Field Engineer III
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Job overview
HNTB’s Field Engineer III observes contractor work for compliance with contract documents and coordinates inspection efforts on small to mid-size projects. The role monitors construction progress, reviews plans and reports, and assists with design calculations and contract documents. It also supports field changes, material testing, schedule analysis, and office engineering tasks, while providing guidance and training to inspection staff.
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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 observing contractor's work to monitor the projects compliance with contract documents and report findings. Coordinates and monitors the inspection efforts of inspection staff in their assigned areas of responsibilities on small to mid size projects to determine that Contractor's construction activities are monitored and controlled in accordance with design plans, specifications and contractual requirements. May provide guidance and training to inspection staff. Monitors contractor's construction progress as compared to overall project and contract schedule. 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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Inspects, monitors, and oversees construction field work tasks and activities on a project to ensure conformance to plans and specifications. Reads, interprets, and confirms compliance with applicable contract documents.
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Performs or oversees on-site material testing. Reviews plans and specifications to determine material requirements (quantities and qualities). Responsible for tracking of item quantities and preparing pay estimates, and ensures that procedures and materials comply with plans and specifications.
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Initiates field changes to drawings and specifications, identifies discrepancies or conflicts within the documents. Reviews contractor’s daily construction reports for accuracy, thoroughness, and consistency. Responsible for maintaining as-constructed drawings and monitors contractors progress to analyze against progress schedule.
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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 documentation for change orders, reviews change order scope of work, schedule and cost, processes and maintains tracking logs for RFIs, submittals, pay estimates and other deliverables. Assists in constructability reviews.
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Mentors and trains staff.
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Performs other duties as assigned.
What You'll Need:
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Bachelor's degree in Engineering and 4 years relevant experience, or
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Master's degree in Engineering and 3 years relevant experience, or
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Doctorate degree in Engineering and 2 years relevant experience.
What You'll Bring:
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Identifies complex discrepancies or conflicts within documents and takes appropriate action to resolve issues.
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Performs advanced calculations, develops plots and graphs using Excel, and drafts detailed reports for project progress reporting to the client.
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Provides direction on projects to less experienced staff.
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Performs advanced shop drawing and submittal review as well as advanced CPM schedule analysis.
What We Prefer:
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Professional Engineer (PE), Certified Construction Manager (CCM), or American Concrete Institute (ACI.)
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OSHA 30 certified preferred.
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Agency safety training certified.
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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-32344
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
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Field Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (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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