Senior Field Layout Engineer

Role Summary

The Senior Field Layout Engineer will complete complex non-routine construction site layout tasks for large or multiple projects and provide team leadership.  This position will be responsible for planning and maintaining layout control; establishing building corners and permanent reference points; and performing site, roadway and utility layouts.  All activities will be performed in support of the strategy, vision and values of JE Dunn. 

Key Role Responsibilities - Core

FIELD LAYOUT ENGINEER FAMILY - CORE

• Plans, sets up, and maintains layout control for assigned construction project(s) and identifies unacceptable errors.
• Establishes building corners and permanent reference points to allow back checks of building location.
• Verify existing elevations shown on drawings used on roadways and utilities.
• Lays out column center lines and wall locations, and verifies that exterior skin is not encroached by main structure.
• Plumbs structural steel frame and check column alignments.
• Sets and maintains benchmarks and control lines on each floor for use in layout, and verify that workers are using proper elevations and control lines.
• Checks slab for elevation and alignment during concrete pours.
• Performs as-built surveys to verify correct placement of work and to identify conflicts between items of work (i.e., where concrete slab edge or walls have encroached on the exterior skin), and may help maintain as-built drawings.
• Assist other project staff in securing certified layout from independent engineering resources to establish monument and baseline control and to verify building corners and roadway entrances.
• Calculates earth, rock, and concrete quantities accurately.
• Assist with the coordination of shop drawings with contract drawings, verifies accuracy, and proposes solutions to discrepancies between the drawings.
• Responsible for care, maintenance, and calibration of engineering equipment.
• Compile and maintain project record and as-built documents. Ensures storage protocols are followed.

Key Role Responsibilities - Additional Core

In addition, this position will be responsible for the following:

• Schedule and assign work to other layout team members.
• Leads training sessions for Layout team members.
• Leads project staff with quality control for dimensional layout, planning, safety, or other project-related activities.
• Oversees all projects with JE Dunn Field Layout Engineering crews, providing layout staff with guidance and direction.
• Responsible for the selection and purchasing of new equipment with the Logistics department.
• Communicates clearly and effectively with both project teams and senior management.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Ability to perform work accurately and completely, and in a timely manner.
• Communication skills, verbal and written – Intermediate.
• Proficiency in MS Office – Basic.
• Ability to supervise a team.
• Gain a working knowledge of organizational structure and resources provided.
• Knowledge of LEAN construction principals.
• General knowledge of means and methods of construction management.
• Ability to build relationships and collaborating within a team, both internally and externally.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management (Preferred).
• In lieu of the above requirements, relevant experience will be considered.

Experience

• 8+ Years construction layout experience (Required).

Working Environment

Benefits Information

The benefits package aligned to this position is Professional Non-Union. Please click the link below for more details.

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