SUMMARY:
The Senior Project Engineer / Senior Field Engineer is responsible for delivering construction projects with excellence by elevating field execution, technical coordination, and client experience to a senior level. This role ensures all work is installed safely, accurately, and efficiently, while consistently delivering a Five Star Experience through proactive communication, rigorous quality assurance, and solution-oriented leadership.
This position serves as a critical link between the field, project management, and clients—owning outcomes, anticipating risks, and solving problems in real time from preconstruction through closeout. The Sr. role also provides leadership across trades by driving execution standards, improving field workflows, and strengthening stakeholder alignment. In addition, we strive to deliver our Five Star Experience to Guests and fellow Team Members. This includes being committed to our Service Promise: We are in Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians Team, where your experience is our top priority. Every person and detail matters.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required to perform this job successfully. Upon request, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
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Deliver our Five Star Experience to Guests and all Team Members by embodying our Mission Statement and Service Promise while adhering to department service standards. This entails consistency performing our service expectations of: Welcoming, Proactive, Seamless, Personalized and Valued.
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Coordinate daily and weekly field activities across civil, utilities, and vertical scopes, ensuring alignment with plans, specifications, engineering intent, sequencing logic, resource planning, and schedule milestones.
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Partner with contractors, field operations, project management, design teams, inspectors, utility providers, government agencies, and other third-party stakeholders to remove constraints, maintain readiness, and sustain production.
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Own assigned work packages with accountability for safety performance, schedule reliability, installation quality, field efficiency, and productivity.
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Identify, document, and escalate constraints and risks—including procurement, access, sequencing, permitting, and inspection impacts—while recommending practical solutions.
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Support real-time field decision-making by resolving higher-complexity issues related to site logistics, trade interfaces, rework mitigation, inspection timing, and access planning, with accurate documentation and communication.
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Champion a culture of safety by ensuring compliance with OSHA, company safety protocols, and site-specific plans, including pre-task planning, hazard identification, and documented corrective actions.
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Oversee field quality control inspections and QA/QC activities for earthwork, utilities, concrete, structural assemblies, vertical scopes, and interior finishes; verify installations meet design intent, tolerances, and inspection and testing requirements.
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Review and track field documentation, including submittals, RFIs, inspection requests, as-built records, change orders, delta/addendum drawing logs, and related contract documents for completeness, accuracy, and timely response.
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Drive punch list completion, closeout activities, turnover readiness, occupancy support, and record documentation with clear accountability, verification, and follow-through.
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Provide clear, proactive communication on progress, forecasts, risks, constraints, mitigation actions, and solutions; prepare accurate field reports and meeting minutes, and facilitate coordination, pre-bid, job start, and job site meetings.
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Support project management functions including constructability review, value engineering, pay application review, schedule development, addendum and bid support, contract compliance, and inspection readiness.
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Assist with cost control, budget tracking, third-party invoice processing, CPM scheduling, and development of budgetary historical data in coordination with Project Management, Finance, and Accounting.
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Identify opportunities to improve sequencing, reduce rework, enhance productivity, capture lessons learned, and strengthen overall project delivery.
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Represent the company with professionalism, reinforcing a reputation for reliability, strong stakeholder relationships, and quality execution.
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Other duties as assigned.
Knowledge & Skills Required:
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Utilize effective written and oral communication skills.
- Ability to communicate with various stakeholders, internal and external to the company.
- Demonstrate an understanding of how project documentation impacts the project flow.
- Ability to read blueprints.
- Ability to multi-task, prioritize, and work efficiently.
- Demonstrate sound judgement and logical decision-making skills.
- Understand how your role contributes to the organization's goals.
- Deliver quality work product by role modeling organizational core values.
- Hold self accountable to individual and team goals.
- Consistently communicate and collaborate with team members, 3rd party consultants and contractors.
- Build relationships with peers, leaders, 3rd party consultants and contractors.
- Proactively participate in self-development to continually enhance current skills and build new skills required to excel at current role and prepare for career progression.
- Ability to perform at high levels in a fast paced, ever-changing work environment.
- Rely on instructions and pre-established guidelines to perform the functions of the job.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
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This role does not require formal people supervision, but it leads field execution and may mentor/train junior engineers/field staff as needed.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE (MUST BE DOCUMENTED):
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High School Diploma or (GED) required
- Bachelor’s degree in construction management, Civil Engineering, or related field (or equivalent field experience) preferred
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3-6 years of experience in construction with exposure to civil, underground utilities, or vertical building projects preferred
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Strong understanding of grading, earthwork, wet/dry utilities, concrete, structural systems, MEPF and interior finish
- Proficiency with Procore, Bluebeam, and scheduling tools (MS Project or Primavera preferred)
- Ability to interpret plans, specifications, and technical documents with high accuracy
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Strong knowledge of construction processes and terminology.
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Excellent organizational and time management skills.
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Proficient in Microsoft Office and project management software.
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Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
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Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
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Detail-oriented with a high level of accuracy.
CERTIFICATION, LICENSES AND ANY ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
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Must pass periodic random drug screens.
- Must be able to pass background suitability investigation.
- Must obtain a Tribal Gaming License.
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Must obtain all other applicable certifications and licenses.
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Must provide proof of eligibility to work in the United States within 72 hours of employment.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Upon request, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk and sit. The employee is occasionally required to use upper extremities, including but not limited to, hands and fingers to handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms. They may be occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, bend, push, pull, twist, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift up to 25 pounds and/or push, pull up to 50 pounds. The employee is occasionally required use repetitive movements to complete tasks. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Employee may be occasionally required to work in low light conditions, and may be exposed to loud noise for extended periods.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
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Multiple locations.
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Some enterprises are open 24 hours per day, 7 days per week; therefore, you must be flexible to work any and all hours.
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Must be available for emergency calls 24/7.
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Must be available to work weekend and holidays.
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Some enterprises are gaming facilities.
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Some enterprises are not a smoke-free environment.
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Surveillance cameras and audio equipment monitor the premises recording activity throughout most of the facilities on 24 hours per day, 7 days per week basis.
INDIAN PREFERENCE ACT:
The Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians has a resolution on file with Human Resources to ensure that Indian Preference will be adhered to in the following order in accordance with IPA:
1. Tribal Members
2. Other Native Americans
3. All other ethnic groups
