Raba Kistner is seeking a dependable Resident Engineer to join our Infrastructure team in the Midvale, UT. Under close supervision, the Resident Engineer I is responsible for all area or project operations, as determined by the size and nature of the project, including construction inspection and material testing operations to ensure compliance with project plans, approved shop/working drawings, and specifications. Under close supervisory guidance, is responsible for performing a combination of the following duties:

• Plan, schedule and coordinate construction inspection activities and material testing operations.
• Implement and oversee compliance with administrative and business operation activities including human resources, training programs, inventory, safety and budget monitoring.
• Review and recommend approval of applications for payment.
• Oversee Area Office record management operations.
• Meet with contractor's supervisors or other project leaders on assigned project sites to discuss and coordinate testing, sampling, or inspection of construction materials or construction procedures to verify compliance with the approved plans, specifications and shop/working drawings.
• Review plans, specifications, and shop/working drawings for project activities.
• Resolve differences in the interpretation of plans and specifications.
• Perform Operational Walk Through and Competency Testing.
• Review implementation of established procedures and implement preventive and corrective actions.
• Responsibilities as contained within the RKI Quality Management System.
• Carry out assigned duties in accordance with established procedures.
• Maintenance of license and/or certifications at the time of employment or obtained during employment.
• Submittal of accurate, legible, comprehensive, and complete testing and/or inspection reports on a daily basis in accordance with project Quality Plan.
• Interpret, organize, execute, and coordinate major technical engineering assignments.
• Review construction inspection procedures of assigned supervisors and/or inspectors and clarifies procedures.
• Assign work priority tasks to assigned direct reports and/or inspector(s).
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related field.
• P.E. License in applicable state, or if out of state must obtain P.E. license in applicable state within 6 months of hire.
• Minimum four (4) years progressively responsible experience in transportation engineering, two (2) years of construction management and one (1) year supervisory experience.
• Must possess a valid driver's license within the applicable jurisdiction and meet firm's auto insurability requirements.

Good oral and written communications skills and ability to maintain effective working relationships with internal and external personnel. Intermediate in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook). Able to travel to project sites and maneuver over rough and uneven terrain.

The following physical activities described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and expectations.

While performing the functions of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms and drive vehicle short and/or long distances; continuously talk or hear and taste or smell; occasionally, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and lift and/or move up to 25 pounds with or without assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

May be occasionally exposed to work in high, precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, wet or humid conditions, extreme cold, extreme heat, risk of electrical shock, risk of radiation, and vibration. Regularly work near moving mechanical parts and outdoor weather conditions.

This position may require protracted or irregular hours. Flexibility to work irregular hours is necessary due to client needs. Work responsibilities may require out of town travel to Raba Kistner offices, client offices and project locations.

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