SENIOR ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN

Job Description
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

• Perform soil, concrete and asphalt tests plus other tests as assigned and subsequently communicating test results to the client and Project Manager.
• Check and maintain equipment as needed while performing simple repairs such as replacement of parts on a wheel barrel or pressure meter; calibration of basic field equipment.
• Generate complete, clear, timely, and accurate testing and inspection reports, time sheets, and expense reports to be presented to either Project Manager or Business Group Manager.
• Heavy lifting is involved.
• Obtain information about testing requirements and locations from plans and specifications.
• Provide good housekeeping in the field and the office.
• Analyze and synthesize information; provide solutions along with problems to Project Manager.
• Arrive at project site allowing ample time (up to 30 minutes) for setup and other applicable preliminary project tasks.
• Travel, evening, night, weekend, and holiday hours may be required.
• Manage multiple tasks and interface with other disciplines.

Accounting/ Budgeting :

• Ascertain budgeted hours for project activities.
• Responsible for identifying the need for additional project hours well in advance of exhausting allocated hours and submitting the appropriate information to the Project Manager

Business Development :

• Meet and exceed client expectations by ensuring accurate, complete, and timely communication of information.
• Visit clients, jobsites and consultant offices as needed to support project and business development needs.
• Plays instrumental role in identifying and developing new business opportunities for the company.
• Communicate/present potential new business opportunities or resource information to the Business Group Manager

Leadership/ Management :

• Provide field level project leadership by mentoring, coaching, and training less experienced technician staff in the areas of testing and inspection.
• Serves as a representative of firm at meetings, presentations and public hearings/meetings relative to assigned projects.

Project Execution :

• Maintain equipment (inventory, maintenance, calibration) to include providing leadership on technical operations.
• Typically handles multiple projects for multiple clients simultaneously.
• Conduct projects research as directed by Business Group Manager

Quality Assurance/ Risk Management :

• Monitor field activities for project assurance plan compliance.
• Report any significant risk exposures or occurrence to Project Manager and Section Manager
• Work with project management team to develop mitigation recommendations for documented risk.

Required Skills
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES:

• Well-versed with the symbols and terminology used in engineering civil engineering principles and practices.
• Ability to obtain additional certifications such as American Concrete Institute (ACI), National Institute for Certification of Engineering (NICET), and/or Department of Transportation (DOT) certifications (or equivalents) in the fields of aggregate, asphalt, soil, reinforced concrete, and masonry.
• Ability to routinely lift 40 to 50 lbs.
• Willingness to work outdoors in varying weather conditions (Company will provide Personal Protective Equipment and inclement weather gear, as appropriate);
• Ability to work and maneuver equipment (such as a loaded wheelbarrow) on uneven ground and around active construction site.

Required Experience
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• High School graduate or GED.
• Minimum 10 years of experience paraprofessional engineering work

LICENSURES, CERTIFICATIONS, AND REGISTRATIONS:

• International Code Council (ICC) certification in either soil, reinforced concrete, or structural masonry (at least one of the three) required.
• Roadway Testing Technician (RTT) certification is desired OR must have the ability to obtain the certification within one year of hire date.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Must regularly lift/ move up 40-50 pounds.
• Must be able to walk several miles in extreme weather conditions.
• Stand, walk, use of hand finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls.
• Reach with hands and arms.
• Talk and hear.
• Sit, climb/ balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Regularly works in varying outside weather conditions where noise levels can be loud.
• Occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and is exposed to fumes and airborne particles.

CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTAL RISK MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. is a Certified Drug-Free Workplace and Equal Employment Opportunity Employer that does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), national origin, ancestry, age, and/or disability. C.E.R.M. will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the U.S. Any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of a background, credit check, and drug screen.