Field Engineer

Field Engineer I

Phoenix Industrial, Inc., a MasTec Company

About the Role

The Field Engineer I will oversee and execute project controls and management for a single discipline. This role is responsible for specific project areas, including direct support to a Craft Superintendent, quantity collection, scheduling, contract administration, project planning, procurement, and project reporting. It requires interfacing with clients, engineering/design teams, subcontractors, distributors, vendors, and communicating project status with project management.

Key Responsibilities

• Supports a crew of up to 30 people for short periods if needed.
• Learns and implements financial principles to quantify project costs and benefits, and tracks against budgets.
• Represents MIC professionally in all client interactions.
• Assists in providing contract-required reports (weekly, monthly, schedule) to the client.
• Understands and follows MIC’s Corporate Safety Plan and site-specific safety plans.
• Assists in distributing and interpreting drawings and specifications for field crews and craft supervision.
• Performs quantity calculations by taking measurements and determining the 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 that all inspections and quality documentation are completed on time and assembled for final turnover.
• Assists in compiling, processing, and confirming daily labor timesheets.
• Compiles and distributes weekly the Average Labor Rate to 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 and schedules material deliveries and develops procurement status reports.
• 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 in gathering and preparing data for submittal or transmittal to customers, vendors, subcontractors, governmental agencies, and internal use.
• Assists in the preparation of purchase orders and subcontracts, and prepares material buyout takeoffs from issued for construction drawings.
• Provides field support and supervises subcontractor operations.
• Assists in maintaining 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 for review 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

• Undergraduate degree in civil engineering, construction management, or related field.
• Knowledge of MIC Health and Safety programs and project-specific regulations.
• 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 a demonstrated passion for excellence and 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 safety.
• 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).

Qualifications

• 0-3 years of relevant work experience.
• Actively participate in daily toolbox meetings with crews and subcontractors when on-site.
• Set a personal example of safe behavior.
• Physical Demands:
• Work up to a 12-hour shift 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 weighing up to 50 pounds; and stoop, kneel, balance, crouch, crawl, and climb.
• Stamina to perform repetitive tasks for several hour intervals.
• Ability to work in uncontrolled environmental conditions (e.g., extreme temperatures, dirt, dust, fumes, smoke, unpleasant odors, loud noises).
• Ability to wear personal protective equipment (safety toed shoes, gloves, safety glasses, hearing protection, hardhat, vest, etc.).
• Move in and around confined, cluttered, and uneven areas.
• Ability to work at heights and abide by all safety and fall-protection requirements; wear and utilize all 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 (either naturally or with correction).
• Hear well (either naturally or with correction).
• Coordinate the use of eyes, hands, and feet.
• Full-Time position scheduled to work typically 50 hours per week, 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.