Field Engineer - Chesapeake, VA
BilfingerAbout the role
Bilfinger is a leading international industrial services provider, driving efficiency and sustainability for the process industry. With about 31,000 employees and over €5.4 billion in revenue in 2025, we offer solutions in consulting, engineering, manufacturing, maintenance, turnarounds, and digital applications across key sectors like energy, chemicals, pharma, and oil & gas.
Bilfinger North America has a national reach spanning from Florida to Alaska, with professionals sharing a common goal: to keep promises, honor commitments, and exceed client expectations. We offer a diverse portfolio of services that includes national general contracting concentrating on the management and performance of Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contracts, Job Order Contracting, Design-Build, Bid-Build, and Construction Manager at Risk services; Industrial Maintenance and Turnaround Solutions; Chemical, Manufacturing, and Assembly services and Turbine Manufacturing.
At Bilfinger, we offer a work environment where you can learn and grow. Join us and be part of a team shaping the future!
The Role
The Field Engineer assists construction project team members in various areas to include but not limited to preparation of field-related reports including scoping, estimating, procuring, and submittals.
Qualifications:
- Some experience in the construction industry with a commercial or industrial general contractor
- Experience with estimating, design, and scheduling software highly desired
- Knowledge of construction means and methods
- Experience with blueprint reading a plus but not required
- Must demonstrate a strong ability to:
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- Adapt and be flexible to frequent changes in a fast-paced work environment
- Demonstrate integrity consistent with Centennial’s core values
- Collaborate and work effectively in a team environment with people of various backgrounds and styles
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, to include clear, concise, and professional presentation of information
- Adapt to the constantly evolving world of technology, design, means and methods, systems may include but not limited to: Microsoft Office suite, ProCore, Adobe, and BlueBeam
- Bachelor’s degree in construction management, Engineering, or related field highly desired
Responsibilities:
- Project Support: Assists with daily reports and other field assignments; Assists with writing scopes of work and performing job walks; Provides support with project buyout, procurement of subcontractors, materials, and equipment; Prepares AutoCAD as-built drawings and operation and maintenance manuals; Assists Project Manager during bid negotiations
- Estimating: Assists in the development of detailed line-item takeoffs and pricing; Assists with entering line items into Unit Price Book software using RS Means or other line items estimating tools
- Subcontractor Support: Prepares bid documents for subcontractors; Assembles subcontractor quotes for review; Gathers subcontractor safety information; Assists in tracking progress payments and invoicing from subcontractors; Prepares subcontracts and other subcontractor safety information
- Scheduling: Helps develop and maintain project schedules
- Safety: Ensures compliance with Centennial’s Health, Safety, Environment and Quality (HSEQ) guidelines, and procedures along with all local requirements (OSHA, USACE EM385.1.1, etc.)
- Responsible for driving between project sites that are often miles apart or miles from the assigned office location.
- Occasional travel may be required.
- Performance of the required job duties will be in an office environment along with visits to sites that
are under construction which may include various weather conditions.
- The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee
to successfully perform the essential functions of this job:
- The ability to walk terrain and surfaces that may be far, uneven, or temporary
- The ability to regularly sit, stand, walk, talk and hear
- The ability to frequently use hands to finger, handle or feel
- The ability to occasionally climb, balance, stoop, kneel, squat, or reach
- The ability to frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, periph
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