Field Engineer

About the Role

The Field Engineer I role will oversee and execute the project controls and management of a single discipline. The role requires interfacing with all areas affected by the project including the client(s), engineering/design, subcontractors, distributors, vendors, and the ongoing strategic communication with project management regarding the status of the project.

Key Responsibilities

• Supports a crew of up to 30 people for short periods if needed.
• Learns and implements financial principles to quantify costs and benefits of projects, and to track against budgets.
• Represents MasTec Industrial (MIC) in a professional manner in all client interaction activities.
• Assists in providing the client with contract required reports (weekly, monthly, schedule).
• Understands and follows MIC’s Corporate Safety Plan and site-specific safety plan.
• Assists in distribution and interpretation of drawings and specifications for field crews and craft supervision.
• Performs quantity calculations by taking measurements and determining percentage of completed/installed materials and work.
• Assists in the preparation of work plans and work packages.
• Provides support to ensure the site quality plan is communicated and all inspections and quality documentation is being completed on time and assembled for final turn over.
• Assists in compiling, processing, and confirming daily labor timesheets.
• Compiles and distributes weekly the Average Labor Rate to the front-line supervision.
• Assists in the preparation of Job Safety Analysis (JSA’s).
• Participates in jobsite safety reviews, toolbox meetings, mass safety meetings, and safety training.
• Orders, schedules material deliveries and develops procurement status report.
• Plans, schedules, and coordinates work groups on the jobsite.
• Supervises field operations.
• Performs material takeoffs from drawings, specifications, and other contract documents.
• Performs basic engineering calculations and technical drafting to support field operations.
• Assists Engineers to gather and prepare data for submittal or transmittal to the customer, vendors, subcontractors, governmental agencies, and internal use.
• Assists in preparation of purchase orders and subcontracts, prepares material buyout take offs from issued for construction drawings.
• Provides field support and supervises subcontractor operations.
• Assists in the maintenance of basic project recordkeeping and correspondence functions including daily reports, photographs, requests for information (RFIs), submittals, transmittals, memorandums, and other correspondence.
• Assists in the development and distribution of productivity tracking including Average labor rate, indirect scheduling, equipment schedule and log, risk and opportunity log, etc.
• Assists in generating change orders and as-built data to be reviewed by the Project Manager.
• Supports the MIC planning process through the master schedule, 6-week, 3-week, 1-week, and manpower curves.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Be knowledgeable of MIC Health and Safety programs and project specific regulations.
• When on-site, actively participate in daily toolbox meetings with crews and subcontractors.
• 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 environment.
• Highly motivated, with a 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 the ability to help ensure that nobody gets hurt.
• Team player with the ability to work independently to meet deadlines, goals, and objectives.
• Willing to travel extensively and relocate to the next project location for an extended period (typically 6-12 months).
• Other duties may be assigned.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in civil engineering, construction management, or related work experience of 0-3 years.

Physical Demands

• Work up to a 12-hour shift doing hard physical work in varying temperatures and outside conditions.
• May need to maintain physical strength and stamina; Use arms, hands, and legs fully; Push, pull, and frequently lift and carry objects weighing up to 50 pounds; and stoop, kneel, balance, crouch, crawl, and climb to perform job tasks.
• Stamina to perform this task repetitively and continuously for several hour intervals.
• Uncontrolled environmental conditions: Constant change in weather and site conditions.
• This work environment may involve moderate exposure to unusual elements, such as extreme temperatures, dirt, dust, fumes, smoke, unpleasant odors and/or loud noises.
• Ability to wear personal protective equipment is required (including but not limited to- safety toed shoes, gloves, safety glasses, hearing protection, hardhat, vest, etc.).
• Move in and around confined, cluttered, and uneven areas.
• May need to work at heights and must be able to abide by all safety and fall-protection requirements; must be able to wear and utilize all safety equipment required for work at heights.
• Evaluate information based on measurable standards; and see details in objects or drawings and recognize slight differences in shapes and shadings.
• Visualize objects in three dimensions from drawings.
• Keep good balance and work at heights.
• See well (either naturally or with correction).
• Hear well (either naturally or with correction.)
• Coordinate the use of eyes, hands, and feet.

Hours

• This position is a Full-Time position scheduled to work typically 50 hours per week.
• Schedule is subject to project requirements.

Travel

• Travel required up to 90%.
• Position requires presence directly on the Project Site location with intermittent travel to residence of record.