Field Engineer Level 1

Company: T. W. Frierson Contractor, Inc.
Location: Nashville
Posted on: April 1, 2025

Job Description:

Job Summary: This position receives training and mentoring for growth to the position of Field Engineer Level 2. TWF will provide training and set milestones to be accomplished before promotion to the next level. This position holds the responsibility of assisting the Field Superintendent to reach and maintain company goals in the areas of safety, schedule, and quality.
Duties & Responsibilities:

• Assist supervisors in orienting new employees.
• Assist supervisors in maintaining awareness of safety rules and procedures among personnel, as well as identify safety hazards and implement corrective actions.
• Assist in inspecting work performed by sub-contractors and TWF employees, ensuring quality control.
• Seek and study problems, incomplete or ambiguous design information, and any other questions or issues presented by sub-contractors, vendors, designers, TWF employees, or others. Assist the superintendent in resolving issues promptly.
• Assist supervisors in coordinating materials procurement and delivery.
• Participate in job layout, verifying elevations and dimensions.
• Assist the superintendent in properly documenting requests for information (RFIs).
• Monitor safety inspection and incident logs and reports.
• Process day-to-day administrative items (i.e. invoice and purchase ticket coding, entering employee timecards into system).
• Prepare special reports, studies, and statistical analysis at the request of supervision.
• Participate in job site meetings.
• Perform additional assignments at supervisor's direction.
  
  Knowledge, Experience & Competencies:
  • Minimum of a high school diploma or GED; Bachelor's degree in Construction Management or similar major preferred
  • Must possess a valid, state-issued driver's license
  • Minimum of six months of work experience in a commercial construction environment or completion of two construction-related internships.
  • Ability to read and understand construction documents
  • Ability to calculate correct concrete and lumber quantities
  • Must have basic competencies in mathematics and be able to perform math operations rapidly and accurately
  • Should possess excellent supervisory skills
  • Good interpersonal skills with customer-service orientation as well as ability to maintain confidentiality
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Good computer skills including Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and internet-based applications
  • Ability to operate basic office equipment including computer, printer, copier, scanner, and mobile phone/radio
  • Ability to operate pickup truck
  • Must obtain OSHA Construction 30-Hour certification within 8 months of being in this position
  • Ability to work various hours designated by the supervisor to meet the demands of the project schedule. This may include weekend work.
    Travel Requirements:
    • Daily travel to various job site locations within 100-mile radius of office
    • Occasional travel to meetings or events within 50-mile radius of office, 4 - 6 times per year
    • Occasional out-of-town assignments
      Physical Demands of Job:
      • Ability to work outdoors and indoors without temperature control continuously
      • Ability to exert 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects without assistance from other personnel or lifting equipment
      • Constant standing, frequent walking, occasional kneeling/squatting/climbing
      • Ability to maintain balance while walking and working on scaffolds and ladders
      • Ability to reach for, grasp, and manipulate construction materials and tools
      • Ability to see well (naturally or with correction)
        
        
        
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