ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS Assists with providing 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 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; Assists the Resident Engineer (RE) and/or Project Manager (PM) in supervising, coordinating, and tracking all field site activities and provides technical advice on construction and design; recommends and executes corrective actions to resolve issues; Assists RE / PM in responding to requests for information from contractors by interpreting plans and specifications by utilizing advanced knowledge of engineering and experience; Regularly reviews engineering design, plans, shop drawings, product data, other construction-phase submittals / deliverables, and reviews and recommends approval to RE / PM of same; Reviews contractor payment applications and recommends approval or rejection to PM / RE; Assists PM/RE with reviewing validity of contractor-submitted change orders; Assists with leading on-site engineers and inspectors to effectively observe work in progress in accordance with project requirements and to ensure that project records are properly maintained; Reviews and validates daily inspection reports; Ensure high-levels of safety and quality are being maintained by the contractor, 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 attends / assists in administering progress meetings as required;. 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.