Field Engineer II
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Job overview
The Field Engineer II provides engineering inspection and documentation of contractor construction work to monitor compliance with plans, specifications, contract provisions, and regulations. The role assists with design calculations and contract documents, interprets construction drawings and reports, and supports project progress tracking and issue resolution. It also performs material testing and office engineering tasks, using tools such as GPS/Rovers to improve inspection efficiency and accuracy.
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What We're Looking For
At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.
This opportunity entails being responsible for providing engineering inspection and documentation of construction work performed by contractor, in order to monitor the project construction compliance with plans, specifications, and contract provisions, as well as state and local regulations in order to protect the client's interests. Responsible for assisting in the compliance and modification of design calculations, technical reports, engineering plans, specifications, and other contract documents for assigned projects. Leverages technical knowledge to assist in the review and interpretation of construction drawings, specifications, and construction reports.
What You'll Do:
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Assists with and monitors construction field work tasks and activities on a project to ensure conformance to plans and specifications. Reads, comprehends, and checks for compliance with applicable contract documents.
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Performs or observes on-site material testing. Reviews plans and specifications to determine material requirements (quantities and qualities), pricing of materials, etc. and ensures that procedures and materials comply with plans and specifications.
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Read and interpret construction drawings and specifications and identify discrepancies or conflicts within the documents.
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Reviews contractor’s daily construction reports for accuracy, thoroughness, and consistency. Regularly reviews contractor's as-built mark-ups, documents project progress using video and photos.
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Consults with Resident Engineer on work progress and construction problems, proactively recommends solutions, assists in the resolution of issues, and acts as a liaison with the engineer of record.
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Remains current and knowledgeable of industry technology and tools used to perform inspection work through industry resources, training, and research. Gains exposure to new technology and utilizes it (GPS/Rovers) to increase efficiency and accuracy of inspection tasks.
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Performs office engineer work when needed including but not limited to; prepares meeting agendas and meeting minutes, assists in processing and maintains tracking logs for RFIs, submittals, pay estimates, and other deliverables.
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Performs other duties as assigned.
What You'll Need:
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Bachelor's degree in Engineering and 2 years relevant experience, or
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Master's degree in Engineering and 1 year relevant experience, or
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Doctorate degree in Engineering.
What You'll Bring:
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Identifies complex discrepancies or conflicts within documents and evaluating the quality of work performed by using inspection checklists.
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Performs increasingly complex calculations, develops plots and graphs using Excel, and drafts detailed reports for project reporting to the client with guidance from more experienced staff.
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Performs basic shop drawing and submittal review and evaluates the contractor's CPM schedule.
What We Prefer:
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Engineer in Training (EIT), or American Concrete Institute (ACI).
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Trained in digital construction management software such as Constructware, Asite or similar preferred.
Additional Information
Click here for benefits information: HNTB Total Rewards
Click here to learn more about Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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Locations:
Madison, WI
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NOTICE TO THIRD-PARTY AGENCIES:
HNTB does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or agencies. Any staffing/employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume to this site does so with the understanding that the applicant's resume will become the property of HNTB. HNTB will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion and without any fee owed to the submitting staffing/employment agency, person or entity. Staffing/employment agencies who have fee agreements with HNTB must submit applicants to the designated HNTB recruiter to be eligible for placement fees.
Job Type: Regular
Full/Part Time: Full time
Job Category: Construction Services Group
ReqID: R-32343
How this job compares
Set against the 2,048 open Field Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$85–115K/yr984 salary ranges
- US median$21–25/hr229 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 16 open Field Engineer jobs in Wisconsin and 2,048 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- Kiewit498 open
- Jacobs101 open
- Bechtel Corporation73 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Field Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 1,267 postings).
- Education
- 872 of the 2,048 open Field Engineer jobs (43%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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