Assistant Engineer

About the Role

Manage, evaluate and assess information necessary to construct the project on time, within budget and to the quality specified by the contract documents for the assigned areas. Has supervisory responsibility for Engineering Assistants, Plan Clerks and Interns. The Assistant Engineer is responsible for building parts of the project “on paper.”

Responsibilities

• Act as liaison with architects, subcontractors, consultants, suppliers, inspectors, other Turner job staff, and owner's representatives in resolving issues related to plans and specifications.
• Maintain general knowledge of all general contract and subcontract documents, as well as the job estimate.
• Oversee and make decisions related to contract drawings and subcontract information.
• Ensure that all drawings and specifications properly relate to the estimate.
• Manage the project budget.
• Manage submittals and shop drawings.
• Assess conformance to contract specifications and resolve any conflicts in interpretation.
• Negotiate change orders.
• Manage information on changes in the work; prepare independent analysis; obtain and check estimates for changes from subcontractors; obtain approval from the architect and owner; and resolve any conflicts.
• Oversee the close-out process, including preparing final records such as RFIs, close-out records, warranties, as-builts, operation and maintenance manuals, attic stock, and spare parts, ensuring compliance with contract documents.
• Supervise Engineering Assistants, Plan Clerks, and Interns, including providing input on performance appraisals.
• Prepare scope of work documents for trades.
• Develop reports such as General Conditions Items, labor, safety, change order logs, and quality control.
• Schedule and manage subcontractor trade coordination meetings, preconstruction meetings, and submittal review meetings.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree plus a minimum of two years' related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience.
• Proven written and verbal communication abilities; proficiency with computer applications, including Microsoft Office suite.
• Experience utilizing leading-edge technologies such as BIM and LEAN.
• Ability to read, understand, and interpret contract documents, drawings, specifications, scopes of work, and project schedules.
• Demonstrated leadership and interpersonal skills.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Occasionally required to climb permanent and temporary stairs, use construction personnel hoists, climb ladders, and negotiate work areas under construction.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Perform duties requiring use of hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; sit, talk, and hear (bells, whistles, etc.); stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 lbs.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee works on-site at the construction worksite where they are regularly exposed to:

• Moving mechanical parts
• High precarious places
• Fumes or airborne particles
• Outside weather conditions
• Risk of electrical shock
• Moderate to very loud noise levels