Construction Engineer

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Summary

As a Construction Engineer, you'll be at the heart of turning transportation projects from plans into reality. Serving as a trusted advisor to clients, contractors, and project stakeholders, you'll coordinate teams, evaluate structural, material, and design conditions, and apply your technical expertise to solve complex construction challenges. Acting as the bridge between design and execution, you'll monitor progress, ensure quality and compliance, and provide informed recommendations that keep projects moving safely, efficiently, and on schedule.

This role offers the opportunity to lead project delivery, mentor staff, build lasting client relationships, and make critical decisions that drive successful outcomes. Your expertise will directly contribute to building infrastructure that meets client expectations, serves communities, and stands the test of time-all while offering opportunities for continued professional growth with a nationally recognized engineering firm.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Understands and interprets local, state, and/or federal Standard Specifications and Procedures.
• Answers questions from the contractor and exercises independent judgment when making decisions to apply standards or modify construction plans to fit actual field conditions.
• Mediates disputes that arise from the interpretation or enforcement of standards.
• Utilizes subject matter expertise to identify the root cause of construction defects caused by design flaws, material quality, material installation, or site condition. Addresses complex concerns such as closing roadways, recommending substitute materials, and utility relocation. Proactively advises client and contractor on the recommended course of action to resolve problems.
• Develop cost-effective solutions to project-related issues and present them to the client and key stakeholders.
• Provides counsel to the client and key stakeholders regarding new approaches and to address problems, materials and methods that could contribute to a better project outcome, speed up the construction schedule, mitigate potential future risk, contribute to an efficient jobsite, or save money.
• Acts as a business partner to build and foster ongoing relationships with clients.
• Communicates with client and contractor to make recommendations and resolve challenges related to the project schedule, plan changes, and additional costs. Mediates project related matters with the contractor on behalf of the client.
• Communicates project updates to the public on behalf of the client via social media or project websites.
• Responsible for the financial stewardship of the client by interpreting quality control checks, assisting in the development of the pay estimate, quantifying pay items on projects and settling accounting disputes with the contractor on behalf of our client. Can use independent discretion to withhold payment from the contractor on work that does not conform to specs.
• Observes and documents the contractor's work to record that it is being completed in conformance with the plans and specifications, contract documents, and applicable local, state, and/or federal regulatory requirements.
• Performs quality assurance checks and advises contractor of the best course of action when work or materials are not in compliance with requirements.
• Analyzes and resolves work problems, including client, contractor, or public complaints and grievances.
• Applies advanced engineering knowledge of the material and theoretical properties of constructed work elements and the engineering behavior of soils, water and structures to provide…