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About the Role
The Chief Engineer provides technical and strategic leadership for civil infrastructure projects, ensuring safe, compliant, and profitable delivery. This role oversees engineering planning, constructability, design coordination, technical risk management, and value engineering for various public infrastructure projects.
Responsibilities
- Oversee engineering planning, constructability, design coordination, technical risk management, and value engineering.
- Lead the engineering function for civil infrastructure and heavy civil construction projects from preconstruction through closeout.
- Provide technical oversight for means and methods, constructability reviews, temporary works coordination, and design interpretation.
- Review and approve technical reports, work plans, calculations, and engineering recommendations.
- Establish and ensure consistent application of engineering standards, procedures, and quality expectations across projects.
- Oversee technical compliance with contract documents, codes, permit requirements, and client standards.
- Drive value engineering and innovation initiatives to improve constructability, schedule, quality, and cost.
- Monitor engineering resources and prioritize assignments to meet project and business demands.
- Support bid and proposal efforts by reviewing project documentation and technical aspects.
- Partner with estimating and operations teams to develop cost-effective engineering solutions.
- Coordinate with stakeholders to resolve design issues, RFIs, submittals, and technical conflicts.
- Champion safety through engineering planning, hazard identification, and temporary works review.
- Support schedule development and execution planning by aligning engineering deliverables with project milestones.
- Contribute to risk management, claims support, change management, and documentation of technical decisions.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Structural Engineering, or similar, from an accredited institution.
- Master’s degree preferred.
- 20+ years of progressive engineering experience in civil infrastructure, heavy civil, or transportation construction with a heavy civil general contractor.
- PE license – NY and NJ required.
- History of long-term employment and work tenure.
- Demonstrated leadership experience supporting complex construction projects and managing technical teams.
- Strong knowledge of civil construction methods, drawings, specifications, sequencing, and field execution.
- Experience with public agency, municipal, state, or transportation authority projects.
- Working knowledge of applicable codes, standards, permitting requirements, and quality expectations for infrastructure work.
- Ability to evaluate technical risks, interpret contract documents, and develop practical solutions under schedule and budget constraints.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with field operations, clients, design partners, and executive leadership.
- Proficiency with standard engineering and construction software, document control systems, and Microsoft Office tools.
- Experience supporting design-build, CM/GC, or alternative delivery projects.
- Background in temporary works, traffic staging, utility coordination, structural support systems, or geotechnical interface management.
- Familiarity with BIM, digital delivery tools, and model-based coordination workflows.
- Excellent written and verbal skills.
- Eligible to work in the United States without visa sponsorship now or in the future.
Skills
- Civil construction methods
- Drawings
- Specifications
- Sequencing
- Field execution
- Applicable codes
- Standards
- Permitting requirements
- Quality expectations
- Technical risk evaluation
- Contract document interpretation
- Engineering software
- Construction software
- Document control systems
- Microsoft Office tools
- BIM
- Digital delivery tools
- Model-based coordination workflows
- Written communication
- Verbal communication
Location
- New Rochelle, NY
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 20+ years of progressive engineering experience
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Structural Engineering, or similar
- Master’s degree preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $235,000 - $300,000
About the Company
- Tutor Perini Corporation is a family of civil construction companies that has supported the development and maintenance of infrastructure across the nation for over a century.
- We construct and rehabilitate highways, bridges, tunnels, mass-transit systems, and water management and wastewater treatment facilities.
- Our corporate integrity, financial strength, and outstanding record of performance make us an attractive partner on large, sophisticated infrastructure projects.
- Notable projects include The Purple Line (D Line) Extensions in Los Angeles, SR 99 Viaduct replacement tunnel in Seattle, East Side Access projects and the Hudson Yards Platform in New York, Central Subway Third Street Light Rail in San Francisco, and multiple airport expansions and bridge projects.
- Our mission is to build critical infrastructure that creates a better world.
- Our vision is to be the preeminent full-service civil, building, and specialty contractor by delivering innovative, transformative projects through world-class execution.
- We are committed to creating lasting value for our customers, upholding the highest standards of safety and integrity, generating exceptional financial results and shareholder value, and fostering a culture where our employees thrive.
Equal Opportunity
- Equal Opportunity Employer