Construction Manager in at Obrien Engineering Inc
Job Description
Construction Manager
OEI (O’Brien Engineering & Architecture) is seeking a full-time Construction Manager with 3+ years of experience to join our team. The position is for an on-site Construction Manager serving as OEI’s lead representative and primary liaison with the Government's Contracting Officer Representative. Responsibilities include construction oversight, submittal reviews, contractor schedule monitoring, safety compliance, inspections, RFIs, change orders, and project documentation.
Employment: Full-time
Client/Program: Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Location: Charleston, SC ; Dublin, GA
Work setting: On-site
U.S. Citizenship: Required
Construction Manager Responsibilities:
- Assist with establishing temporary field offices, staging areas, and laydown areas.
- Coordinate and manage contractor submittal reviews and monitor compliance with project specifications.
- Review contractor safety plans and monitor compliance with applicable project safety requirements.
- Monitor contractor schedules, including project milestones, sequencing, phasing, workflow, material deliveries, testing, and inspections.
- Track long-lead materials and identify and document potential schedule impacts.
- Participate in weekly or biweekly project progress meetings and follow up on Government action items.
- Maintain and verify as-built information and ensure contractor redlines are properly maintained.
- Conduct routine field inspections and communicate deficiencies to the COR.
- Prepare inspection documentation, deficiency lists, and corrective-action follow-up.
- Assist in developing solutions and courses of action for field problems and construction conflicts.
- Provide construction management expertise and troubleshooting support for field issues.
- Support commissioning activities involving the commissioning agent, general contractor, and other project stakeholders.
- Maintain marked-up drawings and specifications for use in final as-built documentation.
- Monitor quality-control testing and inspection performed by independent testing laboratories.
- Assist with review of RFIs, change-order proposals, and associated cost estimates.
- Monitor project financial information, including budgets, obligations, payments, and projected costs.
- Coordinate owner-furnished equipment and operations and maintenance documentation.
- Assist with relocation activities and project closeout.
Construction Manager Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or related field preferred
- 3+ years of related experience
- Experience in preparing correspondence, written reports, and maintaining official project records
- Experience in conducting meetings, and briefing clients and management personnel
- Knowledge and experience with construction in a healthcare setting
- Ability to interpret/ coordinate Architectural/ Engineering plans and specifications
- Experience with construction scheduling, cost control, and project documentation
- Comprehensive understanding of building codes and Joint Commission requirements for healthcare facilities and an ability to work with permitting agencies
- Experience reviewing submittals, RFIs, change orders, and contractor schedules
- OSHA 30-Hour Construction Safety Training
- U.S. citizenship
- Ability to obtain VA clearance by successfully passing a security screening, which may include fingerprinting, financial, and criminal background checks.
Company Description: OEI is a full design services firm with a big company future, and we are looking for motivated and qualified team players to join us on the journey. We were founded nearly 40 years ago in 1987; today, we serve clients throughout the US and its territories serving on federal, healthcare, military, local government, and institutional projects. We’ve had significant success in winning many large federal contracts, providing a work pipeline that extends well into 2035. We also have a well-established, growing municipal, land development and private practice. OEI is honored as the recipient of the National Society of American Military Engineers' Robert Flowers Small Business Award of 2020. OEI is a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), a Texas HUB, and NCTRCA SBE firm.
OEI's foundations: teamwork, entrepreneurial mindset (taking ownership of the problem and the solution), continuous improvement, competence, ethical behavior
What makes us unique?
We offer high expertise in a small package
We are structured to hear, understand, and solve customer problems
We have a culture of training and employee development
Are you ready to work in a dynamic, challenging, rewarding environment? Let's talk. See how we can partner together in a way that our best efforts will help build your career and your best efforts will strengthen our company in a way that is measurable, recognized, and appreciated.
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