Construction Manager

APSI Construction Management•Norton, VT

5d•$145,000 - $160,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Construction Manager will provide comprehensive Construction Manager-as-Advisor with Commissioning Provider services for the Norton Land Port of Entry New Construction Project in Norton, Vermont. The role supports the GSA Project Manager and coordinates work, schedules, construction activities, meetings, and related duties with GSA, the tenant, and the Construction Contractor. The Construction Manager is expected to work proactively and reactively, take initiative, and follow up to ensure construction activities start and finish on time, using applicable GSA forms and procedures as directed by the Government. The position covers cost and budget control, technical engineering and field inspection, commissioning, critical-path scheduling, design and construction coordination, and project reporting. It also involves tracking project objectives and contractor performance, recommending corrective strategies and cost-saving alternatives, supporting contract and government review activities, maintaining project records and BIM-related deliverables, and ensuring compliance with security, quality, design, construction, and safety requirements. The Construction Manager leads assigned inspection and quality assurance staff, maintains daily progress and inspection reports, and helps complete the project through a partnering approach.

Requirements

A bachelor’s degree in Construction Management or a similar technical field, or work experience or knowledge that compensates for the absence of higher education.
Alternatively, a minimum of 10 years of construction work experience, including 6 years on similarly sized or complex projects, may be substituted for the degree requirement, subject to acceptability review.
Working knowledge of construction practices and the ability to apply that knowledge to quality assurance, safety, schedule, cost, change, and information management plans.
Familiarity with General Contractor site operations, subcontractors, and management of building construction operations.
Experience monitoring construction for quality assurance.
Experience preparing and analyzing contractor work and identifying inconsistencies and deficiencies in relation to construction documents.
Understanding of baseline schedules and the ability to assist in determining the value of acceptable work in place.
Credentials must identify relevant completed-project work experience.
Ability to present three projects of comparable scale and difficulty on which the candidate held a similar position.

Responsibilities

Reconcile design changes and General Contractor pricing against the approved Program of Requirements, prepare independent cost estimates, report at design milestones, and provide monthly cost and schedule variance reporting to the GSA Project Manager.
Perform field inspection and technical oversight of mechanical, electrical, structural, civil, and building enclosure systems throughout construction.
Oversee commissioning activities for building enclosure, MEP, fire and life safety, civil, and structural systems in accordance with the cited standards and GSA Core Building Standards.
Develop, audit, and maintain an Integrated Master Project Schedule with resolved logic ties and in accordance with P-120 Directive schedule requirements.
Review monthly schedule updates, analyze four-week look-ahead schedules, and trend float and the critical path, accounting for remote-site logistics and seasonal weather constraints.
Review and reconcile design revisions resulting from approved scope changes after construction document submissions.
Maintain the Building Information Model during construction and deliver Common Data Exchange and Construction-Operations Building Information Exchange data to GSA in a timely manner.
Monitor the performance of listed GSA design and construction projects and keep files and programs updated.
Make recommendations to the COR regarding final decisions and reviews or approvals on behalf of the federal government.
Support Statements of Work and Independent Government Estimates for studies, design, design/build, and construction.
Provide technical evaluations and adjustments to Independent Government Estimates for different contract types.
Participate in negotiations as required by the Contracting Officer.
Monitor project objectives in the Construction Contractor’s scope of work, notify the COR when objectives are off track or unmet, and recommend strategies to redirect contractor performance.
Observe construction-site conditions and recommend actions to help ensure a safe work environment for workers and authorized visitors.
Manage project completion using a partnering approach and without litigation.
Provide timely reports and communications to stakeholders at all levels.
Recommend viable cost-saving or cost-reduction alternatives when possible.
Ensure sensitive documents are stored, handled, distributed, archived, and destroyed according to established project procedures.
Review and verify that design and construction comply with applicable codes, quality requirements, construction documents, and specifications.
Review construction schedules against established contract dates.
Follow project security requirements.
Ensure work meets industry quality standards appropriate to the project’s unique application.
Maintain daily progress and inspection reports and lead the assigned inspection and quality assurance team to provide timely, effective project oversight.