Field Surveyor - Project Engineer National at Falk PLI - A Solutions Company

About the Company - Falk PLI is a place where you can put your innovative thinking and business skills into high gear and work alongside other highly intelligent and motivated people. It's a place where you can apply your skills to some of the most challenging, interesting, and meaningful projects. It's a place that values the diversity of our areas of practice and our people. Falk PLI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

An innovative, exciting Industrial Solutions firm with a wide range of engineering opportunities in heavy construction, equipment installation, and equipment operations, maintenance, and reliability with offices in Portage, IN; Mobile, AL; Pittsburgh, PA; Pueblo, CO.

Job Summary - The Field Surveyor – Project Engineer will provide engineering, and surveying decision-making skills for customer projects. This includes working in the field with other engineers, surveyors, millwrights, and other necessary personnel to provide a complete engineering project consistent with customer requirements. Works closely with the Project Manager and General Contractors. Candidates must be flexible regarding work schedule and have an engineering and/or surveying background, or knowledge of large-scale equipment process.

Key Job Responsibilities / Results:

• Applies broad knowledge of principles and practices in a specific practice area.
• Independently evaluates, selects, and adapts standard techniques, procedures, and criteria.
• Acquires general knowledge of principles and practices of related fields, and ability to function on multidisciplinary teams.
• Works on multiple projects of moderate size or portions of major projects.
• Receives general direction on key objectives.
• Receives guidance, when necessary, on unconventional or complex problems, direction on modified techniques, and new approaches on assignments with conflicting criteria.
• Incumbent will be involved in providing clients engineering solutions for construction and maintenance/reliability issues.
• Independently applies extensive and diversified knowledge of principles and practices in broad areas of assignments and related fields.

Technical Responsibilities:

• Gathers, analyzes and interprets data.
• Formulates and solves problems.
• Reviews complete work documents for conformity and quality assurance.
• Ensure that program execution is aligned with business priorities
• Identify and mitigate cross-functional risks and issues, and act as a primary escalation point for critical issues.
• Ability to learn computer programs.
• Proficient in utilizing CAD and Microsoft Office. Experience in 3D modeling software.
• Strong math skills, knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, calculus, statistics and their applications.
• The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
• The ability to demonstrate and perform basic measurements knowledge.
• Ability to read drawing and blueprints.
• Able to check calibration on equipment.
• Ability to interpret various data.

Managerial Responsibilities

• Collaborates with crew personnel, managers, engineers, and administrative staff.
• Plans and coordinates detailed aspects of the daily field crew work.
• Assists with proposals to provide professional services or obtain funding for engineering projects or programs.
• Interacts with clients, customers, officials, contractors, and others.
• Regular and punctual attendance according to scheduled hours.
• Attends project meetings and presents specific aspects of engineering assignments.
• Contribute to team effort by accomplishing other tasks as needed and other projects as assigned by management.

Communication Skills

• Have strong verbal and non-verbal teamwork and customer relations skills – including communication over the phone, with a computer and in person.
• Must speak, read and write and understand the English language.
• Ability to work within a budget.
• Responsible and dependable.
• Ability to manage jobs. (Also receive and provide professional feedback with subordinates, supervisors and projects).
• Have strong flexibility/adaptability skills.
• Show initiative for job-related duties.
• Have tenacity and patience.
• Deductive reasoning.
• Good stress and time management skills.
• Ability to learn new skill sets and technology.

Experience (Required/Preferred):

• 2-3 + years’ experience regarding Heavy Construction, Industrial Metrology or Optical Tooling.
• Knowledge in operation and/or use of reporting data gathered from laser trackers, robotic total stations, GPS, or laser scanners.
• Experience with laser trackers and/or laser scanners preferred.
• Proficient in CAD and Microsoft office products, Word, Excel. Experience in 3D modeling software preferred and basic math skills.
• Applicant must have clean driving record and pass a drug screening and criminal background check.

Education (Required/Preferred):

• Bachelor’s Degree or related associates degree preferred.
• Graduation from or enrollment in a Apprentice Program

Physical Attributes:

• Must be capable of lifting up to 50 pounds while utilizing proper lifting techniques and be able to utilize repetitive motions.
• Must be willing and able to travel to customer sites, work overtime and weekends
• Work in a fast-paced environment (for scheduling purposes – may have to be available – (Monday through Sunday – 24 hours a day).
• Be fit for duty (pass a drug screening test and random drug testing).
• Be willing and able to work indoors and outdoors, occasionally in extreme temperatures, various climates and harsh industrial climates.
• Be willing and able to work and navigate construction sites – such as on elevated platforms, maneuver uneven surfaces, climb scaffolding, crawl, climb ladders, deal with heights and work in confined spaces.
• Be able to wear breathing apparatus and/or protective equipment (must be able to pass a fit test for this equipment).
• Be willing and able to wear safety equipment when necessary, such as hard hats, harnesses, safety glasses, steel toe boots, etc.
• Be willing and able to be on their feet for extended periods of time (may have to work sixteen (16) hour work shifts).
• Be able to grasp/work/lift/move required company equipment.

Working Conditions:

• Varying levels of travel up to and including 70% may be required.
• Be eligible to work in the United States and abroad, to include Canada
• Be able to travel through the week and weekends.
• Must possess valid passport and a valid driver’s license and legally be able to operate a company vehicle and be insurable through the company’s auto insurance.