Engineer, Field

Aecon - Charlotte, NC

Full-time - Mid Level

Charlotte, NC

Construction of Buildings

About the position

As a Field Engineer at Aecon, you will play a pivotal role in the execution of fabrication projects, working closely with the Field Engineering Manager to ensure that all project requirements are met efficiently and effectively. Your responsibilities will encompass a wide range of tasks, including coordinating schedules, managing manpower, and maintaining customer relations. You will be involved in risk analysis and project forecasting, which are essential for the successful delivery of projects. Daily interactions with Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) teams and subcontractors will be a key part of your role, ensuring that all aspects of the project are aligned and on track. In this position, you will be responsible for setting up and inputting budgets, as well as managing budget revisions for all projects. You will assist the Field Engineering Manager in preparing necessary documentation, including schedules, manpower charts, invoices, and trucking and tool request forms. Your ability to alert management to potential risks or problems will be crucial, as will your skills in conducting cost, revenue, and margin analysis reports. You will also create and maintain customer time and material rates, monitor payment statuses on assigned contracts, and coordinate receivables to ensure financial accuracy and compliance. Additionally, you will maintain a filing system for contract documents in accordance with operating procedures and assist in ensuring that contracts are fully invoiced with the necessary supporting documentation. Your role will also involve performing project reviews for compliance with codes and contracts, preparing jobs for closure, and maintaining communication with contractors and vendors regarding various projects. You will be expected to prepare material and labor take-offs for estimating, read project drawings, and prepare final estimating summaries for submission. Invoicing of completed spools shipped to customers will also be part of your responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate project requirements with functional groups (Drafting, Materials Management, Production, Quality, Shipping)
• Set-up, input budgets and budget revisions for all projects
• Assist the Field Engineering Manager with documentation required for jobs, including schedules and manpower charts; invoices and supporting documentation, trucking & tool request forms
• Alert management to possible risks or potential problems with projects and assist in their resolution
• Initiate and conduct cost, revenue and margin analysis reports
• Create, maintain, and update customer time & material rates and Billings
• Monitor payment status on all assigned contracts and co-ordinate receivables
• Maintain filing system for contract documents in accordance with Operating Procedures
• Assist the Field Engineering Manager in ensuring the contract is fully invoiced, complete with supporting contract documentation
• Perform Project reviews for compliance with codes, contracts, documentation
• Preparation of the job for job closure including closing P.O., inactivating cost codes and ECAC
• Maintain telephone and written contact with contractors / vendors regarding various projects
• Prepare material and labor take-offs for estimating, reading from project drawings, ISO's and/bill of materials
• Prepare final estimating summary for submission
• Invoicing of completed spools shipped to customers.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years' experience in fabrication or related Industries
• Detail oriented
• Good interpersonal communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Knowledge of cost controls
• Ability to read and understand orthographic and isometric drawings
• Knowledge of invoicing spool / as built drawings for customers
• Knowledge of CAD and updating drawings
• Knowledge of document control and material inventory management
• Knowledge of pipe and structural welding processes
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Project, Access Data base

Benefits

• Mental, emotional, and physical well-being services
• Career development through Aecon University and Leadership Programs
• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Accessibility training
• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
• Commitment to sustainable construction practices