Traveling Entry Level Field Engineer (Heavy Civil)

STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGIES develops and integrates products, engineering support, repair and maintenance services to provide value-added solutions to owners, engineers and contractors. We provide specialty contracting services through our contracting companies, and state-of-the-art proprietary products and engineering support services through our technologies company. With over 2,500 employees working from locations nationwide and in select international markets, we serve the Commercial, Public, Transportation Industrial, and Power markets to tackle the toughest construction challenges. STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGIES is the in-house engineering business line of Structural Group.
About the Company:
We make structures stronger and last longer.
Structural Group, Inc. integrates technology-driven solutions with specialty contracting services to improve, protect, and enhance the existing infrastructure of owners directly, and in partnership with designers and contractors. Structural Group, Inc. offers a wide range of specialty repair and maintenance services and is the largest concrete repair contractor in the United States, with roughly 4,000 employees working from locations nationwide and in select international markets.
VSL Civil is expanding our Heavy Civil division that focuses on the construction of water/wastewater tanks, new bridges, and repair of existing bridges or special structures.
Please note - this role requires extensive travel (upwards of 70% of the year)!
About the Role:
As the country’s leading concrete repair contractor, Structural Group’s mission is to not only make structures stronger and last longer – it is also to provide a safe and enriching work experience for our people so they develop, have fun and grow with us.
Our Project Engineer Career Development (PECD) program is a cornerstone of our growth and development philosophy. With an emphasis on in-field learning and development, our Project Engineers can expect to master critical construction skills, including:
Scheduling and production rate tracking
Estimating
Budget preparation and project cost control
Safety management
Quality control
Business development and client relations
Field resource management
The goal of our PECD program is to develop our people into company leaders. In order to accomplish that, the PECD program has been structured with a competency based approach along with an emphasis on individual mentorship. Our Project Engineers will build experience across multiple competencies before being promoted into the career path they desire – project management, estimating, construction management and more.
Our ideal Project Engineer candidate loves to solve problems, thrives in a collaborative team-based environment, has a strong time management system, hits deadlines, enjoys communicating with different types of people, organizes themselves well and is safety focused!
About the Team:
VSL Denver’s office is located in Wheat Ridge, CO and is primarily an in-office position. While our Project Engineers are mostly situated in Colorado, the branch has work spanning throughout the country. This role requires extensive project based travel!
Denver’s primary market is post-tensioning solutions, with an emphasis on strengthening and repairing water/wastewater tanks and heavy civil bridge work. For more information on VSL Denver, please refer to the team’s website page and social media: https://www.structuraltechnologies.com/vsl/
Minimum Qualifications:
Ability and desire to travel and support long-term construction projects (70%+)
Bachelor's Degree is required. Preference for Construction Management, Civil Engineering or related field of study
Cumulative grade point average of 2.8 or higher
A minimum of one relevant internship experience
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Exceptional documentation and organizational skills
Aptitude for solving problems
Reliable transportation from the office to job-sites
Benefits:
PECD Program providing hands on development.
Internal career flexibility.
Continuing education reimbursement.
Bonus structure dependent on performance.
Cell-phone reimbursement
401(k) with a 6% company match, eligible upon hire.
15 Days of Vacation available upon hire.
Wellness benefits; medical, dental, vision, short-term disability, long-term disability, critical illness, FSA, etc.
Structural Technologies is proud of a company culture that promotes 24/7 safety and quality. EOE/M/F/D/V