Construction Manager/Administrator
About The Position
The Construction Manager/Administrator (CM-CA) will be on-site for the duration of the Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) infrastructure upgrade construction project at the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Philadelphia. The role provides professional and technical consultative assistance for operations, renovation, and new construction programs supporting EHRM, and supports the Contracting Officer and Contracting Officer’s Representative with project management, engineering, planning, scheduling, design reviews, code compliance, testing, records, quality, cost control, and general oversight of design and construction projects. The position includes coordinating and documenting progress meetings, reviewing schedules and payment requirements, maintaining project records, and assisting with issue resolution. The CM-CA may monitor independent testing and inspection services and perform routine site inspections. Additional duties may include reviewing submittals and requests for information, maintaining marked-up plans and specifications for as-built drawings, identifying nonconforming work and defects, monitoring project financial data, assisting with relocations, administering change orders, coordinating owner-supplied equipment, and supporting project closeout.
Requirements
- At least three years of construction field experience performing similar construction management tasks.
- Completion of a three-hour OSHA Safety Training Class within 60 days of Notice to Proceed.
- Working knowledge of construction practices and the ability to assist with Quality Assurance, Safety, Time, Cost, Change, and Information Management plans.
- Familiarity with general contractor and subcontractor site operations and building construction management processes.
- Experience monitoring construction for quality assurance.
- Experience preparing and analyzing construction information and identifying discrepancies and deficiencies in contractor work relative to construction documents.
- Ability to understand a baseline schedule and assist in determining the value of acceptable work in place.
- Ability to present three projects of comparable scale and difficulty in which the candidate held a similar position.
- Communication, language, and software skills, including the ability to use a variety of software programs to monitor, update, and produce work products and compile data and records.
Nice To Haves
- A technical degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience as a CMa managing VA projects.
- Experience as a CMa managing medical projects.
Responsibilities
- Provide on-site construction management and administration support for the duration of the EHRM construction project.
- Assist the Contracting Officer and Contracting Officer’s Representative with project management, engineering, planning, scheduling, design reviews, code compliance, testing, record keeping, quality assurance, cost control, and oversight.
- Monitor construction quality and assess contractor work against construction documents.
- Understand the baseline schedule and assist in determining the value of acceptable work in place.
- Conduct or attend weekly or bi-weekly project meetings to review project status and schedules.
- Review construction contractor payment requirements and prepare necessary forms for VA payment processing.
- Maintain thorough records of project occurrences, contracts, and construction-related matters to assist with conflict resolution.
- Conduct and document progress meetings with interested parties, discuss problems, and help resolve issues.
- Monitor independent testing and inspection services, potentially covering soils, concrete, precast concrete connections, steel, steel decking, applied fireproofing, roofing, curtain walls and glazing, and elevator installations.
- Maintain marked-up project plans and specifications for future as-built drawings.
- Perform routine construction inspections, identify work that does not conform to contract requirements, and notify the VA and general contractor when corrective work is needed.
- Compile site inspection lists of defects and omissions and provide them to the contractor for correction.
- Monitor project financial data and budgetary cost accounting.
- Assist with relocation efforts and administer construction contract change orders, including preparing cost estimates and reviewing cost proposals.
- Review submittals and requests for information and prepare responses.
- Maintain daily activity logs and coordinate owner-supplied equipment.
- Support operational and maintenance data, closeout submittals, and other services required by the VA.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
