Senior Construction Engineer

Senior Executive Recruiter at Seacon Associates of Jackson, MI About the Company

About the Company

Our client is one of the very best professional consulting firms in the nation, with regional offices throughout the Midwest and more than 500 employees. This full-service firm focuses on engineering, environmental sciences, architecture, and construction management. They take pride in being a very hands on company with the technical capabilities and understanding to take even the largest projects from start to finish.

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About the Role

They are seeking a Senior Construction engineer to work out of their Cincinnati, Ohio office. The primary duty of this engineering position is to be responsible for administration and construction oversight on behalf of municipal clients for projects of varying size and scope. This position requires self-motivation, commitment to high-quality work performance, excellent planning and communication skills, demonstrated ability to work with municipalities, government agencies, and the public, and the ability to provide leadership to staff in a project team environment.

Applicants must be willing to travel to the project sites and work outdoors as required.

• Oversee the generation of all project pay estimates, contract modifications, work orders and other generated documents.
• Supervise engineers and technicians performing inspection, administration, and documentation for infrastructure projects from pre-bid meeting to contract close-out.
• Review work produced by project oversight team in both the office and the field and verify the acceptability of the generated documents.
• Lead the development of Construction Engineering and Inspection services for the Ohio DOT, Counties, and local agencies including obtaining pre-qualifications, identifying opportunities, developing responses to Request for Proposals and staff recruitment.
• Administration and coordination of multiple municipal and Ohio DOT construction projects.
• Verify the Contractor’s completed work is in compliance with the contract documents for each project.
• Schedule and facilitate all necessary project meetings, which may include preconstruction meetings, progress meetings and public meetings, and distribute agendas and meeting minutes for each.
• Receive and review all certificates of inspections, tests, permits, warranties, and approvals required by the Contract Documents.
• Ensure the field designed Work is coordinated with the design expressed in the Drawings and Specifications and the Contract Documents.
• Monitor activities of assigned staff for conformance with contractual requirements.
• Communicate effectively with staff, local agencies, and the general public.
• Effectively communicate project status and issues to client and formulate viable solutions.
• Prepare Work Directives, Field Orders, Change Orders, and Bulletins as necessary to ensure the proper performance of the Work and the completion of the Work within the Contract Time.
• Coordinate, witness, and document equipment start-up, facility commissioning, and testing for individual equipment components and systems and for the entire Work as required per the Contract Documents.
• Provide technical leadership for complex or unique assignments.
• Provide guidance and training to inspection staff.
• Read and interpret complex contract documents and utilize the information to determine the most appropriate solutions to unforeseen project issues as they arise.
• Review and draft responses to Contractors correspondence and claims as required.
• Assist with business development and growth efforts.
• Manage internal project services contract budgets.

• Education:
  
  Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering or Construction Management.
• PE License (Ohio)

• Potential candidates must have 8 or more years of municipal construction experience.
• Prior experience as a Project Engineer or Assistant Project Engineer performing oversight and administration for underground utility, road and/or bridge construction projects.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage projects ranging from local streets to complex…