ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN

Duties: Provide engineering support services and oversight in the field for all types of construction projects, including new construction, repairs and renovations. Provide quality assurance oversight of the contractor's quality control program. Review and make recommendations for approval on quality control plan. Ensure contractor is meeting quality standards for all definable features of work. Ensure contractor is meeting the requirements of the contract documents which include detailed specifications and engineering drawings. Provide safety oversight. Ensure that the contractor implements requirements of the Army Corps Safety manual EM385 and other OSHA safety standards. Provide support to the contractor during construction. This would include such items as coordinating all necessary utility outages, road closures. Assist in obtaining necessary permits (hot work), selection of laydown areas. Review and provide recommendations for approval on all contractor invoices. This includes providing an on-site analysis of work completed. Use project schedules in the execution of all work. Discuss schedules at weekly production meetings etc.