FIELD/PROJECT ENGINEER

Qualifications and Essential Skills

• Professional:
  • Learning basic project management fundamentals and exhibiting potential leadership skills
  • Ability and experience to organize and manage multiple priorities and tasks
  • Demonstrate critical thinking and decision-making abilities
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills to maintain effective relationships with owners, engineers, subcontractors, and personnel within Reed & Reed
  • Capable to manage 1 to 3 subordinates
  • Strong analytical ability
• Technical:
  • Broad and growing knowledge of construction methods, materials, self-perform work, and project quality control
  • Ability to assist in estimating and bidding duties under supervision
  • With input able to prepare construction schedules using Primavera or similar software
  • Gaining experience with Timberline software for project management activities
  • Capable of assisting in preconstruction efforts including scope reviews, price and contract negotiations, value engineering, etc.
  • Displays ability to review plans and specifications for good understanding
  • Developing basic knowledge of risk management issues relating to labor, resources, schedule, procurement, site conditions, safety, and contracts
• Experience:
  • 3 - 5 years of progressive construction related experience on projects with demonstrated success
  • Some managerial experience
  • Associate or bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field

Responsibilities

• Project Management:
  • Aid in reviewing project proposals or plans to determine timeframe and resources required
  • Aid in establishing safety, quality, schedule, cost and owner relationship goals
  • Maintain positive relationships within the owner, engineering, and subcontractor firms
  • Aid in maintaining communication flow between owner, engineer, and subcontractors
  • Aid in developing baseline project schedules
  • Involvement in preconstruction activities such as estimating, purchase orders, subcontracts, schedules, and project pre-planning
  • Aid in preparing bid estimates as required
  • Aid in attending and participating in coordination meetings, updating schedule, and addressing project issues
  • Aid in monitoring and reporting project cost and schedule performance
  • Some knowledge of the owner contract, subcontract documents, and scope of work
  • Aid in ensuring quality control program is in place and being implemented
  • Understand and ensure that Reed & Reed’s company policies are adhered to at all times
  • Aid in documenting best practices to share with other projects
  • Aid in performing document controls such as RFI’s, submittals, change requests, billings, project meeting minutes, and closeout documentation
  • Aid in preparing, keeping, and distributing project meeting minutes
• Personnel:
  • Foster team camaraderie
  • Mentor Office and Field Engineers
  • Support skills development of key staff members through training and performance appraisals
  • Support and communicate the Company’s vision, values and goals to project staff
• Subcontractors:
  • Aid in scope reviews, bid tabulations, and change orders
  • Aid in identifying and resolving potential issues and claims with subcontractors/suppliers
• Safety:
  • Exposure to the project-specific safety plan process
  • Aid in ensuring jobs have safe working conditions and that safe work practices are in place