CONSTRUCTION SURVEILLANCE ENGINEER

Bristol Alliance of Companies • Key West, FL

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About The Position

BIDS is seeking a Construction Surveillance Engineer (CSE) to support NAVFAC Southeast Headquarters, Public Works Departments, and Resident Officer in Charge of Construction offices throughout the NAVFAC Southeast Area of Responsibility, including Jacksonville, Florida. The CSE provides construction management support to the FEAD/ROICC for inspection, quality assurance, environmental and safety compliance monitoring, and contract administration. Projects may involve repair, demolition, or new construction across the trades; the specific workload will be identified upon arrival.

The role includes coordinating contractor requests and permits; attending and documenting meetings; preparing construction briefings, reports, compliance notices, and cost estimates; reviewing submittals, schedules, safety plans, and quality-control plans; and monitoring construction activities, testing, documentation, and contract compliance. The CSE also supports payment estimates, inspections, change negotiations, constructability reviews, photographic and record-drawing services, and requests-for-information management. NAVFAC’s eCMS is used to manage electronic submittals and documents.

Candidates must meet the stated experience, education or substitution, training, citizenship, and driver’s-license requirements. The work involves regular construction-site visits and moderate physical activity, including walking on uneven surfaces, climbing ladders and stairs, bending, crouching, and lifting objects under 50 pounds.

Requirements

• At least seven years of experience as a Construction Manager, Field Engineer, Project Engineer, or Quality Control Manager on commercial/industrial facilities, utility, or waterfront-related contracts valued above $5 million.
• Construction technical competencies and qualifications sufficient to verify required workmanship.
• Knowledge of construction scheduling methods and familiarity with scheduling software such as Primavera Suretrak/P3/P6 and Microsoft Project.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook; Adobe Acrobat Professional; and RS Means/CostWorks.
• Ability to communicate effectively, concisely, and authoritatively in English, orally and in writing, and experience preparing correspondence and reports and briefing management.
• Experience developing and maintaining complex, long-term, multi-year construction-management programs, including submittal and RFI processing.
• Familiarity with Federal building design criteria and construction guide specifications.
• Knowledge of construction practices and techniques, including appropriate material applications and installation methods.
• Ability to calculate construction costs for changes, price needed work, and recommend equitable adjustments.
• Valid 30-hour OSHA Construction Training completed within the past two years.
• Valid USACE Construction Quality Management (CQM) for Contractors certificate, maintained as a valid five-year certificate, or ability to obtain certification within 60 days of onboarding.
• U.S. citizenship.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering from an ABET-accredited university; construction management from an ABET- or ACCE-accredited university; or architecture from a NAAB-accredited university. The degree may be substituted with five additional years of qualifying experience beyond the seven-year minimum.
• Ability to perform moderate physical activity, including walking over rough, uneven, or slippery surfaces; recurring bending, crouching, stooping, stretching, and ladder climbing; walking up and down several flights of stairs; lifting objects under 50 pounds; and regularly visiting construction sites.

Responsibilities

• Provide construction inspection, quality assurance, ESS compliance monitoring, and contract-administration support to FEAD/ROICC.
• Coordinate contractor requests for outages, excavation permits, burn permits, haul routes, and similar items.
• Attend construction meetings and conferences, take notes, and provide information to FEAD/ROICC or its representative.
• Provide construction briefings and reports.
• Review submittals designated for Government approval.
• Review and comment on construction schedules, network diagrams, contractor safety plans, and CQC plans.
• Monitor construction work for compliance with the contract, contractor-submitted plans, and project CQC requirements.
• Prepare Construction Representative’s Reports (CRRs) and Contract Construction Compliance Notices (CCCNs).
• Report instances of non-compliance with safety requirements.
• Monitor environmental-protection compliance, measurements, assurance surveying, and materials testing.
• Witness testing of waste, gas, water, electrical, HVAC, fire-protection, elevator, boiler, and energy-monitoring control systems.
• Review daily Contractor Quality Control and Contractor Production Reports, monitor submittal-status logs, and review other required documentation.
• Work with CSET and FEAD/ROICC personnel and the contractor’s representative to complete field pay estimate worksheets.
• Notify FEAD/ROICC leadership of disagreements, discrepancies, or major problems.
• Assist with pre-final inspections and provide advice for modification negotiations.
• Maintain working files and use NAVFAC eCMS to manage electronic submittals and documents.
• Prepare independent construction cost estimates for contract modifications and narrative assessments of proposed changes’ impacts on contractor operations.
• Provide construction photographic and record-drawing services.
• Perform constructability reviews and spot-check plans and specifications for completeness, accuracy, and constructability at the beginning and during each construction phase.
• Manage Requests for Information (RFIs).
• Monitor contractor as-built activities and review submitted as-built drawings for completeness and accuracy; advise Government personnel in writing on acceptability.
• Identify critical and long-lead-time materials and recommend procurement strategies to protect quality, cost, and schedule.

Benefits

• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• Comprehensive health insurance, including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability insurance
• 401(k) plan with employer match

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior