re: CM graduate- Field Engineer or Estimator?

As a field engineer, my duties will include material check-in, submittal reviews, and sub oversight. Since Im the one that reviews submittals, I need to be the one checking in said submitted material to make sure it matches, and then check to make sure that particular stuff was used in the build.

I'm sure if you tell your super, "Hey, I'm not really familiar with the whole process of (insert work activity here). Do you mind if I take an hour to go watch it done so I can get a better idea?" You can go watch the process.

Unless you have some pressing thing that needs to be done, who wouldn't want you to go learn more about the actual processes that ultimately make the company it's profit.

Tl;Dr, No bossman is going to tell you "frick you you can't learn on my clock"