Field Engineer

About the role

The Field Engineer will oversee and execute the project controls and management of multiple disciplines. Main functions include responsibility for a specific area of the project such as direct support to a Craft Superintendent, quantity collection, scheduling, contract administration, project planning and scheduling, procurement, and project reporting. The role requires interfacing with all areas affected by the project including the client(s), engineering/design, subcontractors, distributors, vendors, and ongoing strategic communication with project management regarding project status.

Location & Travel: Based in any city or state in the U.S. This is a traveling, project-based position up to 100% of the time, with potential placement on a project site in any state. Typical project duration is 8–18 months. Designated per diem is offered in addition to base salary to cover living expenses. Position is eligible for mobilization support (may include mileage reimbursement) and includes one longer weekend every four weeks for additional time at home.

Company Overview: MasTec Industrial, along with sister companies Casey Industrial and Phoenix Industrial, has served the power industry since 1947. Ranked by ENR as the #1 Power Contractor, the company specializes in natural gas, oil, biomass, and waste-to-energy projects, with over 30 years of experience in utility and industrial systems including simple and combined cycle plants and reciprocating engines. MasTec Industrial is part of the MasTec Clean Energy & Infrastructure (CE&I) segment, which generates over $4 billion in annual revenue across industrial, renewables, and infrastructure sectors. MasTec is a minority-owned Fortune 500 company with over 35,000 employees and 400 offices nationwide.

Responsibilities

• Represent the company professionally in all client interactions
• Provide client with contract-required reports (weekly, monthly, schedule)
• Understand and follow Corporate Safety Plan and site-specific safety plan
• Perform quantity calculations by taking measurements and determining percentage of completed/installed materials and work
• Develop a process for creation and review of work plans and work packages
• Support site quality plan communication and ensure inspections and quality documentation are completed on time and assembled for final turnover
• Manage compilation, processing, and customer approval of daily labor timesheets
• Compile and distribute weekly Average Labor Rate to front-line supervision
• Train craft and staff employees on Job Safety Analysis (JSA) completion
• Participate in or lead jobsite safety reviews, toolbox meetings, mass safety meetings, and safety training
• Order, schedule material deliveries and develop procurement status reports
• Plan, schedule, and coordinate work groups on the jobsite
• Perform material takeoffs from drawings, specifications, and other contract documents
• Perform basic engineering calculations and technical drafting to support field operations
• Assist engineers in gathering and preparing data for submittal or transmittal to customers, vendors, subcontractors, governmental agencies, and internal use
• Prepare field-issued purchase orders and subcontracts; prepare material buyout takeoffs from issued-for-construction drawings
• Direct home office procurement and subcontract administration functions
• Provide field support and supervise subcontractor operations
• Manage all project recordkeeping and correspondence including daily reports, photographs, RFIs, submittals, transmittals, memorandums, and other contract-required correspondence
• Create and monitor project controls: productivity tracking (Average Labor Rate), indirect scheduling, equipment schedule and log, risk and opportunity log
• Create and maintain master project schedule
• Generate change orders and as-built data for Project Manager review
• Drive planning process through master schedule, 6-week, 3-week, 1-week, and manpower curves
• Administer Accounting/Job Costs/Work in Progress (WIP) updates; learn and assist Project Manager with these activities
• Lead budgeting process: convert Estimate to Standard Phase codes
• Alert Project Manager and Home Office of trends regarding labor, material, subcontractor, and equipment costs
• Accurately manage cost forecasting for entire project (labor, materials, subcontractors, equipment)
• Establish cashflow forecast and curve to ensure positive cashflow
• Act as primary company representative in absence of or as directed by Project Manager or Project Engineer
• Know provisions, terms, and scope of the Prime contract
• Develop and prepare Schedule of Values and all customer invoices
• Supervisory: Support a crew of up to 50 people for short periods if needed
• Supervisory: Lead 1–2 Field Engineers
• Supervisory: Oversee and manage a portion of field office staff (engineers, office manager, document control, schedulers, procurement, warehouse, and other support personnel)

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, or related field
• Three (3) to five (5) years' experience as a Field Engineer or similar role
• Industrial experience preferred
• Knowledge of MIC Health and Safety programs and project-specific regulations
• Active participation in daily toolbox meetings with crews and subcontractors when on-site
• Set a personal example of safe behavior
• Ability to read, analyze, and identify discrepancies on engineering plans, specifications, and contract documents
• Ability to freely access all points of a construction site in wide-ranging climates and environments
• Highly motivated with demonstrated passion for excellence and taking initiative
• Strong work ethic, willing to do what it takes to get the job done right the first time
• Demonstrated commitment to ethics and integrity
• Passion for safety with ability to help ensure nobody gets hurt
• Team player with ability to work independently to meet deadlines, goals, and objectives
• Willing to travel extensively and relocate to next project location for extended periods (typically 6–12 months)
• Maintain in-depth relations with all team members and supervisor

Physical Demands

• Work up to 12-hour shifts doing hard physical work in varying temperatures and outside conditions
• Maintain physical strength and stamina; use arms, hands, and legs fully; push, pull, and frequently lift and carry objects up to 50 pounds; stoop, kneel, balance, crouch, crawl, and climb
• Stamina to perform tasks repetitively and continuously for several-hour intervals
• Uncontrolled environmental conditions: constant change in weather and site conditions
• Moderate exposure to extreme temperatures, dirt, dust, fumes, smoke, unpleasant odors, and/or loud noises
• Ability to wear personal protective equipment required (safety-toed shoes, gloves, safety glasses, hearing protection, hardhat, vest, etc.)
• Move in and around confined, cluttered, and uneven areas
• Work at heights and abide by all safety and fall-protection requirements; wear and utilize all required safety equipment for work at heights
• Evaluate information based on measurable standards; see details in objects or drawings and recognize slight differences in shapes and shadings
• Visualize objects in three dimensions from drawings
• Maintain good balance and work at heights
• See well (naturally or with correction)
• Hear well (naturally or with correction)
• Coordinate use of eyes, hands, and feet

Schedule

• Full-time position, typically 50 hours per week
• Schedule subject to project requirements
• Travel required up to 90%
• Position requires presence directly on the Project Site location with intermittent travel to residence of record

Pay & Benefits

Competitive pay: $70,000 – $11