Field Engineer- Industrial Construction

Duncan SC, South Carolina


Employer: Babcock Power
Industry: Field / Technical Services
Salary: $75500 - $94237 per year
Job type: Full-Time

Position Summary:
As a Field Engineer, you will be a vital part of our project team, providing engineering and technical support on a job site. Working closely with project leaders, your role is to ensure that we meet contract requirements, safety standards, and maintain high-quality work. Your engineering expertise will play a key role in the success of our projects!
Essential Responsibilities:
Project Site Management:• Manages the Requests for Information (RFI) process, including specification, and project documentation reviews, visual examinations, and documentation creation for issues, potential changes, and contract change orders.
• Prepare cost estimates for change order submission and negotiation with client.
• Tracks and reports production quantities to project control and management functions.
• Manages the preparation of construction and installation work packages for assigned disciplines.
• Performs walk-downs to monitor the progress of work packages.

Health, Safety, and Environmental Focus:• Incorporates Health, Safety, and Environmental considerations into all project documentation and site activities.
• Acts as a role model for safety excellence and participates in the development of job hazard analyses.

Engineering Support and Collaboration:• Participates in project team meetings, contributing engineering input to project-related decisions.
• Develops strong relationships and partners with superintendent(s) to provide clear and timely technical/engineering support for field execution work.
• Interacts with customers, engineers, and subcontractors regularly to understand and incorporate project objectives, schedules, permits, and cost considerations into site issue resolutions.
• Assists in turnover processes with construction and startup/commissioning teams, providing proper documentation related to the project.

Job Requirements / Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
  • Education: B.S. in Engineering or Construction Management preferred.
  • Experience: 1-3 years of experience in field engineering or project engineering. Experience in starting up and commissioning power/industrial plants or systems preferred.
  • Experience utilizing InEight software (Plan, Control, Document & Compliance Modules) or comparable construction management software in a project field assignment role.
  • Proficiency with AutoCAD and Bluebeam software.
  • Understanding of basic engineering calculations.
  • Understanding of project costing and scheduling fundamentals.


To provide greater transparency to candidates, we include base pay ranges for all US-based job postings that encompass all potential locations and levels for the open position. Our base pay ranges are set based on the function, discipline, level and regional location and are benchmarked against companies in the same or similar industry. Final offers may vary based on multiple factors, including; education, depth and relevance of work experience, relevant licenses and certifications, and may vary from the amounts listed in the job posting.

The base pay range for this Field Engineer role is $75,500 - $94,237 annually.

Created: 2024-04-23
Reference: 2023-CNS-080
Country: United States
State: South Carolina
City: Duncan SC


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