Engineering Technician
Parsons Corporation · United States · $30.58–$53.51/hr (stated in the posting)
In a world of possibilities, pursue one with endless opportunities. Imagine Next!At Parsons, you can imagine a career where you thrive, work with exceptional people, and be yourself. Guided by our leadership vision of valuing people, embracing agility, and fostering growth, we cultivate an innovative culture that empowers you to achieve your full potential. Unleash your talent and redefine what’s possible.Job Description:
Parsons is seeking an experienced Engineering Technician to support a major program and construction management team delivering a large, complex industrial infrastructure project.
Working under Technical Services leadership, the Engineering Technician will support multidisciplinary design reviews, technical-document coordination, quality activities, field investigations, and construction engineering. The selected candidate will assist engineering and construction personnel by maintaining accurate technical information, tracking technical actions, and helping resolve design and field issues.
This position is based near Little Rock, Arkansas and is part of a 4–5 year contract. During the first year, remote work is permitted. After the first year, the selected candidate will be required to either reside within commuting distance of Little Rock, AR or be willing to relocate to the area.
Periodic travel and coordination with program leadership, Client representatives, contractors, consultants, suppliers, and on-site personnel may be required.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Support engineering managers, discipline leads, project engineers, construction managers, and quality personnel with technical coordination and project execution.
- Assist with reviewing drawings, specifications, calculations, reports, submittals, requests for information, vendor data, and other technical documents.
- Review technical records for completeness, consistency, revision status, and compliance with approved project procedures.
- Prepare sketches, marked-up drawings, technical exhibits, quantity takeoffs, spreadsheets, reports, and routine calculations under appropriate technical supervision.
- Support multidisciplinary design and constructability reviews by distributing packages, consolidating comments, and tracking actions through closure.
- Identify apparent discrepancies, omissions, conflicts, and coordination concerns and refer them to the responsible engineer for resolution.
- Maintain technical-action, design-review, submittal, request-for-information, and engineering-deliverable trackers.
- Coordinate with Document Control to ensure technical documents are correctly numbered, revised, distributed, retained, and available to authorized personnel.
- Support field investigations and site walks by collecting measurements, photographs, equipment information, and observations of existing or installed conditions.
- Compare observed field conditions with approved documents and report potential deviations or nonconforming conditions to engineering, construction, and quality personnel.
- Support inspection and quality activities by organizing material certifications, test reports, nonconformance records, corrective actions, and other technical evidence.
- Assist with evaluating technical issues by assembling applicable drawings, specifications, calculations, field information, and contractor documentation.
- Support procurement and vendor coordination by tracking equipment data, material requirements, technical submittals, certifications, manuals, and supplier deliverables.
- Assist commissioning personnel with technical documentation, equipment records, test packages, deficiency tracking, system turnover, and operational-readiness activities.
- Provide technical status information for progress reports, dashboards, schedule updates, risk reviews, and management briefings.
- Support project closeout by organizing record drawings, final specifications, equipment data, test records, operating manuals, warranties, and other required technical records.
- Use approved engineering, PMIS, document-management, drawing-review, spreadsheet, and reporting tools to maintain accurate project information.
- Perform other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate.
- Work remotely during the first year, with the expectation of residing within commuting distance of Little Rock, Arkansas, or relocating to the area thereafter.
- Support periodic travel and coordination with program leadership, Client representatives, contractors, consultants, suppliers, and on-site personnel.
What Required Skills You'll Bring:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Construction Management, Quality Management, or a related field and at least six years of relevant experience.
- An equivalent combination of technical education, professional training, and relevant engineering or construction-support experience may be considered.
- Experience reviewing technical documents, collecting field information, maintaining engineering records, and tracking technical actions.
- Working knowledge of engineering, construction, inspection, and quality-control principles and documentation.
- Ability to read and interpret drawings, specifications, schematics, equipment data, submittals, and technical reports.
- Ability to prepare routine calculations, quantity takeoffs, sketches, drawing markups, spreadsheets, and field records.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to identify apparent discrepancies, omissions, conflicts, and incorrect revisions.
- Strong organizational, analytical, problem-solving, communication, and follow-up skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams.
- Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively within a multidisciplinary and matrixed organization.
- Demonstrated integrity, accountability, sound judgment, and commitment to safety, quality, and accurate technical documentation.
What Desired Skills You'll Bring:
- Experience supporting multidisciplinary engineering, construction, inspection, or quality activities on a large industrial, infrastructure, manufacturing, or government project.
- Familiarity with AutoCAD, Bluebeam Revu, PMIS platforms, and electronic document-management systems.
- Experience supporting design and constructability reviews, field investigations, inspection activities, procurement, commissioning, and project closeout.
- Engineer-in-Training, Engineering Technician, quality, construction-inspection, AutoCAD, or equivalent technical certification.
- OSHA 10-Hour or 30-Hour Construction Safety training.
- Experience coordinating with engineering, construction, quality, procurement, commissioning, Document Control, contractors, consultants, suppliers, and Client representatives.
- Experience preparing technical status information for progress reports, dashboards, schedule updates, risk reviews, and management briefings.
Security Clearance Requirement:
NoneThis position is part of our Federal Solutions team.The Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what’s next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.Salary Range: $30.58 - $53.51We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will continue to be posted for an average of 30 days until a qualified applicant is selected or the position has been cancelled.Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!Parsons is aware of fraudulent recruitment practices. To learn more about recruitment fraud and how to report it, please refer to https://www.parsons.com/fraudulent-recruitment/.