Job Description
Title: Field Engineer
Location: Caledonia, MS
Hire Type: Contract
Salary: $40 - $50 / hour
Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision
Location: Caledonia, MS
Hire Type: Contract
Salary: $40 - $50 / hour
Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision
Position Overview
The Field Engineer II serves as a lead engineering resource for project execution, working closely with the Project Manager and field teams to support safe, efficient, and high-quality project delivery. This role provides leadership to field and office engineering personnel and is responsible for supporting contract administration, project planning and scheduling, project reporting, field operations, and technical coordination.
The Field Engineer II is expected to be a job-site leader in health and safety while ensuring quality workmanship, accurate reporting, and professional and ethical execution of engineering responsibilities. The position also provides technical and administrative support related to contractual, legal, scheduling, and other project matters.
Responsibilities
Field Engineering
- Interpret drawings and specifications for field crews and craft supervision.
- Perform quantity calculations by taking measurements and determining percentages of completed or installed materials and work.
- Assist with the preparation of work plans and work packages.
- Support field surveying and work layout, including elevations, control points, and compilation of as-built data.
- Compile, process, and verify daily labor timesheets.
- Assist with the preparation of Job Hazard Analyses (JHAs).
- Participate in jobsite safety reviews, toolbox meetings, safety meetings, and safety training.
- Order and coordinate material deliveries.
- Plan, schedule, and coordinate work groups on the jobsite.
- Supervise and provide technical support for field operations.
- Provide field support and supervise subcontractor operations.
Office Engineering
- Perform material takeoffs from drawings, specifications, and other contract documents.
- Perform basic engineering calculations and technical drafting to support field operations.
- Gather and prepare project data for submittals and transmittals to customers, vendors, subcontractors, governmental agencies, and internal stakeholders.
- Assist with preparation of purchase orders and subcontracts, including minor solicitations and purchasing activities as assigned.
- Assist with project schedule maintenance and updates.
- Maintain project records and correspondence, including daily reports, photographs, Requests for Information (RFIs), and memorandums.
- Assist with preparing change orders and as-built documentation for Project Manager review.
- Support project documentation and communication throughout the project lifecycle.
Estimating
- Review and analyze historical project data, including production rates and costs, to support bid preparation.
- Review plans and specifications for assigned projects and identify potential risk areas for review by the Senior Estimator.
- Perform material and quantity takeoffs in accordance with bid documents.
- Assist with estimating activities and provide accurate quantity and project information to support competitive bids.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Caledonia, MS |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $40–$50 Per Hour |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1969 |
| Website | http://www.sterling-engineering.com |
About Company
Sterling Engineering has been a trusted partner for engineering, project management, and staffing solutions for over five decades. We provide exceptional engineering/technical recruitment and engineering project services to clients nationwide:
- Engineering & Technical Recruitment - With our focus on engineering, technical, and IT, Sterling has the in-depth knowledge, industry expertise, and robust employee pipeline it takes to rapidly find talent for even the most difficult to fill positions. Sterling’s extensive recruitment methodology allows us to engage the most talented employees in the marketplace. We offer exciting work and career-building opportunities for our candidates, along with expert support at every step of the process.
- Engineering Project Services – Our experienced, multi-disciplined team of project managers, engineers, and designers, led by licensed Professional Engineers (PE), provide project management, engineering, design, and Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) to manufacturing, OEM, and R&D customers. We work on complex, highly technical projects across a number of industry sectors, and our ability to scale and seamlessly integrate at multiple levels of your organization is what differentiates us.
Sterling offers a unique combination of engineering solutions and Best of Staffing level service to help our clients and talent achieve their goals.
Skills
- Administrative Skillsunmatched
- Biddingunmatched
- Calendar Managementunmatched
- Change Requests/Ordersunmatched
- Contract Managementunmatched
- Contract Requirementsunmatched
- Data Analysisunmatched
- Documentationunmatched
- Government Contractsunmatched
- Hazard Analysisunmatched
- Leadershipunmatched
- Legalunmatched
- Mail Processingunmatched
- Material Take Offunmatched
- On Site Supportunmatched
- Operational Supportunmatched
- Operations Managementunmatched
- Production Costingunmatched
- Project Evaluationunmatched
- Project Executionunmatched
- Project Lifecycleunmatched
- Project Planningunmatched
- Project Scheduleunmatched
- Proposal Writingunmatched
- Purchase Ordersunmatched
- Purchasing/Procurementunmatched
- Record Keepingunmatched
- Request for Information (RFI)unmatched
- Risk Analysisunmatched
- Safety Trainingunmatched
- Safety/Work Safetyunmatched
- Sales/Support Engineering (SE)unmatched
- Support Documentationunmatched
- Surveyingunmatched
- Technical Drawingunmatched
- Technical Leadershipunmatched
- Technical Operationsunmatched
- Technical Supportunmatched
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