Career Opportunities

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

• Minimum 12 + years experience in project/construction management
• Strongly prefer BS or BA degree in architecture, engineering, urban planning, construction management or closely related field
• California Professional Engineer (P.E.) License a plus
• Plans, organizes, directs, coordinates, and reports the project management activities of multiple project teams
• Responsible for 4 to 15 projects simultaneously, ranging in construction value from $2 Million to $60 Million.

ASSISTANT PROJECT MANAGER

• Minimum 3 years experience in project/construction management
• Strongly prefer BS or BA degree in architecture, engineering, urban planning, construction management, or a closely related field
• Assist in review and coordination of project planning, constructability reviews, bid packaging, scheduling, estimating and central reporting
• Perform other typical Construction Management functions as assigned

CONSTRUCTION MANAGER/OWNER’S REPRESENTATIVE

• 10 + years experience in project/construction management
• Strongly prefer BS or BA in architecture, engineering, urban planning, construction management or closely related field
• California Professional Engineer (P.E.) License a plus
• Plans, organizes, directs, coordinates and reports the project management activities of a specific project team
• Responsible for a project ranging in construction value from $2 Million to $60 Million
• Responsible for design, construction and post construction phase activities. Responsible to manage staff and contractor to insure the project scope as awarded is built in full conformance with the plans, specs, schedule and cost limits
• Perform day-to-day contract administration including assisting Project Manager/Senior Project Manager in bid analysis, award, coordinating pre-construction conferences, review of contractor’s initial construction schedule, schedule of values, submittals, and generally respond to contractor’s questions regarding contract administration
• Perform other CM management functions as assigned by the Director/Senior Program Manager

CONSTRUCTION/ PROJECT MANAGER

• California Professional Engineer (P.E.) License a plus
• Monitoring project planning and field activities.
• Demonstrating problem solving expertise, ability to maintain schedules and adhere to established budgets.
• Contract administration, preparation and review of scope of work, meeting with general contractors, subcontractors, clients, and resolving field problems.
• Preparation of conceptual estimates, bid documents, and schedules.
• Constructability review, review and analysis of construction schedules and CPMs, review of forced account cost, negotiating contracts, and change orders.

PROJECT ANALYST

• Minimum 1 year experience with general project/construction budget reporting
• Strongly prefer BS or BA in architecture, engineering, urban planning, construction management, accounting, finance, economics, or business management
• Provide support of contract administration activities associated with the development and negotiation of procurement, construction and professional services contracts
• Perform detailed cost/price analyses on contractor cost proposals, bids, amendments and change orders to maximize value and minimize cost of services to the client.
• Review construction contract budgets against expenditures
• Package budget modification request packages

PROJECT COST ESTIMATOR

• Minimum 5 years experience in construction estimating
• Prefer BS or BA in architecture, engineering, urban planning, construction management or closely related field
• Prepare preliminary independent cost estimates of projects for comparison with designer or contractor for PM/CM to establish negotiating position
• Prepare change order estimates for PM/CM to establish negotiating position
• Provide support in price negotiations
• Prepare claim analyses and estimates

PROJECT ENGINEER

• Minimum 3 years experience in construction management
• Prefer BS or BA in architecture, engineering, urban planning, construction management or a closely related field
• Assist in submittal procedures
• Maintain and distribute current contract plans and specifications
• Confirm contractor’s maintenance of record drawings
• Provide technical and engineering support o PM/CM/OARs
• Coordinate with surveying, testing and inspection staff
• Perform other duties as directed by Senior PMs/OARs
• Log and track all change orders, claims in Primavera Expedition and possess proficiency in change management

FIELD SUPERVISOR

• Minimum 5 years experience in construction management
• Prefer BS or BA in architecture, engineering, urban planning, construction management or closely related field
  - Responsible for field coordination with contractor responding to field issues
  - Assist in the analysis and recommendations of field issues with other staff

OFFICE ENGINEER

• Minimum 1 years experience in construction management
• Prefer BS or BA in architecture, engineering, urban planning, construction management or related field
• Assist in submittal procedures
• Maintain and distribute current contract plans and specifications
• Confirm contractor’s maintenance of record drawings
• Provide technical and engineering support to PM/CM
• Under the direction of the PM/CM, be responsible for field coordination with contractor responding to field issues
• Assist in the analysis and recommendations of field issues with the PM/CM staff
• Perform other duties as directed by PM/CM

CONTROLS MANAGER

• BS/BA Degree in engineering, business, construction management or related field with Masters degree in business administration or construction management strongly preferred
• Minimum 4 years experience as project controls manager on government agency building or infrastructure engineering and construction projects, using state-of-the-art productivity and project controls tools such as Microsoft Office, Primavera Project Planner, Timberline Gold Job Cost and Accounting System, Primavera Expedition, etc.
• Minimum 4 years experience in project controls work, including planning, estimating, forecasting, scheduling, cost control, schedule control, and project reports
• Manages, integrates, coordinates and reviews the work of the Program Controls group to develop, implement, feed, reconcile, and maintain valuable program control databases and reports
• Coordinate and provide leadership to PM/CM to establish and maintain data coding structures, project control tools, and quality data for budgets, contracts, change orders, trends and actual costs
• Motivate and evaluate the performance of Program Controls personnel. Develop, implement and maintain a management reporting data warehouse to produce valuable program controls report and data.

