Field Engineer / M2M Liaison
About the position The Field Engineer / M2M Liaison is a professional employee who contributes technical and engineering services to key General Office and field personnel on construction jobs. This position will work in both the field and office capacities. Travel at any time with little notice may be required. Time anticipated to be split 70% Field Engineer and 30% M2M Liaison.
Responsibilities
- Engineering/Pre-Construction Planning: With the support of Construction Management provide input to engineering and other stakeholders in constructability reviews regarding workspace/staging area, constructability of scope, materials and construction duration.
- Layout and communicate construction plans.
- Solve simple and complex engineering problems.
- Once in construction, review and recommend approval for scope changes on construction drawings or specifications.
- Support construction supervisor and inspector by providing technical and engineering expertise in the construction of the project.
- Construction Coordination: Travel to jobsites and meetings.
- Coordinate meetings with office personnel/others on behalf of Construction Management.
- Coordinate work between various internal and external departments.
- Develop Project timelines and milestones.
- Perform scheduling, budgeting, forecasting, and accruals.
- Direct the activities of employees or crews on job assignments requiring construction engineering expertise.
- Ensure material needs for projects in construction are met.
- Order, track and coordinate with construction to receive construction material.
- Review and recommend approval of contractor invoices and change orders.
- Track field changes related to scope, cost & schedule.
- Track Request for Information (RFI’s) from contractor and work with management for timely review and approval of RFI’s.
- Documentation Assist in and ensure completion of construction job book/pre-construction binder.
- Audit work under construction for current construction standards, rules, and regulations.
- Assist in and ensure documentation and completeness of field documents per specifications and regulations.
- Assist in and ensure completion of redlines/as-builts.
- Track and record all materials/BOM related documents.
- Assist in and ensure completeness of construction completion/as-built/close-out binder.
- M2M Liaison Job Duties and Responsibilities Client Meets/ Touchbase Be the face for M2M for all field teams, ensure frequent site visits to understand day in the life of M2M users, understand what can be improved, what issues users are facing, upcoming needs discussion etc.
- Feed all this back to M2M team and be the bridge between field users and M2M team.
- Requirements and Testing Work with M2M team to share requirements (new needs, existing solution refinements etc.) and be a test user (UAT tester and approver) for all major changes and release.
- Act as a final testing gatekeeper to ensure solutions work as expected before it’s released to the users.
- Market M2M Leverage existing relationships and build new relationships to market M2M more to help with expanding M2M footprint including leading efforts to onboard new teams, train them with M2M team support, present/ demo M2M to field teams as necessary.
Requirements
- Minimum Bachelor's degree in engineering or construction disciplines AND/OR 2 years of engineering experience
- Must possess a valid California Driver's License or the ability to obtain one by first day of employment.
- Ability to work flexible schedules, extended hours, nights, weekends, and/or overtime.
- Ability to drive safely and work in all types of reasonable weather conditions.
- Must be able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Fire-Retardant Clothing.
Nice-to-haves
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- 6 months of previous natural gas construction background.
- Construction or engineering experience.
- Previous experience with SAP & scheduling
- Experience in contracting, Contract Work Authorization, and Change Order creation.
- Experience in pipeline/gas clearance/outage submittals to Distribution Operations.
- Engineer In Training (EIT) certificate.
Benefits
- health, dental, vision, and life insurance
- 401(k) with employer match
- paid time off