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Construction Engineer

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Construction Engineer

Location: Newport News VA

Shift: 7AM-3:30PM ONSITE

Rate: $45.00


Job Description

Plans, designs and oversees the construction of new or expanded facilities. Prepares architectural, engineering, and cost estimates, functional studies, construction plans, specifications, and schedules. Obtains and supervises outside contractors. Recommends architectural and engineering design procedures and standards for the planning and design of facilities. Supervises the detailed design, budgetary costing, standardized construction, and final inspection of facility projects. Conducts construction surveillance to ensure adherence to contractual requirements. Provides engineering consulting services to local and divisional offices.


This position manages the construction of electrical, mechanical and structural work/systems associated with utility infrastructure, building and waterfront construction projects. Position is responsible for performing contractor management, troubleshooting design or construction conflicts and provides solutions, performs project specific safety assessments/audits, quality control and quality inspection to design standards, preparation of startup and commissioning documents including checklists, operating procedures, and training for all assigned work. Conducts construction surveillance to ensure adherence to contractual requirements. Investigates problems incurred during testing and operations, resolves problems and directs re-tests to ensure the satisfactory performance of the system. Position also involves close coordination and management of multiple construction projects with multiple stakeholders, customers, maintenance, and operations personnel.

b. Construction Management Experience, OSHA 10/30, Knowledge of Building Codes, Plumbing Codes, Mechanical Codes, AISC, ACI, NEC, ASME, NFPA, AWS, and OSHA regulations is a plus. Heavy industrial facilities experience is a plus.



Basic Qualifications

Bachelors in Science- Newport News Shipbuilding requires a Bachelor’s Degree in engineering from an ABET accredited program.


Special Requirements:

Collaboration, communication, willingness to learn new things

Company DescriptionWith almost four decades of experience as a proven industry leader, Acro continues to be consistently recognized among the Best & Brightest Companies to Work for in the United States. As an international professional services firm with deep expertise in consulting and staff augmentation offering a variety of solutions including MSP, VMS, RPO, HRO (and more), Acro operates across North America, Europe, and Asia from over 30 locations. Acro’s client portfolio includes some of the most well-known names in business and provides services across all verticals including technology, aerospace, energy, automotive, government, and manufacturing. To learn more, please visit www.acrocorp.com.Company DescriptionWith almost four decades of experience as a proven industry leader, Acro continues to be consistently recognized among the Best & Brightest Companies to Work for in the United States. As an international professional services firm with deep expertise in consulting and staff augmentation offering a variety of solutions including MSP, VMS, RPO, HRO (and more), Acro operates across North America, Europe, and Asia from over 30 locations. Acro’s client portfolio includes some of the most well-known names in business and provides services across all verticals including technology, aerospace, energy, automotive, government, and manufacturing. To learn more, please visit www.acrocorp.com.

Construction Engineer

Newport News, VA
Full time

Published on 10/08/2025

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