Civil Engineer/Construction Manager

We are a commercial GC established over 50 years ago. We specialized in in Construction Management, General Contracting and Design/Build Project Delivery Methods focused within the commercial construction market throughout the Lehigh Valley.

This position will report to the VP of Preconstruction Services and will assist in leading Construction clients and projects in the pre-construction phase with the focus on Land Development (LD) coordination. This position will coordinate with the team, the client, consultants, municipalities, and agencies; feasibility studies; ordinance research; concept plans and other similar LD design and coordination efforts.

In addition, the candidate will be planning, directing, coordinating, budgeting, scheduling, and maintaining construction projects from concept, through design and construction in the public and municipal market as the Owner’s agent in the role of Agency Construction Management (ACM). This public sector construction management includes assisting in managing and preparing public bid documents with the architect and engineer; assisting in managing multiple prime contractors, assisting in project management and project closeouts.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Task Order (TO) formulation (IDIQ) project proposal development: provide input prior to actual project implementation to support decision making. Evaluate technical considerations and assist in resource requirements assessment and cost estimate development
• Attend all kick-off meetings
• Assist with project design phase
• Provide support necessary for constructability reviews
• Assist in Scope of Work (SOW) development
• Provide input to project controls, as construction subject matter expert (SME), for schedule and budget
• Coordinate with Engineering as Construction SME
• Participate in engineering and architectural meetings, as required by project management and communication plans
• Coordinate with engineering on detailed design, land development and procurement
• Receive completed design packages from engineering with the deliverable(s) assembled to support land development submissions and/or construction work packages
• Perform constructability reviews in design and pre-construction project phases
• Review statement of work (SOW) for approval
• Participate in the construction pre-kick off meeting with project leadership
• Schedule and conduct the construction kickoff meeting with the entire project team
• Assist in managing the execution of all construction activities
• Assist in managing administration of construction contracts
• Coordinate with the PM and job site management
• Inspect and review projects to monitor compliance with building and safety codes, and other regulations
• Prepare contracts and negotiate revisions, changes, and additions to contractual agreements with architects, consultants, clients, suppliers, and subcontractors
• Coordinate all elements of work with resident agencies affected by the development approvals and construction effort throughout the approval and construction period
• Arrange for and coordinate all utility design and construction services, relocations, and outages
• Confer with supervisory personnel, customer, contractors, and design professionals to discuss and resolve matters such as work procedures, complaints, and construction problems
• Ensure project safety through adherence to Safety policies and procedures and ensure site project teams compliance
• Assist in managing design and construction and claim resolution within approved scope; apply change management process to manage scope changes
• Evaluate progress to determine percent complete of construction projects
• Ensure all closeout activities are performed and punch list items are complete
• Participate in project closeout meetings
• Participate in lessons learned meetings

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree CM or Civil Engineering
• 5+ years’ experience with land development, civil engineering and design and project coordination is required.
• 5+ years’ experience with public agency construction management. Must have experience in coordination and construction management of publicly bid, procured, and managed municipal and government projects is required.
• Professional engineering license, Certified Construction Manager (CCM), BIM and CAD experience is a plus.
• Strong working knowledge of pre-design and pre-construction, land development; knowledge in site and building construction; technology, contract management, project delivery methods, team building and client relationship building required
• Intermediate to advanced skills in Microsoft Office Suite and Procore are required