Field Engineer - Southern California

Position Overview

As a Field Engineer, you bring your big ideas, commitment to top quality and unwavering work ethic. In return, we offer huge career and travel opportunities and the satisfaction of building "the next big thing" from the ground up. Kiewit attracts the best by offering fast‑paced excitement and fulfillment you won’t find elsewhere. Our mission is to make a difference in construction operations, whether we’re upgrading waste water treatment plants, tunneling through mountains, increasing reservoir capacity, or building bridges that connect communities.

We depend on passionate, skilled, and safety‑driven construction professionals to get it done right.

Kiewit’s Southern California District specializes in heavy civil, power, transportation, and water resource projects across the state and other states. We welcome individuals passionate about infrastructure and committed to the construction industry rather than design.

Our teams relocate based on work, development plans, skill sets, and career goals. Kiewit’s Southern California District is headquartered in Santa Fe Springs, CA, but assignments will be determined closer to your start date.

• Assist in the interpretation of drawings and specifications for field crews and craft supervision
• Perform quantity calculations by taking measurements and determining percentage of completed/installed materials and work
• Assist in the preparation of work plans and work packages
• Assist in field surveying and work layout support including elevation, control points, and compilation of as‑built data
• Assist in compiling, processing, and confirming daily labor timesheets
• Assist in the preparation of Job Hazard Analysis (JHA’s)
• Assist in providing solutions related to earth moving, transportation, roadways, water resources, and underground utilities and construction operations
• Participate in job‑site safety reviews, toolbox meetings, mass safety meetings, and safety training
• Order and schedule material deliveries
• Plan, schedule, and coordinate work groups on the job site
• Supervise field operations

• Perform material takeoffs from drawings, specifications, and other contract documents
• Perform basic engineering calculations and technical drafting to support field operations
• Assist engineers to gather and prepare data for submittal or transmittal to the customer, vendors, subcontractors, governmental agencies, and internal use
• Participate in the preparation of purchase orders and subcontracts, performing minor solicitations and purchasing as requested
• Schedule maintenance and perform updates as directed by others
• Assist in the maintenance of basic project record‑keeping and correspondence functions including daily reports, photographs, RFIs, and memorandums
• Enter data into the job cost system and participate in reviewing cost reports with job‑site management
• Assist in generating change orders and as‑built data to be reviewed by the Project Manager
• Provide field support and supervise subcontractor operations

• Assist in reviewing and analyzing historical data relative to the project, incorporating various production factors and costs appropriate in preparation of a bid
• Complete a plan and specification review for an assigned project, assessing the risk areas and bringing them to the attention of the Senior Estimator
• Complete material and quantity takeoffs according to bid documents

• Regular, reliable attendance
• Work productively and meet deadlines timely
• Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment
• Perform work safely and effectively; understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies
• Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines; work overtime and weekends as required

• Must be willing and able to work in the heavy civil construction industry
• Bachelor’s Degree in a construction‑related field of engineering (e.g., civil, mechanical, construction management, mining, geotechnical)
• Minimum…