Assistant Engineer

Job Description

Assistant Engineer Job Description

Division: Bay Area Main
Project Location(s): San Francisco, CA 94128 USA
Job Type: Regular
Job Classification: Experienced
Job Family: Construction

Compensation

Compensation: Salaried Exempt
The estimated salary range for this position is $95,000.00 – $104,000.00 USD annualized.

Position Summary

The Assistant Engineer is primarily responsible for managing, evaluating, and assessing all necessary information to construct a project on time, within budget, and to the quality standards defined by the contract documents for their assigned areas. This role involves building parts of the project “on paper” and includes supervisory responsibility for Engineering Assistants, Plan Clerks, and Interns.

Reports To

Engineer, Project Engineer or Project Manager

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Acting as liaison with architects, subcontractors, consultants, suppliers, inspectors, other Turner job staff, and owner’s representatives in resolving issues related to plans and specifications.
• Maintaining a general knowledge of all general contract and subcontract documents, as well as the job estimate. Overseeing and making decisions related to contract drawings and subcontract information, ensuring that all drawings and specifications properly relate to the estimate.
• Managing the project budget.
• Managing submittals and shop drawings, assessing conformance to contract specifications, and resolving any conflicts in interpretation.
• Negotiating change orders. This includes managing information on changes in the work, preparing an independent analysis as required, obtaining and checking estimates for changes from subcontractors, obtaining approval of the architect and owner, and resolving any conflicts.
• Overseeing the close-out process. Preparing final records such as RFIs, close-out records, warranties, as-builts, operation and maintenance manuals, attic stock, and spare parts, and evaluating information to ensure compliance with contract documents.
• Supervising Engineering Assistants, Plan Clerks, and Interns, including providing input on their performance appraisals.
• Preparing scope of work documents for trades.
• Developing various reports such as General Conditions Items, labor, safety, change order logs, and quality control.
• Scheduling and managing subcontractor trade coordination meetings, preconstruction meetings, and submittal review meetings.

Qualifications

A Bachelor’s degree plus a minimum of two years’ related experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience, is required. Candidates must demonstrate proven written and verbal communication abilities and proficiency with computer applications, including the Microsoft Office suite. The ability to utilize leading-edge technologies such as BIM (Building Information Modeling) and LEAN principles is also essential. This role requires the ability to read, understand, and interpret contract documents, drawings, specifications, scopes of work, and the project schedule. Demonstrated leadership and interpersonal skills are also necessary.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described are representative of those an employee must meet to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Performance of duties will occasionally require the physical ability to climb permanent and temporary stairs, passenger use of construction personnel hoists, and the ability to climb ladders and navigate work areas under construction. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Performing this job requires the use of hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; sit; talk and hear (bells, whistles, etc.); stand; climb; balance; stoop; kneel; crouch; or crawl. Employees must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 lbs.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee works on-site at the construction worksite. The employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts; high precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions; and the risk of electrical shock. The noise level in this work environment is usually moderate to very loud.

May perform other duties as necessary or assigned.

Turner is an Equal Opportunity Employer – race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.