Highway Resident Engineer

WSP is seeking a Highway Resident Engineer to oversee new, replacement, or rehabilitated infrastructure with construction values ranging from $1-$50 million. The resident engineer will manage and oversee various work elements, including excavation, backfilling, compaction, and cast-in-place concrete. The position can be based out of Boston, Worcester, or Chelmsford, MA, and Providence, RI.

Requirements

• Manage a staff of inspectors and on-call material technicians or surveyors
• Daily interface with the contractor, subcontractors, and project owner
• Chair progress meetings and prepare minutes
• Review and interpret construction contract documents
• Oversee work for conformance to plans and specifications
• Anticipate and help resolve design and construction issues
• Review contractor's project schedule for general information related to schedule and logic
• Complete daily reports, measure, calculate, and track unit price quantities
• Lead the contractor's pay requisition development, review, and approval process
• Evaluate potential change orders and make recommendations
• Lead change order negotiations, review, and prepare negotiation position with owner
• Monitor maintenance of traffic for compliance
• Take and compile photographs for tracking of daily progress
• Update red-line drawings using Bluebeam
• Prepare and update punch lists
• Coordinate final inspections and prepare final pay estimate
• Support the final closeout process

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Disability
• Life
• Retirement savings