ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS Provides professional engineering and construction oversight services on multiple rail transit design-build and/or construction projects acting as Client’s representative in the field with directly managing contractors, vendors, utilities, owner labor-forces, and other external parties on projects involving rail transit systems, including rail infrastructure elements such as stations, facilities, shops, yards, signal systems, communication systems, power systems, bridges and viaducts, tunnels, track systems, drainage, structural elements, fare payment systems, vertical transportation systems, security systems, and associated work; Supervises, coordinates, and tracks all field site activities and provides technical advice on construction and design; recommends and executes corrective actions to resolve issues; Responds to requests for information from contractors by interpreting plans and specifications by utilizing advanced knowledge of engineering and past experience; documents contractor performance; Regularly reviews and approved engineering design, plans, shop drawings, product data, other construction-phase submittals / deliverables; Reviews contractor payment applications and recommends approval or rejection to owner; Reviews validity of contractor-submitted change orders; Leads on-site Field Engineers and Inspectors; Schedules all field staff to ensure full shift coverage, coordinates Special Inspection and Testing needs, and reviews / approves daily inspection reports; Implements and follows Company / owner / project-specific safety and quality protocols, and participates in safety and quality meetings & audits as necessitated by the project requirements; Monitors the progress of the project in accordance with contract cost and schedule, including project timelines and specifications, and holds progress meetings as required; Ensures all project documentation is completed and submitted as required, and completes necessary project close-out processes; Coordinates and executes contractor access and protection requests including track outages / GOs, foul time, property access requests, flag protection, and force-account labor; assist or lead management of all project staff; All related Resident Engineering and Project Management duties as required to ensure the successful completion of assigned projects. For rail transit projects, the job-site will often consist of hazards associated with an operating rail transit system, including but not limited to: trains traveling at high rates of speed adjacent to the work area, electrified third rail or catenary wire, stone ballast walking surfaces, track systems including running rail, concrete or creosote-soaked timber ties, and uneven ballast surfaces.