Job Description

Overview

Tutor Perini Civil-East is seeking a Structural Steel Engineer for their New Rochelle, NY office. The role involves managing projects from inception to completion while ensuring safety, quality, profitability, and schedule adherence.

Responsibilities

  • Participates in project safety programs, observations, and audits
  • Assists Project Managers and Superintendents with project related tasks
  • Assists in identifying and promoting changes to improve productivity and quality on the project
  • Effectively communicates with Project Owner/Designer/Architect/Engineering regarding project schedule, issues and activities occurring on the project
  • Develops RFI’s, work plans and submittals for the project
  • Tracks and reports quantities of work performed and understands associated costs of such
  • Develops time and material final pricing submittals
  • Assists with CPM schedule development and maintenance
  • Maintains as-built drawings with assistance from field staff
  • Understands and communicates contract scope to field staff
  • Performs other related duties as assigned

Requirements

  • B.S. in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or equivalent from accredited institution
  • Minimum of 8 years’ experience in structural steel erection, heavy civil construction, bridge, vertical construction, or other steel structures
  • Experience actively interfacing with fabricators, subcontractors, & owners to resolve design issues, procurement issues, and constructability issues
  • Coordination of contract drawings, design drawings, and shop drawings to facilitate an erectable final structure
  • Experience actively interface with design engineers & construction engineers to develop thorough 'means & methods' process
  • Accurately realize 'to-date' costs and project 'final' costs thru completion
  • Proficiency with MS Office products (Word/Excel)
  • Excellent written and verbal skills

How this job compares in New Rochelle, NY

Pay in context

At roughly $72/hr, this posting sits about 119% above the $33/hr median for welding jobs across New York — toward the top of a $27–$41/hr middle band drawn from 98 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 98% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in New Rochelle, NY

New Rochelle, NY is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across New York as a whole we're tracking 150 other active welding openings from 99 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across New York.

The most active employers in New York at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in New York, NY (16), Alstom (4), and Metropolitan Transportation Authority (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within New York, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are New York at $41/hr and Brooklyn at $32/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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