Hello fellow Engineered Journey readers! How have you all been? I know it’s been a minute since I’ve posted anything, but that is with reason. I have been working my butt off these past few months as a field engineer pushing the schedule on my building. As a concrete field engineer you eat, sleep, and breathe concrete. This is especially true on a project where you are pushing 1 floor per week. It is a none stop cycle until you top out the structure.
However, there have been new developments within my career. I have recently been pulled into the office from the field. What does this mean? Well, this is the natural progression up the food chain in construction. I will be going from surveying, layout, ordering concrete, to RFIs, Submittals, and risk management. If you have no idea what a field engineer does, please read one of my older posts here where I discuss what it is that I did as a field engineer.
Now that I’m an office engineer, what does that mean I will be/have been doing? The task list is long but I will no have a hand in many things such as:
- Material Management – procurement and validation of shop drawings, submittals, and materials.
- Prepare monthly Owner and Subcontractor Pay Applications and invoices.
- Assist the field supervisors on interpretation of drawings, specifications, RFIs, and questions from the design team.
- Process and estimate all Change Orders.
- Assist with revenue and margin analysis studies.
- Run a plethora of meetings among design and ownership teams.
- Quality – Facilitate and participate in Preparatory Meetings, Initial Inspections, and Follow-up Inspections.
Of course there is more to being an office engineer than a few bullet points and I’m sure I will know more as time goes on. I am new to the role and will continue updating you all as to how it is going with time. I will also share all lessons learned with you my dear readers.
See you all in the next post, but until then stay safe!
Best,
– E J
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