COMPANY OVERVIEW

Ranked among the Largest Engineering Firms in the New York Area by Crain’s New York Business, 2022, Naik adheres to the highest standards of our profession’s ethics and conduct. Award winner of the Top Workplace NJ & NYC 2024, Top Design Firms NY & NJ 2024, Top Workplace for Appreciation, Employee Well-Being and Professional Development 2024, Top Workplaces USA 2023, Crains New York Business Best Places to Work in NYC 2023, NYC Top Workplaces 2023, NY Business Largest Engineering Firms 2022, our motivated staff is encouraged to freely contribute to the team’s success by working together to achieve common goals.
A great place to work and grow, Naik Group is a dynamic, multi-discipline engineering company with offices in New York and New Jersey. Our continued growth in this highly competitive market is evidence of the trust and value clients place in our services’ quality and timeliness. Included in the full range of professional services we offer are Bridge/ Structural Design & Inspection, Highway/Roadway Engineering, Civil/Site Engineering, Traffic Engineering/ITS, Utility Engineering, Construction Management & Inspection, Design Build, Survey, Right of Way, and High Definition 3-D Laser Scanning. Our principals take considerable pride in their approach to the firm’s management, offering services like that of a large organization while demonstrating the personal client and consultant relationship of a small firm.
NAIK Consulting Group is hiring a Resident Engineer with experience in varied engineering disciplines to lead construction management activities on infrastructure, rail, and transit projects throughout the New York Area. This position will require significant time working in the field.
This individual will be the field point of contact for the client and project stakeholders.

QUALIFICATIONS

• · Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Construction Management, or related field of study.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in resident engineering, construction management, project management, engineering, and related fields on major transportation/infrastructure projects for public agencies, such as MTA/NYCT, NJ Transit, PANYNJ, LIRR, AMTRAK is required.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license or Certified Construction Manager (CCM) preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and presentation abilities in internal project settings with senior management team, external project stakeholders including senior client management leadership.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, staff supervision, strong negotiation skills and conflict resolution abilities.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• OSHA 30-hour safety course is preferred.
• MTA Track Safety training is highly desirable.

• Manages and supervises an assigned field office typically consisting of inspectors, cost and schedule professionals, and office engineers.
• Prepares inspectors’ daily work schedules to ensure site safety monitoring, technical oversight, and quality of construction.
• Plans and coordinates inspection and construction management activities.
• Works in the project office with senior management team.
• Provides supervision of the field inspection teams working the various shifts.
• Interfaces with multiple contractors to ensure coordination of construction activities.
• Evaluates, resolves, and provides solutions to contractors and construction inspectors for constructability issues encountered at construction sites.
• Acquires railroad and transit force account resources in a timely manner to meet aggressive project schedules and support the ongoing construction.
• Develops and implements an effective schedule of values for payments, change order control and evaluation system.
• Evaluates and validates contractor’s change order requests again contract documents.
• Negotiates change orders and schedule impacts and makes recommendations to the Client.
• Has knowledge and experience in performing inspection and resident engineering activities in active transit system environments, construction safety standards, operation requirements and force account support services.
• Develops and implements Construction Management Plans including confirming progress, reviewing issues and actions, and ensuring quality and safety.