Construction Project Assistant

Construction Assistant - Retaining Walls with Fortis Civil, LLC. This is a remote position supporting our Austin, TX office.

This role has the following requirements:

1. Retaining Wall Takeoff and Estimating - This will involve:
- Reading Civil Grading plans to interpret retaining wall lengths and elevations
- Following specific guidelines to markup grading plans with retaining wall measurements and site conditions.
- Transferring mark up measurements to excel spreadsheets
- Follow specific guidelines to transfer information from geotechnical reports to project estimates
- Complete quantity takeoffs for review by senior estimator
2. Supplier Material Bids
- Work with material suppliers to request Bids for Material
- Qualify bids based upon compliance with project requirements
- Complete Project buyout report for review by project manager
3. Engineering Plan Review
- Review draft engineering plans for errors and omissions.

Candidates will need suitable Windows PC with PDF viewing and measuring software (Bluebeam preferred) and high speed internet access. This role will be asynchronous, form 3 pm to 7 pm US Central Time.

This engagement will initially be a part time (4 to 6 hours per day) engagement. Following 6 months of experience, the role may be considered for full time (8 to 9 hours a day) status. This will pay $150 USD per week for 20 hours per week, payable via PayPal.