Senior Engineering Technician - Construction

Job Description

Job Description

Description

Are you a trailblazer who thrives on turning ideas into reality? Ready to hit the road to success? ? Fehr Graham is a fast-growing Midwest engineering environmental firm looking for a motivated Senior Construction Technical Engineer.  We need an enthusiastic engineer eager to tackle a wide range of projects. If you’re hungry for knowledge, ready to make a difference and dedicated to providing personalized attention to our clients, we want you on our team.

What’s in it for you?

We offer an exciting and engaging work environment where every day brings new challenges and opportunities. At Fehr Graham, we don’t just manage projects – we bring them to life! This position will put you in the driver’s seat to steer our construction projects to success.  If you have a passion for transforming concepts into tangible achievements and hope to accelerate your career, we want you on our team.

Where you’ll work

The position is based in our East Peoria, Illinois, office. At Fehr Graham, we believe in work-life balance, and that includes injecting a healthy dose of fun into everything we do. It’s even part of our Core Values! We celebrate milestones and enjoy friendly team-building activities and office outings after work. A happy and engaged work team is a successful one. Each of our offices brings an environment filled with positive energy and enthusiasm. We encourage our teams to connect on multiple levels and support each other’s personal and professional growth. If this sounds like you, Fehr Graham will feel like home.

What you’ll do

Provides support to the engineering and environmental functions of the firm.  Is knowledgeable of methods used in taking filed measurements, creating drawings, collecting samples, or observing construction projects, and generally provides field and office technical “hands-on” activities to carry out the firm’s work.  Understands and interprets drawings, plans, and specifications in the field on construction projects.

• Field work may include construction observation of work in progress, keeping records of quantities and activities, verifying material specifications, and compliance to plans and specifications.
• Collection of samples from various environmental media for chemical or physical analysis.
• Gathering of measurements, as in survey work, or for preparation of drawings.
• Office work may include creation of drawings via hand drafting or CAD methods for review by others.
• Preparation of calculations, summary sheets, or other manipulation of data at the direction of others.
• Maintain equipment used in the field and in the office.
• May assist with copying, making plan sets, filing, library maintenance, or other duties as assigned.
• Receives close supervision on new aspects of assignments.  Has authority to stop construction jobs if it appears contractors are deviating from design or materials or methods specified.
• A team player and understands the need to maintain client confidentiality of all project work.

What it takes

What you’ll get

You’ll have plenty of opportunities to grow professionally at our progressive firm, which started in 1973. Our people-first organization is focused on giving our employees the opportunity for growth. In addition to a competitive salary, we also offer :

Learn more about Fehr Graham’s people, culture and projects on our website.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Fehr Graham provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

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