What are the responsibilities and job description for the Construction Representative position at Boston Housing Authority?
Unit: Exempt
Department: Capital Construction
Grade: 12
Salary Range: STARTING SALARY: $82,933.20
Posting Date: Friday, March 28, 2025
Application Deadline: Friday, April 11, 2025
Application Procedure
Please submit a cover letter and resume detailing your qualification. No phone calls or letters. Submit your resume, cover letter, and any additional materials to jobs@bostonhousing.org. Deadline: Friday April 11, 2025. Please be sure to identify the position you are applying for.
General Description
ABOUT US:
Boston Housing Authority (BHA) fosters sustainable communities by providing quality affordable housing, bringing stability, opportunity, and peace of mind to thousands of low and moderate-income families across Greater Boston and the City of Boston as a whole. As the largest provider of affordable housing in Boston, one of the most expensive cities in the country, BHA understands housing as a crucial platform for individual, household, and community stability. Through its Public Housing communities and Section 8 rental assistance programs, BHA provides housing assistance and services to more than 58,000 low and moderate-income households, including families with children, older adults, and individuals with disabilities. In all aspects of our operations, internally and externally, BHA is committed to breaking down the barriers to racial equity and justice in housing and related fields that disproportionately impact Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) communities.
Diversity And Inclusion
As a proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, age, sex, religion, physical or mental disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, and military and veteran status, or any other basis protected by local, state or federal law. To the greatest extent possible, it is the policy of BHA to give preference in employment to BHA residents, leased housing residents, and low-income persons. As a housing authority, we recognize the historical role that residential racial segregation has played in the City of Boston. The BHA of today and in the future will actively address and dismantle barriers to becoming a diverse, equitable, and inclusive city.
About The Job
The Construction Representative performs duties and has responsibilities, which resemble those typically associated with an Owner's Project Representative (OPR) or a Clerk of the Works (Clerk). Typically, an OPR or Clerk is assigned to a single construction project and is stationed at the site; however, depending upon the size and complexity of the projects, the Construction Representative may be responsible for two or more projects simultaneously. The Construction Representative is required to maintain a significant familiarity with the quality and progress of each project. He or she reports to the Assistant Director or a Senior Project Manager (acting as the Construction Rep Supervisor) but works directly with individual BHA Project Managers or Project Architects on a day-to-day basis.
Duties & Responsibilities
Minimum of 5 years; experience in comprehensive construction administration/ management, or as Clerk of the Works or as Architect/Owner's Project Representative is required. Significant experience in low or moderate-income housing and/or occupied buildings, as well as experience in publicly funded projects is strongly preferred. Massachusetts Construction Supervisor's License preferred. Demonstrated ability to take initiative and carry out job responsibilities with a minimum of oversight required, as well as good interpersonal skills, communication skills (both orally and in writing), and a high level of organizational ability.
Bha Benefits
BHA's generous benefits package includes 14 paid holidays, 4 personal days, 3 weeks of vacation, 3 weeks of paid sick leave, MBTA discount, participation in the City's pension plan, and healthcare through the Commonwealth, and much more.
An Equal Opportunity Employer
Bilingual candidates are encouraged to apply.
Please submit a cover letter and resume to: jobs@bostonhousing.org
Please be sure to identify the full name of the position your are applying for.
Thank you.
Department: Capital Construction
Grade: 12
Salary Range: STARTING SALARY: $82,933.20
Posting Date: Friday, March 28, 2025
Application Deadline: Friday, April 11, 2025
Application Procedure
Please submit a cover letter and resume detailing your qualification. No phone calls or letters. Submit your resume, cover letter, and any additional materials to jobs@bostonhousing.org. Deadline: Friday April 11, 2025. Please be sure to identify the position you are applying for.
General Description
ABOUT US:
Boston Housing Authority (BHA) fosters sustainable communities by providing quality affordable housing, bringing stability, opportunity, and peace of mind to thousands of low and moderate-income families across Greater Boston and the City of Boston as a whole. As the largest provider of affordable housing in Boston, one of the most expensive cities in the country, BHA understands housing as a crucial platform for individual, household, and community stability. Through its Public Housing communities and Section 8 rental assistance programs, BHA provides housing assistance and services to more than 58,000 low and moderate-income households, including families with children, older adults, and individuals with disabilities. In all aspects of our operations, internally and externally, BHA is committed to breaking down the barriers to racial equity and justice in housing and related fields that disproportionately impact Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) communities.
Diversity And Inclusion
As a proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, age, sex, religion, physical or mental disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, and military and veteran status, or any other basis protected by local, state or federal law. To the greatest extent possible, it is the policy of BHA to give preference in employment to BHA residents, leased housing residents, and low-income persons. As a housing authority, we recognize the historical role that residential racial segregation has played in the City of Boston. The BHA of today and in the future will actively address and dismantle barriers to becoming a diverse, equitable, and inclusive city.
About The Job
The Construction Representative performs duties and has responsibilities, which resemble those typically associated with an Owner's Project Representative (OPR) or a Clerk of the Works (Clerk). Typically, an OPR or Clerk is assigned to a single construction project and is stationed at the site; however, depending upon the size and complexity of the projects, the Construction Representative may be responsible for two or more projects simultaneously. The Construction Representative is required to maintain a significant familiarity with the quality and progress of each project. He or she reports to the Assistant Director or a Senior Project Manager (acting as the Construction Rep Supervisor) but works directly with individual BHA Project Managers or Project Architects on a day-to-day basis.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Reviews contract documents (CDs) in order to gain the familiarity required to monitor construction conformance.
- Attends weekly job meetings with the contractor, consultant architect/engineer, and BHA Project Manager/Architect.
- Reports daily on construction progress, apparent conformance with CDs, and unresolved issues or disputes.
- Periodically inspects the work of the various trades carrying out the construction in order to ot check for conformance with CDs.
- Reports in writing any deviation discovered.
- Periodically reviews the contractor's record copy of the drawings built) to confirm that all changes are being documented.
- Reviews monthly Pencil Requisition and final application for payment and makes recommendations to the consultant NE and BHA Project Manager/Architect.
- Maintains construction records including correspondence, change order requests, change orders, approved schedules, meeting notes, submittals, shop drawings, applications for payment, etc.
- May perform other duties as assigned.
Minimum of 5 years; experience in comprehensive construction administration/ management, or as Clerk of the Works or as Architect/Owner's Project Representative is required. Significant experience in low or moderate-income housing and/or occupied buildings, as well as experience in publicly funded projects is strongly preferred. Massachusetts Construction Supervisor's License preferred. Demonstrated ability to take initiative and carry out job responsibilities with a minimum of oversight required, as well as good interpersonal skills, communication skills (both orally and in writing), and a high level of organizational ability.
Bha Benefits
BHA's generous benefits package includes 14 paid holidays, 4 personal days, 3 weeks of vacation, 3 weeks of paid sick leave, MBTA discount, participation in the City's pension plan, and healthcare through the Commonwealth, and much more.
An Equal Opportunity Employer
Bilingual candidates are encouraged to apply.
Please submit a cover letter and resume to: jobs@bostonhousing.org
Please be sure to identify the full name of the position your are applying for.
Thank you.
Salary : $82,933
