Tampa - Engineer

Job Description

• Based in Tampa, FL; time split between Tampa office and localized jobsites
• Supporting Whiting-Turner Schedule Manager with group and project specific responsibilities
• Development of pursuit and proposal schedules
• Development of master project schedules
• Development of detailed construction schedules
• Data entry of activities, durations, and sequences (predecessors / successors) into Primavera
• Schedule development in Oracle Primavera scheduling software (training provided by Whiting-Turner)
• Familiarity with other schedule software platforms
• Schedule management and controls
• Schedule updating process – collecting progress and incorporating into scheduling software
• Reporting – preparing schedule update reports and graphics per contract requirements
• Schedule analysis
• Developing and analyzing the impact issues have on the project schedule
• Collecting scheduling metrics and creating spreadsheets/databases to interpret and visualize the data
• Technical review – reviewing the project schedule’s quality and health
• Data mining – mining data from as-built schedule for historical metrics
• Estimating – performing square footage and quantity take-offs, as needed
• Cost loading of schedule activities and maintaining the cost information through the updating process
• Management of Whiting-Turner’s schedule database and Primavera software
• If assigned to a project site, attend project meetings – WT, Owner, Subcontractor; walk the project site to confirm progress and schedule activity completion
• Collecting information from lean scheduling meetings and using the information to update the CPM

1. College Degree:

• Construction Management or Engineering (civil, industrial, mechanical, construction)

2. Course Work:

• In addition to the standard classes to support the engineering discipline, the following are recommended (but will not automatically disqualify a candidate if not taken)
• Class in either estimating or scheduling
• Alternatively, a general construction management class with exposure to estimating or scheduling
• An industrial engineering process class (for industrial engineers)

3.

Experience:

• Any exposure to construction or manufacturing is recommended; no experience is not a disqualification
• Experience can be as an intern or as summer employment working for a general contractor or construction manager
• Working for a trade contractor (carpenter, electrician, …) helping to install the work
• Scheduling experience or participation in the construction scheduling process is helpful but does not disqualify a candidate
• Internships in a non-construction related field will be considered if the candidate expresses a solid interest in the construction industry
• Summer classes and school related summer work are acceptable

4. Interests - Professional (do not need to have interest in all):

• Construction and participating in the building process
• Scheduling and project controls
• Information systems and data analytics
• Business intelligence and visualizations
• Risk analysis
• Emerging technology for construction application

5. Software

Experience:

• CPM schedule software experience (Primavera P6 is a bonus)
• Typical MS Office suite of programs – Word, Excel, Power Point
• Collaborative platforms like MS Teams, Google Hang-Out, Zoom, Go-To (any other video conferencing)
• Other pluses:
  Database management

Travel

• Anticipate regular jobsite visits to support project teams
• 12 - 24-month assignments to a single project
• Within the employee’s assigned operating group’s region, or outside the region if beneficial for growth and development