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Engineering Technician II (Traveling)

Terracon · Louisiana, United States · 1 mo ago
ManagementFull-time
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for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to parse the posting. First, we need to decide sections: The posting includes "General Responsibilities" paragraph, then "Essential Roles And Responsibilities" bullet list (though not bullet but sentences). Then "Requirements" list. Then "Required Qualifications". Then "Preferred Qualifications". Also maybe "Skills" could be derived from responsibilities? But we should only create sections if there is real specific content. We have content for Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications (both required and preferred). Could combine required and preferred under Qualifications? The instruction: Use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can have sections: About the role (intro paragraph), Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications. Possibly Skills could be derived but we have no explicit skills list; we could embed skills within responsibilities or qualifications. Better not to create Skills if no explicit content. We must not repeat job title. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. The posting includes no explicit Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we should not create those sections. We need to preserve all substantive information. So we need to include the intro paragraph about traveling, etc. Also the responsibilities list (both general and essential). We need to format as
  • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we need to turn responsibilities into list items. The responsibilities are sentences; we can split each sentence into a list item. Ensure we keep all info. Similarly requirements list: bullet points? The requirements paragraph includes multiple sentences; we can turn each into list item. Qualifications: Required Qualifications list (bullet-like sentences) and Preferred Qualifications list. We need to avoid duplication: The posting repeats some content: "General Responsibilities" and "Essential Roles And Responsibilities" overlap; we need to preserve all substantive info but avoid duplication? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." It doesn't say to deduplicate, but we should not repeat duplicated lines. It says "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." So we should remove duplicated lines. The duplicated lines appear: The responsibilities section includes similar sentences as essential roles. We need to identify duplicates and keep only one instance. Let's extract the text. Posting: General Responsibilities Would you like to explore more while taking your career to the next level? Join our Traveling Construction Materials Technician team, where you can embark on new opportunities, develop professionally, and contribute to thrilling projects nationwide. This position involves 100% travel throughout Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana and Georgia with possible travel to other states as well. In this position, you will travel 100% of the time to work on multiple high-profile projects such as transportation, commercial buildings, wind farms, and more in many geographical areas. This is an opportunity for someone who enjoys traveling, working on various high-profile projects, and who is looking to take their construction material testing career to the next level. Perform field testing, observation, and inspection of construction materials (e.g. soils, aggregates, concrete, asphalt, and steel). Communicate with project manager, engineering technicians, client representative, contractor’s representative and others as applicable regarding the construction site, project requirements, and testing, observation, and inspection requirements and results. Transport material samples with associated identifying documentation to the laboratory for further testing and analysis. Tabulate, prepare, and submit data and observation in the form of written and digital reports as work is performed for daily transmittal to the Terracon Project Manager. Maintain and clean equipment, vehicles and work areas. May assist with scheduling and dispatch of Technicians to project sites. Adhere to strict safety standards. Essential Roles And Responsibilities Performs testing, observation, and inspection as directed in accordance with training and the specified procedures.Provides clear documentation of findings and results.Performs basic analysis of data to verify accuracy before communication and submittal to the Project Manager.Communicates information to Project Manager and other personnel as directed by the PM.Assists higher level technicians on complex tasks.Maintains assigned equipment and related calibration.Follows safety rules and practices and other safety requirements for all projects. Performs pre-task planning prior to executing work. Report any safety issues or concerns to management.Be responsible for maintaining quality standards on all projects.Proven ability to work independently with limited supervision, exercising sound judgment, accountability, and initiative while consistently meeting quality and productivity expectations.Equally effective in collaborative team environments, integrating into new teams, contributing constructively to shared objectives and working across a variety of geographic locations and work environments to achieve project goals.Ability to adapt to changing project environments, jobsite conditions, and diverse team structures.Strong safety mindset with the ability to proactively identify site-specific hazards, assess changing field conditions, follow established safety procedures, and take appropriate action to mitigate risk.Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to quickly build productive working relationships with peers, supervisors, clients, and field personnel while fostering a strong culture of safety and collaboration. Requirements High school diploma or equivalent.Minimum 1-2 years of relevant experience or the equivalent in training and related experience.Experience with laptop computer use and Microsoft Word and ExcelWillingness to travel up to 100% and for extended periods of time without the ability to travel home.Flexibility to work varying schedules, including overtime, weekends, and extended shifts as project demands require.A valid driver’s license with acceptable violation history may be required. Required Qualifications ACI certification in one or more of the following areas:Concrete Field Testing Technician Grade IConcrete Strength Testing TechnicianCertified in radiation safety and Nuclear Density Gauge operation.Successful completion of related internal safety certifications. Preferred Qualifications Certifications in one or more of the following areas: NICET Level II certification in Construction Materials Testing in one or more of the following categories: