FIELD ENGINEER (HEAVY CIVIL CONSTRUCTION)

About the Role

Branch is searching for a Field Engineer to join our well-established, growing company. The Field Engineer provides surveying services to company supervision and crafts to ensure construction work complies with design drawing locations.

Responsibilities

• Reviews plans and computes for superintendent and his organization any information required to make progress with the work.
• Measures and accurately computes quantities of work complete and records those quantities in a daily record using engineering notation and location descriptions that can easily be identified in the project plans and specifications.
• Administer/manage/schedule all surveyors (including subcontracted) assigned to the project.
• Organizes and supervises project survey work.
• Responsible for the layout (vertical and horizontal) control work using all survey equipment.
• Compares in-place work against drawings and specifications to assure overall accuracy as needed.
• Stakes accurately and completely before work begins.
• Performs minor surveying (replacing disturbed/missing stakes, normal construction layout, etc.).
• Enforces and adheres to all company safety policies.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalency.
• 2 years of technical and/or surveying experience.
• 1 year of prior construction surveying experience.
• Effective and efficient decision-maker.
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced/excellent trigonometric/geometric skills.
• High school level language and speaking skills.

Skills

• Decision Making/Judgment
• Problem Solving/Analysis
• Communicating Effectively
• Work Environment/Safety
• Using Math

Work Environment

The employee will need to be able to travel to and from the work office and project site.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use their hands and fingers to handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to stand, talk, and hear. The employee will sometimes need to walk, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, taste, and smell. The employee must be able to lift or move up to 75lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, midrange vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Schedule

This is a full-time position which typically requires 40 hours per week.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.