Field Engineer - Power Delivery

Paradigm Enterprises Field Engineer Opportunity

Paradigm Enterprises, Inc., a Babcock Power company, is a company whose mission is to build electrical substations, energy storage facilities, and construct or repair electrical power lines while providing high quality, efficient service to our customers and a safe, healthy work environment for our employees. We strive to give our customers the kind of service and quality product that we would want if we were that customer. Likewise, we want our employees to have the kind of job that we ourselves would appreciate. In a word, that's our paradigm.

This is your opportunity to join a high growth industry company where you will partner with our elite industry leaders to drive results and build out a successful power delivery business. This could be your career-defining move.

Paradigm has set up an individual development program that supports the growth of the individual. This may include roles with the estimating team, pre-construction team, engineering team, and / or the construction team. The steps and actions involved with the development program support both Paradigm's need to develop future leaders internally, as well as provide the individual the opportunity to excel based upon their abilities and desires to take on more responsibilities.

As a Field Engineer, you will work closely with and report directly to the Construction Manager and you may be positioned in the office or at project site. If at the project site, you will be expected to be a job-site leader in health and safety, ensuring quality reporting and workmanship, and that all work is completed professionally and ethically. Your main functions will include contract administration, project planning and scheduling, and project reporting, and you will play a key supporting role in Project Management for contractual, legal, and other project issues. If at the office, you will be expected to support estimating, project execution planning, procurement planning, process enhancement, and other pre-construction activities to support the company's objectives.

Main Responsibilities :

• Assist in the interpretation of drawings and specifications for field crews and craft supervision
• Perform quantity calculations by taking measurements and determining the percentage of completed / installed materials and work
• Lead the preparation of work plans and work packages
• Assist in field surveying and work layout support, including elevation, control points, and compilation of as-built data
• Assist in compiling, processing, and confirming daily labor timesheets
• Assist in the preparation of Job Hazard Analysis (JHA's)
• Participate in job site safety reviews, toolbox meetings, mass safety meetings, and safety training
• Order and schedule material deliveries
• Supervise field operations
• Majority of projects are located in North Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
• Perform material takeoffs from drawings, specifications, and other contract documents
• Perform basic engineering calculations and technical drafting to support field operations
• Assist Project Managers and Engineers to gather and prepare data for submittal or transmittal to the customer, vendors, subcontractors, governmental agencies, and internal use
• Assist in the preparation of purchase orders and subcontracts, performing minor solicitations and purchasing as requested
• Assist in the maintenance of basic project recordkeeping and correspondence functions, including daily reports, photographs, requests for information (RFIs), and memorandums
• Assist with entering data into the job cost system and participate in reviewing cost reports with job site management
• Assist in generating change orders and as-built data to be reviewed by the Project Manager
• Provide field support and supervise subcontractor operations
• Prepare execution plans and work packets for future projects
• Lead the estimate of small projects