Field or Construction Engineer

Schnabel is an employee-owned, professional engineering and consulting firm that focuses on solving problems related to the earth and environment through specialization in geotechnical, geostructural, tunnel, and dam engineering. Schnabel’s high standards for quality, business ethics, and concern for the communities in which we live are a vital part of who we are. Schnabel is an ENR Top 500 Design Firm with 700+ employees in 31 offices throughout the United States.

Recognized by CE News as one of the Best Engineering Firms to Work for, Schnabel provides employees with a competitive benefits package including maternity leave, tuition reimbursement for continuing education, health, dental, life and disability insurance and a wellness program. As an employee-owned company, through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Schnabel employees directly benefit from the success of our growing firm.

Benefit options include:

• Medical insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• Employee life & ADD insurance (100% company-paid)
• Short-term disability (100% company-paid)
• Long-term disability
• Supplemental life insurance
• 401(k) and profit-sharing plan
• Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP)
• Paid time off
• 9 Paid Holidays
• Wellness program
• Professional development and tuition reimbursement

Job Description:

Schnabel Engineering is seeking a highly skilled Field or Construction Engineer to join our distinguished team for a project located in Alexandria, VA. The ideal candidate will play an essential role in our team, ensuring every project we undertake observes the highest standards of safety, quality, and efficiency.

Solids Upgrade Program:
The SUP includes replacements to the thickening and dewatering equipment, gravity thickeners, and digestor heat exchangers and mixers. The Program will decommission a pasteurization system and install a new solids dryer facility. Future technologies, such as pyrolysis, may be piloted with operational support provided throughout the pilot's duration.

Preliminary and Primary Systems Upgrade Project:
The PPSU Project plans to improve and rehabilitate the preliminary and primary processes located in two buildings and the Primary Settling Tanks (PSTs). The improvements in Building A include coarse screen upgrades, a third coarse screen, raw sewage pump upgrades, and raw sewage conduit rehabilitation. Building B improvements include fine screen upgrades, new screenings and grit conveyance, new truck loading technology, new grit washers, scum concentrator upgrades, and a mix of new vortex grit separators and stacked tray grit separators.

Lastly, the improvements around the PSTs include primary sludge pump upgrades, refurbishment of the Primary Observation House, relocation of the existing walkway, repair of the PST effluent channel and control structures, and replacement of the PST influent baffles, slide gates, scum skimmers, and handrails.

Centrate Pretreatment Project:
The CPT Project will upgrade the CPT system to a modernized continuous flow DEMON system. The work will include new flow-through baffles, parabolic screens, submersible pumps, wedge wire screens, instrumentation, and associated piping and cleaning.

Job Responsibilities:

Working under the direction of a Resident Engineer and supporting our inspectors, the Construction Engineer is the center hub between the RE and our inspectors and is responsible for ensuring that our inspection staff are fully versed in the upcoming work including the status of submittals, RFI’s, NCNs, etc.

• The Construction Engineer shall be fully versed in CMIS platforms (preferably using Procore).
• The Construction Engineer is responsible for Document Control including prioritizing and expediting workflows that are driving the projects critical path.
• Reviewing workflows for clarity and compliance with the Contract Documents and our CMP.
• Working with all parties to mitigate plant and project risks and facilitate integrated planning.
• Demonstrated ability to support field inspectors planning and daily preparation to facilitate their daily oversight of the Contractor.
• Prepare meeting minutes and draft responses as requested by the Resident Engineer.
• Coordinate 3rd Party inspections.

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