to the Project Engineer or the Project Manager and serves as primary point of contract for construction contractor and client field representatives managing contract administration and construction engineering and inspection (CEI) operations of highway and / or bridge construction projects per DOT contract documents, procedures, specifications and manuals. The Field Engineer provides recommendations to client regarding work progress and payment and provides oversight and review of SiteManager activities to ensure compliance with contract. This role requires contact with client, typically a governmental agency and private entities including construction contractors.

• Review, and interpret plans, specifications, and other construction documents for clarity, completeness, construction sequence and constructability
• Foster continuous coordination between all stakeholders
• Assist the CEI Project Manager in organizing and conducting the pre-construction meetings
• Coordinate with Project Manager to monitor CEI budget. Take corrective action as required to manage both staffing and schedule
• Monitor and track construction activities and progress
• Track construction, including material on hand. Review daily work reports of Inspection Staff for thoroughness and accuracy
• Evaluate and make recommendations regarding contractors request for payment
• With concurrence of the project manager, administer the change order process; review requests for schedule or cost adjustment and negotiate changes to the contract; prepare change order documents for approval
• Plan, schedule and coordinate construction inspection activities and material testing operations
• Meet with contractor's supervisors or other project leaders on assigned project sites to discuss and coordinate testing, sampling, or inspection of construction materials or construction procedures to verify compliance with the approved plans, specifications and shop / working drawings
• Provide guidance and direction as needed to the on-site CEI project staff
• Oversee project document control operations to ensure the compliance with the contractual document requirements and TxDOT procedures
• Support Project Manager during the project close out phase
• Maintain effective client relationships and leverage project experience to win work
• Assist with the coordination, development and production of proposals, SOQs and presentations, ensuring the highest quality of information and documentation output
• Review implementation of established procedures and implement preventive and corrective actions

What You Bring to SAM :

Our Perks :

Our Culture

Our entrepreneurial culture is a key factor in SAM being recognized as a Top Workplace for twelve consecutive years, and we make it our mission to ensure every one of our employees learns how to build and manage a business, not just be the subject matter expert on the team. At SAM, our employees development is instrumental to our success. Your learning will be supported by specialized in-house training programs and mentoring by the industrys leading experts, who just happen to be on our staff! We make SAM a GREAT place to work, but it all starts with YOU!

SAM is an EOE / Affirmative Action Employer M / F / D / V. SAM also participates in the federal E-Verify Program.