Posted 4 days ago
Senior Office Engineer
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Performs contract and project administration for infrastructure construction projects, supporting the Resident Engineer or Project Manager with contractor compliance, submittal review, schedule and payment processing, and project records management.
About this role
What We're Looking For
At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.This opportunity entails being responsible for performing contract and project administration responsibilities and supporting field engineering functions for projects and programs of a diverse nature. Assists the Resident Engineer or Project Manager with routine to complex contractor activities in order to monitor individual contractor compliance with specifications, plans, and other contract provisions. Provides guidance, training and may lead the work of early career office engineers.
What You'll Do:
- Assists and acts as when needed, the Resident Engineer and/or Project Manager in the administration of the construction contract. Provides interpretation of contract plans and specifications and reviews contractor's shop drawings and submittals for contract compliance, as applicable.
- Maintains as-built record drawings, project files and records database including specifications, test results and reports.
- Keeps inspector's daily report of assigned work activities.
- Performs reviews for approval of contractor's monthly schedule submittals and pay estimates.
- Assists in project administration by monitoring internal project controls and claims documentation. Reviews schedules and facilitates resolution in problem situations.
- Responsible for logging, tracking, and processing requests for information, submittals, change orders, and other project deliverables.
- Reviews inspector's daily reports for conformance with the project requirements, plans, specifications, quantities, contractor's progress, and as-constructed data.
- Reviews, assembles, and processes the monthly progress payments.
- Leads daily assignments, mentors, and trains employees.
- Monitors internal HNTB project controls as directed.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
What You'll Need:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering and 6 years relevant experience, or
- Master's degree in Engineering and 5 years relevant experience, or
- Doctorate degree in Engineering and 4 years relevant experience.
What You'll Bring:
- Knows industry standards and best practices for workmanship, materials, etc. so to serve as the subject matter expert (i.e., constructability reviews).
- Secures and deploys section/department resources effectively and efficiently.
- Leads the work of the project team in the absence of the PM/RE.
- Performs advanced shop drawing and submittal review as well as advanced CPM schedule analysis.
What We Prefer:
- EIT/FE
- OSHA 30 certified preferred.
- ACI Certified
- Trained in digital construction management software such as Constructware, Asite or similar preferred.
- Comprehensive knowledge of NYCDDC, NYCDOT, and NYCDEP specifications
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word
- PDMS Training and practical experience
- Primavera P6 training and practical experience
- Working knowledge of AutoCAD and/or Visio
Additional Information
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Locations:
New York, NY.
The approximate pay range for New York is $95,991.51 - $187,675.71. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to, the individual’s qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as physical work location within the state..
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The approximate nation wide pay range for this position is $95,991.51 - $187,675.71. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to, the individual’s qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as physical work location within the state..
NOTICE TO THIRD-PARTY AGENCIES:
HNTB does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or agencies. Any staffing/employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume to this site does so with the understanding that the applicant's resume will become the property of HNTB. HNTB will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion and without any fee owed to the submitting staffing/employment agency, person or entity. Staffing/employment agencies who have fee agreements with HNTB must submit applicants to the designated HNTB recruiter to be eligible for placement fees.
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