Overview
R.T. Moore is looking to add its next generation of future leaders. Come join the RTMC culture and build something that matters.
The role of Field Engineer is a critical role at R.T. Moore as the liaison between office and field operations to provide communication and support such as technical expertise, codes, specifications, material management, and execution of design in accordance with the production budget and customer expectations.
Responsibilities
Strategic Support (30%)
- Independently coordinate all mechanical and structural systems needed for each project to ensure proper scheduling between all vendors
- Autonomously review, analyze, and resolve field construction issues, discrepancies, or interferences with A/E, owner and/or contractor
- Confidently participate in all BIM meetings; carefully develop adjustments in design as required utilizing appropriate software and design tools
- Accurately create and submit weekly project reports including oversight and management of budgets
- Thoroughly communicate progress and project status with leadership
- Proactively drive for job site safety with the entire project team
Engineering (35%)
- Precisely establish exterior-interior point locations and working lines and help evaluate additional potential dimensions
- Correctly establish control points and lay out all under-slab, sleeve, and in-bed locations
- Accurately create isometrics and detail views required for installation
- Carefully perform heat gain and loss calculations to properly select and/or verify mechanical equipment type and size; ensure safe and effective equipment starting and testing
- Analytically create plumbing design to properly size DWV, water & PRV zones, and gas piping
- Clearly translate and maintain “As-Built” drawings and digital design into a physical installation for field personnel and provide support throughout the project
- Efficiently answer on-site code and design requests to ensure work complies with all engineering standards, codes, specifications, and design instructions and verify installs per the design; communicate issues with non-conformance
- Carefully review truss, panel, and structural overlays and shop drawings to ensure no conflicts with design; escalate all potential conflicts and drive to resolution
- Proficiently manage submittals to ensure approval as well as communicate and manage changes to ensure alignment with project specifications
Project Management (35%)
- Efficiently and effectively manages multiple ongoing construction projects simultaneously
- Clearly communicates and collaborates with each project team including internal operations, field staff, vendors, and customers to ensure the highest degree of success for project completion and coordinate on-site when needed for redesigns and issue resolution
- Proficiently coordinate change orders, expedite material and job site equipment, assist in the preparation of estimates, and compile data to assist in analyzing project progress
- Accurately generate and communicate all equipment schedules for the builder, architect, engineer, and other trades as required
- Proactively identify and navigate through conflicts affecting installation per job design or possible delays due to site conditions/design or trade conflicts and resolve coordination or scheduling issues
Qualifications
- 4-year degree in BCM, ME, MET or Construction Engineering or 5+ years of construction experience with strong MEP aptitude and proven leadership ability. Minimum 3.0 GPA
- Familiarity with basic construction methods and construction document interpretation
- Basic knowledge of Building Information Management (BIM) platforms such as AutoCAD, Revit, etc.
- Clear, effective communications skills – both written and verbal
- Ability to focus and drive projects forward and through to completion
- Aptitude for prioritizing and problem-solving
- Basic knowledge of Microsoft business suite of products; MS Project experience a plus
- Disposition for accuracy, attention to detail, and organization
- Proven leadership ability
- Strong mechanical aptitude
- A desire to grow and be challenged. Willing to dive into a fast-paced and constantly evolving business.
