Resident Engineer (Highway)

Job title: Resident Engineer (Highway)

About the Role Accenture Infrastructure & Capital Projects is seeking a Resident Engineer (Highway) to provide inspection and quality assurance on highway and roadway construction projects onsite with clients and partners. You'll verify that work conforms to plans and specifications, coordinate with contractors and utilities, and help manage records, change orders, and technical calculations to ensure safe, durable infrastructure.

What You'll Do

• Provide inspection and quality assurance on highway and roadway construction projects.
• Determine if completed work follows the plans and specifications.
• Coordinate work with the contractor and various public utilities agencies.
• Maintain the records and reports related to the project.
• Coordinate directly with the general contractor and negotiate change orders.
• Assist in inspections to assure compliance with contract plans, specifications, and special provisions on all phases of structural construction such as bridges, foundations, walls, falsework, shoring, and drainage structures.
• Make or support grade, alignment, quantity, falsework, and shoring calculations.
• Assist in the preparation of contract change orders, contract estimates, progress pay estimates, and other documents or reports required for the project.
• Coordinate the sampling and testing of construction materials to monitor compliance with contract specifications.
• Monitor and track contractor progress, prepare daily, weekly, and monthly reports as required.
• Coordinate with the project team, as well as the Construction Staking and Material Testing CMCs.
• Onsite at client site: The work location for this role is onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery and cultivate client relationships. With all roles, there is some in-person time for collaboration, learning and building relationships with clients, peers, leaders and communities.

What We're Looking For

• Must be a licensed Professional Civil Engineer in the State of California.
• Minimum 1 Caltrans highway construction project for or on Caltrans.
• Minimum 8 years’ experience conducting roadway and highway construction inspection in major public works projects.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience with stress analysis, structural mechanics, and strength of materials.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience with physical characteristics and properties of various roadway and bridge construction materials including concrete and steel.

Nice to Have

• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to perform duties in the construction field office and effectively make decisions concerning construction work in progress and solving field problems.
• Ability to direct the efforts of subordinate inspectors.
• Expertise in toll road projects including tolling systems (e.g., overhead gantries, cameras, in-pavement vehicle detection loops, etc.).
• Experience working with Caltrans District 4 Highway Locations.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary: USD 180,000 - 300,000 per year.
• Location: San Francisco, CA; onsite with client site; some in-person collaboration.