What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Engineer position at Pioneer Technical Services, Inc?
Department: Butte, MT
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8-5 unless otherwise needed.
Job Status: Full-Time
Amount of Travel: 50% to 60%
Position Summary
Pioneer Technical Services is currently looking for an entry level Civil/Environmental Engineer to work out of our Butte, MT office. We are looking for a dedicated and hard-working engineer to join our team that will assist our staff on remediation projects within the Butte and surrounding areas. Pioneer is a 100% employee-owned ESOP that was founded on the belief that the employees should manage their own future.
The position responsibilities encompass all aspects of environmental remediation, from remedial investigation, remedial design, construction oversight and operation and maintenance at remediation sites. Our team uses environmental data collected at each site to design prescriptive remedial actions. Our projects typically revolve around legacy mine site remediation in the Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountain regions. This employee will be required to interact with project engineers and project managers for remediation projects, including remedial design and design reports, construction drawings, and technical specification development, construction oversight, surveying, environmental sampling and annual reporting requirements. Familiarity with ecological restoration techniques is preferred. The Staff Engineer works under the direct supervision of the Project Engineer or Project Managers assigned to individual projects and to the engineer's Team Leader. The Staff Engineer is an entry level position requiring little or no experience.
Essential Function StATEMENT(s)
Essential Functions
- PROJECT AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
- Keep personal data updated to reflect current experience, training, registration and professional areas of expertise.
- Represent Pioneer Technical Services to clients and prospective clients in a professional manner at all times.
- Assist Project Engineer with scheduling of project tasks.
- Work closely with clients to develop client relationships.
- PROJECT EXECUTION - DESIGN AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT
- Executes specific tasks of the project assigned by the Project Engineer.
- Typical projects involve environmental remediation and/or civil project design tasks including stormwater, surface water, and mine waste excavation design.
- Keeps the Project Engineer fully informed of what is transpiring with his/her part of the project.
- Prepare task progress reports to keep the Project Engineer informed of the completion schedule and budget for each task.
- Attend project control sessions, as required.
- Participate in the firm's QA and QC program, performing project tasks in accordance with company policies and standards.
- PROJECT EXECUTION - FIELD WORK
- Under the supervision of the Project Engineer, the Staff Engineer is responsible for conducting field sampling tasks in accordance with project quality documents, oversight of construction activities to ensure design specifications are adhered to and deviations from approved practices are communicated to the Project Engineer.
- Project administration duties include maintaining task files documenting the history of involvement with the project.
- Monitor safety on the portion of the project assigned.
- FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT
- Responsible for completion of the task assigned within budget and on schedule.
Position Qualifications
Competency statement(s)
Team Player - Ability to work in a team environment.
Analytical Skills - Ability to use thinking and reasoning to solve a problem.
Ambition - The drive to achieve personal advancement.
Research Skills - Ability to conduct a systematic, objective and defensible data validation report.
Safety Awareness - Ability to identify and correct conditions that affect employee safety.
Applied Learning - Ability to participate in needed learning activities in a way that makes the mot of the learning experience.
Deductive Reasoning - Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems
Detail Oriented - Ability to pay attention to the minute details of a project or task.
Assertiveness - Ability to act in a self-confident manner to facilitate completion of a work assignment or to defend a position or idea
Accuracy - Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly.
Analytical Skills - Ability to use thinking and reasoning to solve a problem.
Communication, Oral - Ability to verbally communicate effectively with others.
Motivation - Ability to diligently reach a goal and/or perform to the best of their ability.
Working Under Pressure - Ability to complete assigned tasks under stressful situations.
Reliability - Ability to complete tasks in a dependable and trustworthy manner.
Integrity - Ability to record field and laboratory data accurately and professionally.
Education: Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Engineering or related field REQUIRED.
Experience: None
Computer Skills: Basic computer skills required. Knowledge working with Office 365 and AutoCad Civil 3D are preferred.
Certifications and Licenses: Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) preferred but not required.
Work Environment
Our project team values a healthy work-life balance, and we focus on working efficiently and collaboratively to ensure quality time away from the office. The work environment is casual, respectful, and team oriented with daily peer interactions regarding work progress, client needs and project-specific issues. The work consists of both office and field work.
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Reasonable Accommodations Statement |
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To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. |
Pioneer is a Montana based employee-owned company that offers a competitive salary, benefits, and incentive package. Pioneer Technical Services provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and is an E-VERIFY company.
The company has reviewed this job description to ensure that essential functions and basic duties have been included. It is intended to provide guidelines for job expectations and the employee's ability to perform the position described. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate. This document does not represent a contract of employment, and the company reserves the right to change this job description and/or assign tasks for the employee to perform, as the company may deem appropriate.
Upon acceptance of an offer, a complete background and drug screening will be conducted.
Salary : $30 - $35