Construction Administrator - Spartanburg

Construction Administrator - Spartanburg

McMillan Pazdan Smith is an award‑winning architecture, interior design, and advisory services firm with eight studios located in the southeast. We pride ourselves on strong client relationships and community partnerships. Our projects represent the work of a collaborative group of dedicated design professionals driven by a single goal: to deliver functional solutions that inspire collaboration, constructability, and well‑constructed environmental design. We are a boutique firm of about 300 employees.

• Assist the project team with construction administration activities on projects.
• Read, interpret, and understand plans, specifications, and contract documents.
• Understand terms and conditions of owner‑architectural agreements and owner–general contractor (GC) agreements.
• Maintain CM contract requirements and deliverables.
• Communicate with project architects, other construction administrators (CAs), and consultants to resolve project issues in a timely and organized manner.
• Perform quality control throughout the project life cycle.
• Participate in mandatory monthly CA meetings on technology, best practices, lessons learned, and relevant topics.
• Participate in CA and design studio periodic meetings and project team meetings.
• Perform field verification of existing project conditions, assist with pre‑construction specification and drawing quality control, constructability reviews, and identify engineering coordination issues.
• Assist with issuance revision of drawings, shop drawings, submittals, and RFI responses.
• Travel to project sites for site visits and project meetings.
• Prepare field observation reports, including photographs, to document each site visit. Document all conversations and instructions for distribution as applicable.
• Attend owner/architect/contractor (OAC) meetings with PM, PA, and CA. Record accurate meeting minutes for review and distribution.
• Assist the team to prompt close action items generated during OAC meetings and serve as liaison between owner(s) and contractor(s).
• Assist with generation and issuance of punch‑lists and receive, review, and distribute third‑party and special inspection test reports. Record deficiencies in a log for tracking of correction.
• Review change order requests promptly and provide recommendations to PM, PA, or CA I for processing to owner/client. Forward and track engineering scope change order requests to consultants.
• Review payment applications and certify them.
• Review closeout documents, including as‑built drawings, operations and maintenance manuals, warranties, and lien release. Facilitate GC financial closeout in a timely manner, ensuring all other closeout activities are completed first.
• Participate in project team post‑construction closeout, including lessons learned discussion and perform post‑construction services and investigations as needed.

• Bachelor’s or Associate’s degree in construction science, management, architecture, engineering, or related field.
• 3‑5 years of combined experience in construction administration and/or architecture.
• Previous experience in an architecture, engineering, or construction industry firm.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Ability to read and understand plan documents and building technology fundamentals.
• Excellent time‑management skills and strong attention to detail.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills and the ability to prioritize and execute tasks with many competing priorities.
• Self‑motivated, able to work independently, and collaborate as part of a team.
• Demonstrated cultural awareness and sensitivity.

• Experience with Bluebeam PDF Revu.
• Experience with Newforma Project Center.
• Experience with Plangrid document management system.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk,…