Field Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Safety:
• Perform accurate construction activity tracking while maintaining safety and quality requirements.
• Lead by example to show that safety is the most important function.
• Reinforce safe behaviors and correct unsafe actions.
• Ensure Job Hazard Analysis (JHAs) are completed daily.
• Conduct safety walks regularly.
• Participate in morning and All-Hands meetings with project personnel.
• Follow safety and security procedures and determine appropriate action.
• Report potentially unsafe conditions and use materials and equipment properly.
• Ensure the most important function is safety and follow safe practices while working.
• Eliminate "at risk" behaviors.
• Adhere to and understand standard operating procedures.
• Receive job- and task-specific training prior to work commencing.
• Follow technical, quality, and safety systems in place and determine appropriate action.
• Quality:
• Support the development of project-specific standard work instructions.
• Verify field installation is per engineered IFC and manufacturer specifications.
• Prepare and support closeout documentation, job books, and lessons learned.
• Support Continuous Improvement through feedback and review of Nonconformances and Lessons Learned on a project.
• Environmental:
• Review environmental plans and permits for compliance.
• Assist with permitting and conduct environmental inspections.
• Ensure adherence to all permit conditions on-site.
• Planning:
• Review and understand the schedule and budget constraints of the project.
• Support 3-week lookaheads and resource tracking.
• Support resolution of field-level technical issues.
• Coordinate with appropriate individuals to create preparatory meeting templates to support project planning and task direction.
• Coordinate timely procurement of labor, equipment, and materials.
• Operations:
• Support superintendents with daily tracking of time and production quantities.
• Complete Plan of Day (POD) reports in a timely, accurate, and consistent manner.
• Track progress versus the baseline schedule.
• Maintain updated Foreman Handbooks with current documents.
• Create and compile shake-out maps to assist material staging on-site.
• Perform material receiving, inventory, and management activities to support production.
• Client Relationship and Contract Management:
• Understand and adhere to client’s expectations.
• Professionally communicate to strengthen and continually maintain client relationships.
• Present, support, and lead by example with a safety and quality-oriented attitude.
• Collaborate effectively with peers and supervisors.
• Operate company-assigned vehicle in a safe manner in all types of road and weather conditions.
• Utilize, and ensure utilization of, the Safety Management System (SMS), the Quality Management System (QMS), and the Environmental Management System (EMS) throughout a project’s lifecycle.
• Attend work regularly and punctually, as scheduled or expected.
• Comply with Employee Handbook, Code of Conduct and Company Policies & Procedures.
• Be adaptable and capable of covering multiple scopes as required.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Safety: Construction site safety and OSHA requirements.
• Technical Skills:
• Reading prints and drawings and taking off quantities.
• Interpretation and understanding of Contract documents including scopes of work (SOW), schedule of value (SOVs) and budgets.
• Interpretation and understanding of project schedules.
• Vendor and materials management.
• Software: Use of computer software, including Heavy Job, Bluebeam, Procore, Microsoft Office suite, and other proprietary systems.
• Functional Competencies: Accountability, communication, responsibility/stewardship, teamwork, prioritization, and self-knowledge & self-learning.

Qualifications

• Education:
• High School Diploma/GED Required.
• Bachelor’s degree in civil, electrical, or mechanical engineering or construction management (or equivalent) or 2 years equivalent and relevant work experience, required.
• Experience:
• 1 + year of experience in BESS, Substation, Transmission, and/or renewable energy EPC contract experience, preferred.
• Certifications/Licenses:
• Valid Driver’s License required.
• Travel:
• Ability to travel 76-100% of the time domestically required.

Physical Requirements and Environment

• Rarely: Climbing, Pinching, Stooping.
• Occasionally: Carrying (31-50lbs), Crouching, Grasping, Gripping, Handling, Kneeling, Pulling (31-50lbs), Pushing (31-50lbs), Lifting (31-50lbs), Reaching.
• Frequently: Repetitive Motion, Standing, Walking.
• Constantly: Reading, Hearing, Vision, Sitting.
• Environmental Exposure:
• Occasionally exposed to hazards in the working environment.
• Frequently exposed to extreme cold, extreme heat, humidity, wet, hazards in the working environment.
• Rarely exposed to vibration.