Summary
The Layout Engineer is responsible for supporting project and field operations through providing accurate and timely field layouts that guide construction progress. This role is essential to ensuring projects are built with precision and efficiency and will directly contribute to team success.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Project Startup:
  • Check site control to ensure all aspects are within tolerance to continue.
  • Coordinate with project team to determine when and how work will proceed.
  • Ensure all layout materials are readily available.
• Project Maintenance:
  • Complete daily layout needs for the project, proactively staying ahead of field work. These needs will be established in team up by the field team.
  • Communicate with field team to schedule future activities.
  • Coordinate the necessary as-built information and capture/record it.
  • Ensure each project meets quality/layout standards as determined by the team.
• Additional Responsibilities:
  • Maintain and clean equipment to ensure proper functionality.
  • Proactively request supplies and materials as needed.
  • Actively participate in safety programs and adhere to all jobsite safety standards.
  • QA/QC of the project to assist the project team in minimizing rework.

Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties and Responsibilities are not comprehensive and can be changed at any time, with or without notice.

Required Experience, Education, and Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Ability to understand construction drawings.
• Ability to learn and utilize applicable construction technologies related to role.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Must be able to negotiate, resolve conflicts, and communicate effectively with all internal and external stakeholders professionally and respectfully.
• Must be highly trustworthy, self-motivated, organized, able to work independently, and forward thinking.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Must have reliable transportation to the workplace(s)/ job location(s).
• Ability to successfully pass a background check related to driving.
• Ability to pass drug screening.
• Must be able to work in the United States without corporate sponsorship now and in the future.

Preferred Education, Experience, and Qualifications

• 3+ years of construction experience.
• Experience in commercial concrete construction is preferred.
• Experience with AUTOCAD, Bluebeam, and/or related software.
• Experience operating a total station.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish).

Benefits
Kent Companies provides its employees with one of the most competitive compensation and benefits packages in the construction industry. Benefits vary by location, with a fully customized benefits package presented upon hire. Typical benefits packages include:

• Weekly pay
• PTO (Paid Time Off)
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Supplemental insurance options
• Retirement plans with discretionary employer-matching
• Holiday pay (New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day)
• Scholarship opportunities for dependents
• Leadership development opportunities

Perks associated with this role
Our goal is to offer an unparalleled career progression that is not precisely pre-determined; rather, it builds on the teammate’s strengths, interests, and pursuits as the individual gains experience, grows, and develops in their career. You would be hard-pressed to find another ENR Top 6 Commercial Concrete Company that parallels Kent Companies.

Work Environment/Physical Demand
This role involves work in both office settings and active job sites and requires the ability to meet a range of physical demands. Candidates must be able to lift up to 80 lbs and work in variable environments, including but not limited to extreme temperatures, areas near traffic, loud and frequent noise, confined spaces, elevated heights, and both indoor and outdoor settings. The position regularly requires climbing, kneeling, bending, crawling, and working safely on ladders, platforms, and mechanical lifts.

Position type, travel, and expected hours of work
This is a full-time position. This role involves a standard full-time schedule with additional time required to meet project demands and to meet project demands. This role requires the ability to work nontypical days and irregular hours based on construction schedules. Due to the critical nature of the role, accepting phone calls even during nontypical workdays and hours is also necessary.

Office Location
130 60th Street SW, Grand Rapids, MI 49548

About Kent Companies
Kent Companies is a full-service specialty trade contractor with operations across Michigan, Texas, Ohio, and the Carolinas. As a third-generation, family-owned business, we believe our people are our greatest assets. We employ over 2,000 trade professionals nationwide and deliver every project with our Four Hallmarks: Safety, Productivity, Quality, and Customer Service. Kent Companies is known as The Leaders in Concrete™ and continuously ranks in the Top 10 Concrete Contractors nationwide by ENR Magazine.

Kent Companies’ family of brands includes Kent Concrete, Kent Underlayments, Kent Facilities, Kent Foundation Solutions, and Foundation Rescue Supply.

Kent Concrete
We deliver comprehensive, turnkey concrete construction services for customers nationwide. Our services include structural concrete, tilt-up concrete, concrete paving, curb and gutter, and concrete pumping. From the most complex cast-in-place structures to mission-critical facilities, our customers turn to us because they know we’ll deliver the horsepower and expertise to get the job done.

About our Grand Rapids-based Commercial, Multifamily, and Structural Division
Kent Concrete operates a Grand Rapids-based commercial, multifamily, and structural division. This team delivers comprehensive, turnkey concrete packages for our customers. Our crews perform a variety of scopes, including foundations, slabs, Ductilcrete®, tilt-up, and structural cast-in-place concrete. With this team, you’ll have a hand in the projects that change West Michigan and the region. Learn more about Kent Concrete by visiting concrete.kentcompanies.com.

EEO Statement
At Kent Companies, we value a diverse, inclusive workforce, and we provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. Kent Companies does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices and personnel actions, including but not limited to hiring, recruiting, promotions, performance evaluations, termination, and compensation decisions.

The Company will strive to ensure that all employees and prospective employees will be treated equally in regard to recruitment, employment, promotions, demotions, discipline, termination, access to benefits and training, leaves of absence, and layoffs. The Company will further ensure that its management staff is aware of the Company’s commitment to this policy and each member understands their individual role in the process of administering this plan.

Kent Companies will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.