VEIT · 1 month ago
Traveling Field Engineer - Mission Critical Projects
New Berlin, WI
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
1+ years expVeit is one of the country’s leading specialty contractors, with over 96 years of experience in the construction industry. The Traveling Field Engineer is responsible for managing field logistics and ensuring mission critical projects comply with engineering standards, while providing support to project managers and overseeing job logistics.
Building MaterialReal Estate
Responsibilities
Manages plan grid and heavy job for project work accuracy, monitor projects costs to stay within budget
Prepares, reviews, and approves supplier purchase orders
Understands the owner contract and subcontract documents to understand the inclusions/exclusions for the purpose of invoice payment
Validates, reconciles, and maintains accurate quantities for billing purposes and communicates differences to project management
Identifies out of scope work for the purpose of changes orders
Produce drafts, manage and maintain project submittal/RFI/ logs for lead project manager
Schedule, facilitate and manage Gopher 1 tickets
Schedule and lead private utility meetings and document conversations to communicate with office personnel
Prepare change orders, manage trucking logs and invoice approval
Perform on-site safety observations
Identifies, completes, and applies for local permits
Attends meetings as required with clients, owners and project teams
Develop and maintain good working relationship with client, subcontractor, vendors, land-owners, suppliers, etc
Develop and oversee the job site-specific requirements relating to safety, site cleanliness, manage delivery schedules, etc
Organize and ensure proper documentation and drawing distribution to staff and field personnel
Assist in the production and processing of Project deliverables such as Safety and QA/QC plans, and test procedures
Assist in drafting subcontractor/P.O agreements and ensure all subcontract agreements are finalized before work begins
Plan and coordinate the engineering deliverables from various parties
Ability to independently perform tasks assigned with instructions as to the expected general results
Track productions to produce project activity profiles
Proactively work with Project Management, Field Supervisory, and Client teams to identify and analyze potential risks and impacts to the project schedule
Assist with job site duties to keep job site facilities functioning correctly
Assist with Estimating duties including but not limited to take-offs, solicitations to subcontractors/suppliers/bid, and quote preparation/bid running
Participate in business development events
Assist with other duties as assigned by management
Qualification
Required
Ability to work with field concepts and work in the office
Experience with Microsoft Office Suite
Effective communication (oral, written, presentation, listening) with internal and external customers
Effective motivational and supervisory skills
Ability to organize and prioritize numerous tasks
Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations, mean, median, and averages
Ability to maintain compliance with all Veit policies and procedures
Ability to respond to shifting priorities in a fast-paced environment with a can-do attitude
Must have a clean Motor Vehicle record
Requires 8 to 10-hour workdays, Monday – Friday
Travel requirement is 80% to mission critical job sites
Preferred
Associate's or Bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering or related field; 1-3 years of estimating and managing projects experience in related scope of work, or equivalent combination of education and experience
Prior experience using construction software is a plus
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret project plans and specifications
Company
VEIT
Veit is a leading Midwest specialty contractor with over 97 years of experience specializing in demolition, foundations, earthwork, utilities, marine services, industrial cleaning, cured-in-place pipelining, and waste disposal.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Steve Hedtke
Chief Financial Officer
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