Engineer

About the Role

The Engineer will manage, evaluate, and assess information required to deliver the project on time, within budget, and to the quality specified in the contract documents. This role includes supervisory responsibility for Assistant Engineers, Engineering Assistants, and Interns and acts as the individual responsible for translating the project design into construction “on paper.” The Engineer reports to the Project Engineer, Project Manager, or Project Executive. Key duties include acting as the liaison among architects, subcontractors, consultants, suppliers, inspectors, Turner staff, and the owner’s representatives to resolve plan and specification issues. The Engineer oversees contract drawings, ensures alignment with estimates, manages the project budget, submittals, shop drawings, and change orders, and leads the close‑out process with final records, warranties, as‑builts, and O&M manuals. Additional responsibilities involve supervising junior staff, preparing scope of work documents, developing reports, and coordinating trade and pre‑construction meetings. • Liaise with architects, subcontractors, consultants, suppliers, inspectors, Turner staff, and owner’s representatives to resolve plan and specification issues. • Oversee contract drawings and ensure they align with project estimates. • Manage the project budget and monitor financial performance. • Coordinate submittals and shop drawings, ensuring conformance to contract specifications. • Negotiate and process change orders, including analysis, estimates, and approvals. • Lead the project close‑out process, preparing final records, warranties, as‑builts, and O&M manuals. • Supervise Assistant Engineers, Engineering Assistants, Plan Clerks, and Interns, including performance appraisal input. • Prepare scope of work documents for trades. • Develop reports on general conditions, labor, safety, change orders, and quality control. • Schedule and facilitate subcontractor coordination, pre‑construction, and submittal review meetings.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸contract drawings
• ▸budget management
• ▸submittal coordination
• ▸change orders
• ▸close‑out
• ▸staff supervision

What You Bring

Candidates must hold a bachelor’s degree and have at least four years of relevant experience, or an equivalent mix of education and training. Required competencies include strong written and verbal communication, proficiency with Microsoft Office, and familiarity with BIM and LEAN technologies. The role also demands the ability to read and interpret contract documents, drawings, specifications, scopes of work, and project schedules, as well as demonstrated leadership and interpersonal skills. The position involves regular sitting, standing, walking, and frequent lifting of up to 50 pounds, with occasional climbing, balancing, and kneeling. Employees may be exposed to moving mechanical parts, airborne particles, or caustic chemicals, and the work environment ranges from moderate to very loud noise levels. Reasonable accommodations are available for individuals with disabilities.

Requirements

• ▸bachelor's
• ▸4 years
• ▸microsoft office
• ▸bim
• ▸lean
• ▸leadership

Benefits

Turner Construction is hiring for its Philadelphia Main division, located in Philadelphia, PA 19019. The position is a regular, experienced, salaried exempt role in the Construction job family. The estimated salary range is $100,000‑$140,000 annually, and the company offers flexible benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401(k), HSA, FSA, wellness, legal, identity theft protection, life insurance, and short‑ and long‑term disability.

Work Environment

Onsite