Senior Engineer - Reston

Division: Washington DC Main
Project Location(s): Reston, VA 20190 USA
Minimum Years Experience: Travel Involved: Job Type: Regular Job Classification: Experienced Education: Job Family: Construction Compensation: Salaried Exempt

If you picture yourself doing great things that make a difference in the lives of others, Turner is the place to be. Turner Construction is an industry leading commercial construction general contractor with a 120 year history spanning iconic projects around the globe, including 10 of the world's 100 tallest buildings.

Turner is committed to sustaining a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment where everyone feels connected, sees themselves represented at all levels of the company, and feels supported to reach their ultimate potential. Turner builds some of the most ambitious projects in the world. The technical expertise of our people makes us a recognized leader in many markets. Our projects are well known. Our people set us apart. We inspire greatness. Can you picture yourself at Turner? If so, apply and let's do great things together!

Position Description: Resource for Operations staff, providing technical, administrative and training support for project development, with an emphasis on project engineering.

Reports to: Operations Manager, Senior Operations Manager or Regional Operations Manager

Essential Duties & Responsibilities*:

• Perform constructability review during preconstruction on assigned projects. Support Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) preparation and/or estimate preparation as required.
• Understand and share national and local building codes and requirements, and Turner's internal policies.
• Monitor and assist in the development, training and evaluation of engineering personnel.
• Ensure strict adherence to safety, ethics and compliance requirements at all times.
• Remain current on technology in the industry. Manage the rollout of new technologies onto Turner jobsites.
• Conduct regular meetings in the various Business Units (BUs) to discuss current challenges, relevant issues, lessons learned, and exchange of information.
• Update and improve content of existing procedures manuals. Develop new procedures manuals for various areas not completely covered.
• Assemble and make available various detailed checklists on a variety of topics with emphasis on risk management.
• Collaborate with architects and engineers on various topics important to the industry and coordinate meetings.
• Attend conferences and industry seminars to gather information on new technologies or new systems to review impact to our business.
• Actively participate in the start-up of each project and maintain a continual general overview of the engineering procedures.
• Visit projects periodically by attendance at job meetings or pre-installation meetings to assist with risk management.
• Collect best practices or good examples and formats for various procedures or methods, including scheduling, budgeting and QA/QC from the project visits and share with other projects and BUs.
• Review closeout procedures with projects.
• Responsible for off-site document storage and retrieval.

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Qualifications: Bachelor's degree or minimum four years' of formal engineering or architectural training, minimum fifteen years of building construction experience required or equivalent combination of education, training and experience. Strong knowledge of construction cost, scheduling, estimating, purchasing, and engineering principles and techniques, as well as a basic understanding of Turner accounting procedures. Strong knowledge of various construction methods and materials, their characteristics, installation procedures and tolerances. Management know-how, leadership, and interpersonal skills. Strong presentation, verbal and written communication skills.

Physical Demands: Performance of the required duties will require physical ability to climb permanent and temporary stairs, passenger use of construction personnel hoists, ability to climb ladders and negotiate work areas under construction. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Performing this job requires use of hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls, sit, talk and hear, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Work Environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works on-site at the construction work site where the employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts; high precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock. The noise in these work environments is usually moderate to very loud.

*May perform other duties as assigned.

Turner is an Equal Opportunity Employer - race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.

Turner is an Equal Opportunity Employer - race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.