Field Engineer – Municipal Water / Wastewater Construction

Opening count: 2 positions. Location: Orlando area, Florida. Salary: $65,000–$95,000 per year. Employment: Full-time; anticipated opening pending project award.

About the opportunity

Florida Construction Talent is recruiting TWO Field Engineers for a Florida construction management firm's anticipated municipal water and wastewater work near Orlando. The first project is an approximately $20 million treatment plant featuring a prestressed million-gallon storage tank, yard piping, process equipment, electrical and controls systems, and an operations building. Field Engineers will work with the Project Manager, Superintendent, designers, inspectors, suppliers, and subcontractors to keep technical information accurate and construction moving. The underlying contract is awaiting award, and hiring dates depend on project needs.

Key responsibilities

• Support day-to-day field engineering and construction coordination on site.
• Manage assigned RFIs, submittals, drawings, specifications, field clarifications, and revision tracking.
• Check supplier and subcontractor submittals for completeness and coordination, routing design decisions to authorized design professionals.
• Coordinate technical interfaces among concrete, underground piping, supports, pumps, valves, electrical, controls, and building trades.
• Identify drawing conflicts, missing details, field conditions, procurement delays, or constructability concerns promptly.
• Distribute current approved technical information to field supervision and subcontractors.
• Support technical procurement reviews, approved substitutions, supplier documentation, and delivery coordination.
• Participate in site walks, construction meetings, inspections, field testing, and quality documentation.
• Maintain progress photos, field records, technical approvals, test reports, and as-built information.
• Support startup, commissioning, punch lists, and final turnover documents.

Compensation and benefits

Salary: $65,000–$95,000 per year.

• Medical, dental and vision benefits under the employer's stated 80/20 arrangement; plan and contribution details will be confirmed during hiring.
• Life insurance and a 401(k) retirement plan with a 3% employer match.
• 15 days of paid time off per April–March fiscal year, prorated as applicable; unused PTO does not roll over.
• Bereavement leave.
• Company-provided cell phone and iPad.
• Company truck / vehicle compensation arrangement accounted for within the stated salary package; specific terms will be confirmed by the employer.

How to apply

Apply directly through Florida Construction Talent for this Orlando-area position. Include a resume showing relevant municipal water/wastewater, heavy civil, industrial, or comparable infrastructure construction experience. The project is not yet awarded; final hiring and start dates remain subject to contract award and staffing requirements.

Required qualifications

• Typically 2+ years of field engineering or construction project engineering experience.
• Ability to interpret civil, structural, mechanical, piping, electrical, and controls plans.
• Experience with RFIs, submittals, field documentation, specifications, and trade coordination.
• Good communication, organization, technical problem-solving, and jobsite safety awareness.
• Ability to coordinate several subcontractors, engineers, and construction disciplines.

Preferred qualifications

• Municipal water/wastewater, industrial, infrastructure, or heavy civil field experience.
• Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or related degree; equivalent construction experience considered.
• Experience with process equipment, inspections, and commissioning.
• Bilingual English/Spanish communication.