Field Engineer

Role overview

The Field Engineer may be the primary client contact for all site activities, or may coordinate with other client representatives on site activities within assigned area of operations. General responsibilities are to manage contractors and assigned site operations to ensure safety, drive compliance with design/specifications, completion on schedule, and to quality standards.

Principal accountabilities

• Inspects construction work for compliance with drawings, specifications, contract requirements, and applicable standards and codes.
• Reviews design drawings and technical specifications for constructability.
• Assists in construction engineering and managing the installation of materials and equipment as assigned. Inputs to quantity tracking databases and other computer databases as required.
• Prepares daily progress and site reports, periodic photographic progress reports and keeps the SFE/ EPCM informed on progress of assigned tasks. Reviews project design and engineering documents to ensure their completeness.
• Manages the revision of construction information as necessary through drawing change notices; field sketches, and Record "as-built" Drawings.
• Manage the provision of field based technical input to construction activities
• Provides input to the Project Engineer's reviews of contractor's technical submittals including method statements, safe systems of work, permit applications, change proposals and Contractor bids, and other GAL requirements.
• Provides responses to Requests for Information, Non Conformance Reports, and Field Change Documents
• Inspects work within discipline and elevates inspection requirements to the Project Engineer where cross discipline input is required.
• Reviews submittals and Contractor interim payment applications for the work related to his/her field.
• Reports daily on project safety, environment & health matters, quality issues, progress, technical decisions, changes, manpower and equipment present and use, weather, significant deliveries, and other significant events on site.
• Manages the production of engineering solutions/field sketches/specifications to resolve site based queries, in conjunction with the Project Engineer - and elevates issues requiring designer input to the Project Engineer(s).

Qualifications and Experience

• Good understanding of Health, Safety & Environmental management associated with the Construction industry.
• Experience in the construction monitoring of various Projects for all elements of an Airport.
• Good understanding of construction techniques & constructability issues.
• Good experience in the testing, commissioning, and handover, Airport Operational Readiness (AOR) of Airport Facilities is desired.
• Good working knowledge of basic computer skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) is a requirement as well as being a competent user of planning software such as Microsoft Project.