Engineer (Structural Steel)

Division: New York Main • Location: New York, NY 10001 • Job Type: Regular, Full-Time, Exempt

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. The Engineer is responsible for building the overall project “on paper” and has supervisory responsibility for Assistant Engineers, Engineering Assistants, and Interns.

Responsibilities

• Act as liaison with Architects, Subcontractors, Consultants, Suppliers, Inspectors, Turner job staff, and Owner’s Representatives to resolve issues related to plans and specifications.
• Oversee and make decisions related to contract drawings and subcontract information, ensuring alignment with the estimate.
• Manage the project budget, submittals, and shop drawings; assess conformance to contract specifications and resolve conflicts in interpretation.
• Negotiate Change Orders, including preparing independent analyses, obtaining and verifying subcontractor estimates, securing Architect and Owner approval, and resolving conflicts.
• Oversee the close-out process, including preparing final records such as RFIs, close-out documents, warranties, as-builts, O&M manuals, attic stock, and spare parts.
• Supervise Assistant Engineers, Engineering Assistants, Plan Clerks, and Interns, including providing input on performance appraisals.
• Prepare Scope of Work documents for trades and 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 four 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 with leading-edge technologies such as Building Information Modeling (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

• Regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear; and taste or smell.
• Frequently required to stand and walk.
• Occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, or crouch.
• Must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• Sometimes exposed to moving mechanical parts and occasionally exposed to airborne particles or caustic chemicals.
• Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to very loud.
• Position is based in a Turner office or project location; not remote or hybrid.

Pay

The salary range for this position is $153,000 – $196,000 annualized, representing the company’s good-faith and reasonable estimate at the time of posting.

Benefits

• Flexible benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Financial benefits such as a 401(k) plan, Health Savings Account (HSA), and Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
• Wellness benefits, voluntary legal plan, identity theft protection, life insurance, and short-term and long-term disability coverage.