Job Opportunity Information
Position Title
Field Service Engineer (St. Catharines, ON/ Greely, Colorado/ Buffalo, NY)
Position Type
Engineering
Location
Various
Language(s)
English
Added on
Tuesday, October 29th 2024
Deadline to apply
2024-12-31
Job Description
For the continued expansion of its North American operations, PlanET is looking for a Field Services Engineer to join our team.There is ONE position available and it can be located in:
- St. Catharines, ON
- Greely, Colorado
- Buffalo NY
Reporting to the Field Services Manager the selected candidate will be expected to handle all aspects of construction and start-up engineering support.
- This job operates both indoors and outdoors in areas that are not environmentally controlled. This job may be exposed to weather or under cover and in close physical proximity with others.
- Exposure to hazardous conditions and equipment.
Responsibilities
- Ensure that safety of PlanET employees, PlanET subcontractors, and customers is paramount by implementation of PlanET Safety Program rules.
- Handle all aspects of construction engineering and field support. Work with design engineers and suggest design improvements as necessary.
- Patriciate in pre-construction meetings and regular visits to the project sites.
- Act as a liaison to the contractors, owners and customers to the construction and engineering departments on field modifications.
- Creates, maintains, and executes the project plan and schedule; and ensures compliance with budget.
- Ensures that contractor works, and vendor products meet the company’s Quality Standards and Design Requirements for project materials and workmanship.
- Works with the project engineers to improve design where deficiencies are noted.
- Advises senior management timely of potential problems, work interferences or schedule difficulties while assisting in circumventing/resolving such conflicts; anticipates and resolves project issues and schedule difficulties.
- Maintains the project job logs of issues, punch list and follow-ups
Physical Requirements:
- The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines.
- Must be able to sit and/or stand for up to 8 hours a day.
- Spend time bending, kneeling, crouching, reaching, pulling, pushing, lifting, grasping, or twisting the body.
- Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
Job Qualifications
- Minimum of three (3) years of experience as a Field Engineer for an industrial general contractor or equivalent.
- Prior Anaerobic Digester experience preferred
- Experience on Industrial construction building projects of $10M+.
- In-depth knowledge of the industrial construction industry and documentation/standard practices, specifically construction specifications, building materials, methods and procedures.
- Ability to apply complex engineering principles to construction challenges.
- Ability to visualize the entire project and anticipate constructability issues and embed solutions in the construction plans and schedules.
- Ability to visualize and create the project schedule’s critical path.
- Ability to schedule, monitor, and forecast resources for optimum efficiency.
- Ability to manage many facets of the construction project and assume responsibility.
- Computer literate with working knowledge of Microsoft Office software, including Excel, Word, and Outlook.
- Take control and ownership of situations and follow them through to completion.
- Implement and communicate construction specifications and procedures and exhibit constant stewardship of project contractual documents with contractors and stakeholders.
- Interpret, review, and provide feedback for survey and civil design work.
- Ensure construction plans meet guidelines and specifications of building codes and other regulations
- Establish, monitor, maintain and update construction work schedules
- Must have valid driver’s license and have the ability to work in Canada and the United States
How to apply
Interested and qualified candidates who are looking to make an impact with a growth oriented renewable energy company can post their resume to s.healy@planet-biogas.com While we appreciate all applications, only those candidates considered for the position will be contacted.