Construction Field Engineer, MEP

Job description

HADRIAN - MANUFACTURING THE FUTURE Hadrian is building autonomous factories to reindustrialize America. By combining AI, advanced software, robotics, and full-stack manufacturing, we help aerospace and defense companies build rockets, satellites, aircraft, ships, and other mission-critical systems up to 10x faster and at significantly lower cost. Following our $1.37B Series D at a $7.87B valuation, Hadrian is rapidly expanding our manufacturing footprint, launching new capabilities across welding, casting, forging, electronics, additive manufacturing, and more, while scaling our Factory-as-a-Service platform to transform how critical products are built. Backed by leading investors including JPMorgan Chase, Valor Equity Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, 137 Ventures, Lux Capital, T. Rowe Price, and Morgan Stanley, we’re building the future of American manufacturing—and looking for exceptional people to help make it happen. If you’re ready to take on the most challenging and rewarding work of your career while helping create American manufacturing jobs for generations to come, you’re exactly who we’re looking for. THE ROLE: The MEP Construction Field Engineer will serve as the site project team’s field-level subject matter expert in mechanical, electrical, and plumbing for industrial utility systems supporting brownfield construction. This position will support the rehabilitation and modernization of existing facility infrastructure as well as installation of new systems required to support advanced manufacturing operations. The MEP Construction Field Engineer will work closely with the internal site project team, design team, general contractor, trade contractors, equipment vendors, commissioning personnel, and internal manufacturing stakeholders to ensure that the project is being executed to meet schedule deadlines and in accordance with the drawings a specifications The Field Engineer will be expected to have working knowledge of industrial infrastructure to support the Superintendent in evaluating field conditions, coordinating construction activities, tracking physical progress, and driving resolution of technical and construction issues before they affect the project schedule. WHAT YOU’LL DO Schedule & Progress Tracking - Work directly with the Superintendent to drive execution of the construction schedule. - Understand MEP milestones, equipment installation dates, utility availability dates, commissioning milestones, and critical-path activities. - Participate in weekly construction planning and coordination meetings. - Perform weekly field walks and quantify installed construction progress. - Track measurable quantities including conduit, cable, piping, ductwork, equipment installation, terminations, testing, etc. as necessary to support production metrics tracking. - Validate contractor-reported progress against actual installed work. - Support three- and six-week look-ahead planning. - Identify design, material, equipment, manpower, access, safety, or quality constraints affecting upcoming work. - Work with the Superintendent and contractors to develop recovery plans when activities fall behind schedule.   RFIs and Submittal Coordination/Tracking - Review MEP RFIs for technical completeness, constructability, field applicability, and potential schedule impacts. - Maintain a log of outstanding RFIs affecting upcoming field activities and drive timely resolution. - Review MEP submittals such as shop drawings, coordination drawings, product data, and technical documentation. - Evaluate proposed equipment against existing facility infrastructure and project requirements. - Verify approved RFIs and submittals are incorporated into field installations and documented as a redline set to be converted to as-builts. - Coordinate technical issues between field conditions, design requirements, existing infrastructure, and manufacturing equipment requirements. - Identify long-lead MEP equipment and material concerns that could impact construction.   Quality and Safety Support - Verify construction complies with approved drawings, specifications, submittals, RFIs, manufacturer requirements, and applicable codes and standards. - Verify required inspections, testing, checklists, preparatory meetings, and quality documentation are completed in advance of scheduled construction. - Participate in preparatory, initial, and follow-up inspections as appropriate. - Identify deficient or nonconforming work and coordinate corrective actions. - Support equipment startup, functional testing, commissioning, punch list, and turnover activities. - Verify appropriate documentation is developed for existing equipment that is inspected, tested, repaired, or returned to service. - Verify required Activity Hazard Analyses (AHAs), permits, lockout/tagout plans, energized work planning, lift plans, confined-space documentation, an