Asphalt, Concrete, Soils.ICC certification in one or more of the following categories: Reinforced Concrete, Spray-applied Fireproofing, Structural Masonry, Prestressed/Post-Tensioned Concrete, Structural Steel – Bolting, Structural Steel – Welding.American Welding Society (AWS) Certified Associate Welding Inspector (CAWI)American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) Level II certification in more than one of the following areas: Visual Testing (VT), Magnetic Particle Testing (MT), Dye Penetrant Testing (PT), Radiographic Testing (RT), Ultrasonic Testing (UT).Other national, regional, state, and local Materials related certifications requiring experience and written examination will also be considered if deemed appropriate by the Terracon Department Manager. We need to remove duplicated lines. Let's compare responsibilities vs essential roles. General Responsibilities includes sentences: - Perform field testing, observation, and inspection of construction materials (e.g. soils, aggregates, concrete, asphalt, and steel). - Communicate with project manager, engineering technicians, client representative, contractor’s representative and others as applicable regarding the construction site, project requirements, and testing, observation, and inspection requirements and results. - Transport material samples with associated identifying documentation to the laboratory for further testing and analysis. - Tabulate, prepare, and submit data and observation in the form of written and digital reports as work is performed for daily transmittal to the Terracon Project Manager. - Maintain and clean equipment, vehicles and work areas. - May assist with scheduling and dispatch of Technicians to project sites. - Adhere to strict safety standards. Essential Roles And Responsibilities includes many more detailed items, some overlapping: "Performs testing, observation, and inspection as directed in accordance with training and the specified procedures." similar to first. "Provides clear documentation of findings and results." similar to communicate? Not exactly. "Performs basic analysis of data to verify accuracy before communication and submittal to the Project Manager." similar to tabulate etc. "Communicates information to Project Manager and other personnel as directed by the PM." similar to communicate. "Assists higher level technicians on complex tasks." similar to may assist scheduling? Not same. "Maintains assigned equipment and related calibration." similar to maintain equipment. "Follows safety rules and practices and other safety requirements for all projects." similar to adhere to strict safety standards. "Performs pre-task planning prior to executing work." new. "Report any safety issues or concerns to management." new. "Be responsible for maintaining quality standards on all projects." new. Then a bunch of soft skills: proven ability to work independently..., equally effective..., ability to adapt..., strong safety mindset..., exceptional interpersonal and communication skills... Thus many items are not duplicates; we should keep both sections? But we can combine into one Responsibilities section with all unique items. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we can have one Responsibilities section containing all duties (both sets) without duplication. We need to extract unique duties from both paragraphs. Let's list all duty sentences from General Responsibilities (GR): 1. Perform field testing, observation, and inspection of construction materials (e.g. soils, aggregates, concrete, asphalt, and steel). 2. Communicate with project manager, engineering technicians, client representative, contractor’s representative and others as applicable regarding the construction site, project requirements, and testing, observation, and inspection requirements and results. 3. Transport material samples with associated identifying documentation to the laboratory for further testing and analysis. 4. Tabulate, prepare, and submit data and observation in the form of written and digital reports as work is performed for daily transmittal to the Terracon Project Manager. 5. Maintain and clean equipment, vehicles and work areas. 6. May assist with scheduling and dispatch of Technicians to project sites. 7. Adhere to strict safety standards. Now Essential Roles And Responsibilities (ER) sentences (split by periods, but note some lack spaces after periods; we need to parse): - Performs testing, observation, and inspection as directed in accordance with training and the specified procedures. - Provides clear documentation of findings and results. - Performs basic analysis of data to verify accuracy before communication and submittal to the Project Manager. - Communicates information to Project Manager and other personnel as directed by the PM. - Assists higher level technicians on complex tasks. - Maintains assigned equipment and related calibration. - Follows safety rules and practices and other safety requirements for all projects. - Performs pre-task planning prior to executing work. - Report any safety issues or concerns to management. - Be responsible for maintaining quality standards on all projects. - Proven ability to work independently with limited supervision, exercising sound judgment, accountability, and initiative while consistently meeting quality and productivity expectations. - Equally effective in collaborative team environments, integrating into new teams, contributing constructively to shared objectives and working across a variety of geographic locations and work environments to achieve project goals. - Ability to adapt to changing project environments, jobsite conditions, and diverse team structures. - Strong safety mindset with the ability to proactively identify site-specific hazards, assess changing field conditions, follow established safety procedures, and take appropriate action to mitigate risk. - Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to quickly build productive working relationships with peers, supervisors, clients, and field personnel while fostering a strong culture of safety and collaboration. Now we need to deduplicate overlapping items. Overlap candidates: GR1 vs ER1: both about performing testing/observation/inspection. GR1: "Perform field testing, observation, and inspection of construction materials (e.g. soils, aggregates, concrete, asphalt, and steel)." ER1: "Performs testing, observation, and inspection as directed in accordance with training and the specified procedures." They are similar but not identical; GR1 specifies field testing of materials; ER1 is more general. Both are substantive; we could keep both as they add nuance. However they might be considered duplicated lines? The instruction says remove duplicated lines. These are not exact duplicates; they are similar but not identical. Likely we keep both. GR2 vs ER4: Communicate with project manager... vs Communicates information to Project Manager

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