Project/Field Engineer

Southland Holdings is currently accepting resumes for highly motivated civil construction professionals to join our team as a Project Engineer in the Benton, AR area

We are seeking talented, sharp minded Civil Engineers and Construction Managers with solid construction experience.

• Experience in civil, infrastructure to include Heavy highway and DOT experience is a must.

Duties:

• Develop, monitor and update integrated project plans and schedules so that projects can be executed in the most efficient manner possible

• Prepare baseline scheduling. schedule basis documents for approval by project teams

• Assess impacts to critical path and near-critical activities, report to project team

• Monitor schedule deviations and variances and assist in the developing alternate methods for corrective action

• Prepare and provide schedule progress reports, trending charts and schedule analysis on a periodic basis

• Assure credibility of the information contained in the schedule

• Review schedules with project team members on a regular basis to ensure that accurate timely data is incorporated in the schedule

• Verify schedule integrity and evaluate logic and float paths

• Evaluate activity sequences for constructability

• Analyze change orders for schedule impacts

• Resource load schedules as required by the project team

• Perform job-site walks to verify physical progress of scheduled activities

• Position will require traveling to jobsites.

• Project submittals

• RFI's drafting subcontracts, purchase orders and negotiating contract pricing to come in under budget

• Schedules on Microsoft project or Primavera

• Budgeting and cost projections

• Large amounts of word processing, letters/correspondence to owners and engineers

• Attending progress meetings

• Reading and interpreting plans and specifications

• Ability to communicate verbally and electronically in an educated and professional manner with owners and engineers

• Ability to work in office but also spend time in field, understand what is being built

• Ability to manage and schedule deliveries from suppliers

• Ability to schedule and coordinate subcontractors

Field, not limited to;

• Daily installation quantity record keeping

• Daily start and stop station recording for record drawings

• Equipment hour tracking

• Meeting with subcontractors and suppliers on site

• Attending any necessary field meetings Progress photos

Qualifications:

• Construction/related degree with 3 to 5 years construction scheduling experience

• Required 3 Years of DOT Related Experience

• Spanish is HIGHLY PREFERRED

• Excellent computer skills and analytical ability

• Experience working with Primavera P6

• Understanding of industrial construction process

• Must have ability to interpret contract specifications and drawings

• Knowledge of contract procedures and principles

• Ability to communicate effectively and work in a team environment

• Ability to understand construction logic and sequencing of complex projects

Education:

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management or Civil Engineering.

Building Great Things. For more than 120 years, hard-working, honest, innovative people have been forming what has become the Southland family of companies. We combine the strengths of six to FIVE subsidiaries that share a dedication to delivering critical infrastructure projects that improve the environment and lives of those around us. You can find the mark of our specialized Infrastructure legacy across all 50 states to ALL OF NORTH AMERICA and more than 60 countries.

Southland Holdings is an EEO employer - M/F/D/V