Field Engineer Technician
About the job
- Previous construction layout experience.
- Experience operating total stations and automatic levels.
- Working knowledge of common field tools, including tape measures, hammers, torpedo levels, stick rulers, framing squares, and 2-foot or 4-foot levels.
- Working knowledge of construction layout principles, surveying calculations, and field measurements.
- Ability to calculate concrete quantities for footings, elevated slabs, round columns, and similar work.
- Ability to read and interpret construction drawings and specifications.
- Ability to convert inches to decimal feet and decimal feet to inches accurately.
- Strong communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
- Ability to work safely in an active construction environment.
- Ability to write clean and legible survey notes.
- Basic math skills including algebra, geometry, and trigonometry.
- Reliable means of transportation.
- Ability to work overtime and weekend hours.
- Individuals must be able to work in an OSHA-compliant safety environment.
- Ability to work outside.
- Substance abuse testing and background screening are conditions of employment.
- Operate total stations, automatic levels, and other surveying equipment to support construction layout.
- Establish and maintain vertical and horizontal project control.
- Perform construction layout by setting stakes and marking lines, elevations, grades, and reference points.
- Provide and verify accurate layout to conform with contract drawings and project specifications, including foundations, anchor bolts, embeds, slabs, walls, and other critical items.
About the company
Holder Construction manages commercial building projects for owners in corporate, aviation, data and telecom, higher education, public assembly, and science markets. During planning, it reviews constructability, coordinates design decisions, estimates costs, and aligns scope and schedules with owners and designers. It organizes procurement and trade-partner work and manages construction through construction-management or design-build delivery, while technical specialists support system testing before handover. Project owners buy construction services from Holder, with its teams coordinating planning and building work. Founded in 1960, it is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Atlanta, GA
Founded
1960
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Repeat clients support continuity: Holder says returning customers account for more than 90% of its work.
- Training connects with craft jobs: Holder's five-week college boot camps include employment commitments from trade partners.
- Career paths cross functions: Holder describes an employee moving from trade-responsible engineering into project scheduling.
What critics are saying
- Project changes add coordination work: ENR's October 2026 report describes three redesigns at Holder's CloudHQ LC3 project.
- Craft labor faces competing demand: 58% of contractors in AGC's September 2026 survey reported data-center work intensified hiring competition.
- Candidates get fewer financial details: Holder is privately held, while Turner publicly reports its annual construction volume.
What makes Holder Construction unique
- Data centers are a specialty: Holder reports delivering more than 6.4 gigawatts of US capacity, leading general contractors.
- Holder controls some work directly: its own teams build structural concrete, modular walls and site-safety systems.
- Virtual planning reaches job sites: Holder's in-house team coordinates work using models, laser scans, drones and virtual inspections.
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