CEI Resident Engineer

Description

The company is a global infrastructure firm that works across water, environment, energy, transportation and buildings, from advisory and planning through design, engineering, and program and construction management. It reported $16.1 billion in revenue for fiscal year 2025 and is a Fortune 500 firm with over 50,000 staff.

This is a full-time, on-site Resident Engineer role in Austin, Texas, for construction inspection of a civil infrastructure project. You will carry primary responsibility for construction quality.

You will work daily with the company's Project Manager and the contractor's field team.

Responsibilities

• Routinely inspect civil infrastructure, spot defects and potential hazards, and document contract compliance.
• Observe the contractor's construction work and check that it conforms to the contract documents, approved change orders and clarifications.
• Accept compliant work, reject defective work, keep a log of rejected work, and help resolve construction issues.
• Review contract requirements, submittals, shop drawings and related documents.
• Confirm upcoming work against the look-ahead schedules and coordinate with the contractor on what is coming next.
• Track progress in the field, monitor the contractor's schedule adherence, and give input on payment requests.
• Supervise project engineers on near surface and tunnelling work.
• Record all work in daily reports with photos and videos, and maintain daily, weekly and monthly reports, logs and other field documentation.
• Report all nonconforming work and communicate findings to management.
• Verify that delivered materials match approved submittals, TxDOT standards and approved vendors.
• Observe and approve the contractor's testing and QA/QC activities, and schedule and monitor the company's quality assurance testing of materials.
• Track and verify contractor time and material and force account work, record installed quantities daily, and prepare T&M reports.
• Provide input on construction changes and help prepare and negotiate field orders and change orders.
• Confirm that the contractor keeps As-Built drawings current and that work matches approved shop drawings and sample submittals.
• Observe health and safety procedures and practices on site.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field (BA/BS) plus 6 years of related experience, or demonstrated equivalent experience and/or education.
• A registered professional engineer license.
• A valid driver's license and the ability to pass a Motor Vehicle Records (MVR) check under company policy.
• OSHA 30-hour Construction Health and Safety Course completion.
• US citizenship.
• Preferred: strong oral and written communication skills.
• Preferred: a Texas professional engineer registration.
• Preferred: 10+ years of experience in heavy civil construction and tunnel construction.
• Preferred: physical fitness and the ability to work in confined spaces and at heights.
• Preferred: extensive knowledge of Texas DOT standard specifications and plan standards.
• Preferred: experience with scheduling software such as Microsoft Project or P6, plus Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Preferred: basic engineering knowledge of civil works and geotechnics.
• Preferred: experience as a Resident Engineer or Construction Manager on projects of at least $100 million.
• Preferred: strong organizational skills to plan, prioritize, organize and monitor work and projects.
• Preferred: ability to work well in a group and build a team approach.
• Preferred: technical understanding of tunnelling and mining construction.
• Preferred: knowledge and experience with tunnel boring machine (TBM) manufacture and one pass TBM mining with precast tunnel lining segments.
• Preferred: knowledge and experience with hard rock sequential excavation methods.
• Preferred: knowledge and experience with large diameter shaft construction using secant, liner plate, shotcrete and rock bolt methods.

Conditions

Full-time, on-site role in Austin, Texas.

US citizenship is required.

Valid driver's license and passing an MVR check per company policy.

All new hires must attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at a company office as a condition of employment.

The company keeps all applicant information confidential under EEO guidelines.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D and disability coverage.
• Paid time off and leaves of absence.
• Voluntary benefits, perks and flexible work options.
• Well-being resources and an employee assistance program.
• Business travel insurance and service recognition awards.
• Retirement savings plan and employee stock purchase plan.
• Training and development programs for technical and leadership skills.