Field Engineer in Chicago

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The annual salary range is based on experience and qualifications. Employees in this role are also eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, up to 8% of their base salary, dependent on both individual performance and company financial results.

Hey! We’re Skender, nice to meet you.

At our core, we are builders — of communities, relationships, dreams, and careers. If you asked us to describe Skender, we’d say we’re ambitious, humble, and compassionate. We’re focused on building lasting partnerships with the right people. Our success starts and ends with our people. That’s why we seek out dynamic, high-energy teammates who are eager to learn, ready to take ownership of their careers, and excited to have fun along the way.

Who is Skender?

About 70 years ago, Skender got its start in the basement of our founder’s family home. Now, Skender has two locations, our Chicago headquarters and our Indianapolis office, with nearly 400 employees helping us raise the bar year after year.

From humble beginnings to now, Skender has become one of the nation’s top 100 construction firms building dream spaces for many of the world’s leading brands. In more recent history, we’ve won 30 best-place-to-work awards from three different organizations, each based on comprehensive workplace evaluations and employee input.

Our team is driven by three core values:

• Proactive: You take initiative, stay curious, and aren’t afraid to roll up your sleeves to get the job done.
• Refreshing: You celebrate team wins, show appreciation freely, and always give credit where it's earned.
• True Partner: You thrive on collaboration, ask thoughtful questions, and are fully present and engaged with your team.

If our values align with yours, this could be a great match. We love meeting new people, so we can’t wait to hear about you!

Who are you?

We’re looking for a Field Engineer who is ready to take their career to the next level. Do you enjoy creating, maintaining, and distributing project-related documentation? Great. Are you someone with a team-first attitude who will identify project gaps or inefficiencies and seek to improve them? Even better.

What will you do as a Field Engineer?

Our Field Engineers are pivotal players in our Field team. You’ll be responsible for assisting in the administration, documentation and organization of our Field Operations group as directed by the Senior Superintendent.

• Assisting Superintendent with allocating labor costs, preparing pay applications, coordinating and reviewing contract change orders, subcontract change orders, and participating in scope reviews during the purchasing process.
• Verifying compliance with contract documents in relation to submittals, shop drawings, job status reports and materials during installation.
• Recording and distributing meeting minutes as directed by the superintendent.
• Preparing and maintaining issues logs, field tickets and daily reports as required.
• Helping ensure field activities comply with contract requirements and project schedule.
• Reviewing site-specific safety plans with project superintendent and subcontractors to assure compliance with company safety plan.
• Perform regular jobsite inspections and conduct weekly jobsite safety meetings to assure compliance with company safety program.
• Performing daily jobsite inspections to assure compliance with the contract documents and accepted industry quality standards.
• Scheduling all inspections and tests required by the contract documents.
• Reviewing approved submittals received from project engineer to ensure familiarity with installation requirements and sequencing.
• Establishing a relationship with the client and architects that will enhance our capability to perform repeat negotiated work.
• Providing the Business Development Department any market insights gained through discussion with the client, architect, or other project participants regarding potential future project opportunities.

What education and experience are required?

• 4 year degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a similar construction-related field.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in the built construction world.

What's included in our Employee-First Benefits package?

• Skender pays 100% of the premium for health insurance (medical, dental, & vision)
• Annual deposit into health savings account
• Retirement plan with 100% match up to 5% of gross earnings
• Tuition reimbursement for continued learning opportunities
• Employee referral program
• Wellness incentives
• Paid time off
• Parental leave for mothers and fathers
• Free employee assistance program services
• Free short- & long-term insurance
• Community involvement

EEO

At Skender, our values guide our behavior and shape our actions. Our promise is an authentic commitment to equality, opportunity, and a respectful work environment for all. We embrace individuality and listen to diverse voices. We believe that hiring those with different experiences and backgrounds, ultimately enhances our expertise as an organization. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to , , , , , , status, genetics, protected veteran status, , or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This statement applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

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