Field Project Representative 1
About The Position
The Field Project Representative 1 is responsible for a wide range of construction observation, administrative duties, and documentation during the construction phase of projects. Due to the field nature of this position, applicants must have the ability to travel away from their home location for extended periods of time to work on-site at construction projects. The position may also require night shift and/or weekend work as necessary. This position includes, but is not limited to, interpreting contract plans and specifications, observing and inspecting work performed by contractors to evaluate compliance with contract documents, note taking and documentation, preparation of pay requests and record keeping. The person in this position may also assist other Construction Engineering and Inspection staff with responding to requests for information, change orders and other field/construction administrative duties as needed.
Requirements
- Ability to travel away from home location for extended periods of time to work on-site at construction projects
- Ability to obtain minimum certifications required by local jurisdiction within 6 months of hire
- Driving is an essential job function or a valid driver’s license is required to support legitimate business purposes
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
- Ability to create and interpret graphs and understand statistical analysis
- Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel) - Basic
- Market Sector Software (AASHTOWare, DocExpress, local agency data management software, Newforma) - Basic Understanding
- Basic understanding of technical fundamentals
- Performs basic technical tasks assigned by market sector with oversight from others
- Motivated to learn new technical skills through self-study and mentoring
- Team player who mostly functions in a supporting role in a project team setting
- Collaborates, listens, takes direction well, and retains information provided
- Motivated to grow skills and help the team
- Basic understanding of scopes, schedules, and budgets
- Collaborates with supervisor and/or resource manager to plan work time on assignments
- Conducts basic monitoring of budget and schedule for simple project tasks assigned
- Demonstrates basic familiarity with the relationship/order of precedence of contract documents
- Demonstrates basic familiarity with materials testing and requirements
- Demonstrates basic familiarity with quantity and quality tracking
- Infrequent direct client interaction
- Reads emails, occasionally attends client meetings, listens, and prepares meeting minutes
- Performs basic levels of technical work on projects in support of more experienced staff within the market sector
- Operates with minimal autonomy - work is closely supervised by more senior staff
- Regularly required to sit
- Required to talk and hear
- Regularly required to stand, walk, and use hands
- May occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds
- Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision and ability to adjust focus
Nice To Haves
- Engineer-in-Training (EIT) certificate (or working toward licensure) preferred
Responsibilities
- Interpreting contract plans and specifications
- Observing and inspecting work performed by contractors to evaluate compliance with contract documents
- Note taking and documentation
- Preparation of pay requests and record keeping
- Assisting other Construction Engineering and Inspection staff with responding to requests for information, change orders and other field/construction administrative duties as needed
- Produces daily construction reports and project documentation
- Submittal reviews
- In-service inspection reports
- Force account procedures for extra work
Benefits
- High Deductible Health Plan with a Health Savings Account (HSA) (including employer contribution)
- flexible spending account
- dental
- vision
- life and AD&D insurance
- short- and long-term disability insurance
- dependent care account
- employee assistance program
- 401(k) plan with discretionary employer contributions for matching
- profit sharing
- student debt repayment
- paid time off
- paid holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
