Resident Engineer - Buildings​/Facilities

Resident Engineer (Facilities and Buildings)

M&J Engineering, D.P.C. is a quality provider of multi-discipline consulting services with over 300 employees. Since its inception in 2004, M&J has grown into a diversified provider of engineering, construction management, construction inspection, technology, and environmental services to a broad range of clients, including federal, state and city/local agencies, private owners, architects, engineers and contractors. M&J is a leader in construction management and inspection, ITS, mechanical, electrical, wastewater, water supply, tunnel airport, port, marine/coastal, environmental engineering, and design-build services for both new infrastructure projects and renovations.

M&J bases its employment and personnel decisions on the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity, with the intent to further the Company’s Affirmative Action commitment. M&J does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, employment status, veteran or military status, or any other category protected by law.

Our Company vigorously pursues opportunities to recruit and develop job candidates who have the desire and potential for becoming qualified employees through our Affordative Action Plan.

The Resident Engineer (Facilities and Buildings) functions as the construction project lead responsible for the management and oversight of a project team consisting of construction inspectors, office engineers and other project support staff, working collectively to ensure all construction project work is performed in accordance with the contract documents and all the Client’s needs are met.

Ensuring all project work is performed on schedule, on budget, according to plans and to the quality standards provided for by the contract specifications, special provisions, and governing regulations.

• Proper interpretation of plans and specifications.
• Supervises and oversees inspection of construction work.
• Ensuring all work operations adhere to approved work safety plans and environmental permits.
• Monitor project CPM schedules and milestones, identify, and mitigate risk.
• Analyze and evaluate constructability issues and provide effective solutions.
• Evaluate contractor pay requisitions, ensure accuracy of billing, timely process approval of payment.
• Review change orders, extra work requests, perform engineering cost analysis to support negotiations.
• Coordinate with the contractor and stakeholders to mitigate scheduling conflicts, and delays.
• Conduct progress, coordination, and other incidental meetings for project.
• Ensure the Client is kept informed on project progress and issues throughout the duration of the project.
• Supervises and oversees field office functions relative to construction projects including but not limited to reviewing and processing construction orders, processing estimates for payment, analyzing and supporting prices for new items.
• Write memoranda and correspondence for client, state and/or municipal administrators and authorities, contractors, and the general public.
• Supervises implementation and operation of digital construction reporting systems and programs.
• Oversees inspection, sampling and testing of materials used for construction projects.
• Schedules, assigns, oversees and reviews work of staff.
• Acts as liaison with client, agencies, and outside officials.
• Performs related duties as required.

Knowledge, Skill, and Ability:

• Considerable knowledge of building construction and renovation work practices and principles utilized on complex CTDOT or other public building and facilities construction projects.
• Administrative and financial controls with respect to construction engineering plans, contracts, projects and reports.
• Relevant government agency policies and procedures.
• Considerable ability to acknowledge and apply relevant state and federal laws, statutes and regulations including the CT Building, Fire Safety, and Fire Prevention Codes.
• Proper understanding and application of agency specific guidelines…