PROJECT CONTROLS – COST AND SCHEDULE

• Preparing multiple project reviews.
• Developing a cost and schedule system for tracking projects.
• Develop reporting techniques at various levels.
• Estimating, work breakdown, structure budgeting, coordinating projects, and feasibility and Constructability value engineering.
• Performing impact analysis for schedule delay claims.
• Will be responsible for construction contract administration, schedule review, change order control and negotiation, and conducting weekly progress review meetings.
• Determining design impacts upon the contract duration and to determine the probability of meeting all milestones and other project goals.

BUDGET FUNDS MANAGER

• BS/BA Degree in accounting or finance required. CPA certification strongly preferred
• Minimum 2 years experience developing and managing large capital improvement programs, multi-funding source program budgets
• Administers overall local bond measures and state matching funding sources
• Performs financial analysis and special project analysis
• Administers financial reporting and cash flow forecasting
• Monitors financial and program control databases of completeness and accuracy
• Develops and implements budget and financial policies and procedures and interfaces with other departments

CONTROLS LEAD

• Degree in engineering, business, construction management or related field
• Minimum 3 years project controls experience
• Minimum 5 years experience with Microsoft Office applications, Primavera Project Planner, Suretrack, and/or Primavera Expedition
• Integrates, coordinates and reviews the work of project controls personnel to create program control databases and reports
• Coordinate, establish and maintain data coding structures, project controls tools, work activities and resource schedules
• Reconciles program cost and schedule data to client financial systems. Motivate and evaluate the performance of project controls personnel
• Understands, explains and mitigates problems in the development and reporting of project control data

SCHEDULER

• Minimum 3 year experience in construction scheduling
• Prefer BS or BA degree in engineering, construction management or business
• Working knowledge and project management analysis of Primavera Project Planner (P3), P3e, and proficiency in Infomaker (Report Writer)
• Have demonstrated skill in identifying, analyzing and solving problems
• QA/QC review of schedule submissions for conformance with contract
• Review of critical path, cost loading, schedule content, use of relationships and lag, constraints and milestones
• Performance schedule impact analysis for contractor change orders
• Prepare reports as needed and directed by management
• Excellent oral and written communication

COST SPECIALIST

• BA or BS degree in engineering, architecture, business, construction management or related field required
• Minimum 3 years experience using Microsoft Office applications (including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Access), and project cost control systems (example: Expedition) including contract control, change control, contract cost control, cost forecasting, invoice processing, and document control
• Minimum 1 years of project controls experience
• Manages, integrates, coordinates and review the work of the Program Controls Specialists to create, feed, reconcile, and maintain valuable program control databases and reports
• Oversee the reconciliation of program controls data with Client financial systems
• Coordinate with PM/CM to establish and maintain data coding structures, project controls tools, and quality data for budgets, contracts, change orders, trends and actual costs
• Motivate and evaluate the performance of Program Controls Specialists and project controls personnel
• Makes effective use of a management reporting data warehouse to produce program controls reports

DATA CONTROL ANALYST

• Minimum 2 years experience in data entry involving various project controls applications
• Support other office personnel in the entry of data into various project controls applications as directed
• Demonstrates proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office applications and construction project controls applications (examples: Primavera Project Planner and Primavera Expedition)

DOCUMENTATION CONTROLS

• Creating databases to catalog job site photos and to maintain project libraries
• Working directly with Construction Management staff and consultants
• Assisting in writing procedures manuals
• Must possess excellent organizational and communication skills
• Project Administration
• Must have experience working with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Expedition experience a plus.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

• Minimum 2 years experience in administration of construction contracts
• High school required, some college study preferred
• Experience in school construction preferred
• Maintain records and files on construction projects, including review of bonds, specifications, form, contracts and related documents
• Provide information by telephone and through correspondence on requirements concerning bonds, insurance, licenses, specification, bid procedures, change orders and payments
• Assist professional staff members in performing assigned technical tasks under immediate supervision
• Prepare written materials including correspondence, reports, procedural guides and instructions
• Assist in financial analysis by making computations and comparisons
• Proficiency in basic Microsoft Office software
• Provide project documentation control through Expedition, logging incoming correspondence, preparing outgoing correspondence, transmittals, meeting minutes, daily reports, etc.

ASSISTANCE PROJECT COORDINATOR

• High school diploma required
• Must be proficient with phones, copiers, fax machines and other office machinery
• Must have keyboarding/computer experience

INSPECTORS

Responsibilities/Requirements will include:

• ICBO Certification
• 2+ Years experience as an Inspector
• Degree in Engineering, Architecture or equivalent experience