Field Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Description :

Job Title : Field Engineer

Reports to : General Superintendent

FLSA Status : Exempt

Pay : Starting at $55,000 / yr.

Summary of Responsibilities

The Field Engineer is responsible for all construction layout, collection of survey data, installation of control, and project as-built documentation. The field engineer ensures that all necessary features of work are laid out and installed correctly. The field engineer is also responsible for identifying and resolving field issues involving design, plan coordination, layout, and elevations prior to work. They must effectively communicate with all levels of personnel on the jobsite and at the home office.

Taking Charge

Durr TAKES CHARGE in constructing strong foundations to build upon. Our focus is to do it SAFE and to do it RIGHT the first time. Our vision is to make an IMPACT and to KICK ASS, INNOVATE, MAKE MONEY, HAVE FUN and REPEAT every day / all day. We hold every employee to this standard of “Taking Charge” and we expect this behavior to drive everything we do.

The Take Charge FIELD ENGINEER :

Does work right the first time - QUALITY

• Thoroughly understands entire contracted scope of work
• Attends and engages in pre-construction, progress, scheduling, and project / staff meetings
• Performs layout duties in such a manner that quality is of the utmost importance, understanding that work items will be installed in locations per the direction given
• Utilizes field engineering and layout hardware, software and technology (level, GPS, total station, Carlson, Leica, etc.) to its greatest and proper capabilities to ensure the most precise and accurate work can be performed and accomplished
• Performs quality control duties, checks previously installed work, identifies and documents work installed incorrectly and notifies supervisors, and holds team members accountable for doing the work correctly the first time and in compliance with all contract terms and conditions
• Ensures that all materials used are in accordance with project documents
• Maintains an organized, accurate and up-to-date set of all project drawings and as-builts; communicates with project team regarding project documentation, revisions and changes
• Ensures that a DOUBLE-CHECK is performed, by a separate surveyor, on all layout work before construction begins

Proactively plans work items to ensure ON-TIME completion

SAFETY – It’s not a slogan, it’s OUR CULTURE!

The DURR Way :

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities :

Education and / or Experience :

Physical Demands / Work Environment :

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing all day. The employee must frequently lift and / or move items over 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to a variety of extreme conditions at construction job sites. The noise level in the work environment and job sites can be loud. This position is performed in outside weather conditions.

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