Architect

Overview

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Credence has an immediate need for a Project Engineer (Architect) at the journeyman level in support of the 88th Civil Engineering Group at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.

The 88th Civil Engineering Group (88 CEG) provides the highest quality living and working environment to our customers to support their missions. The 88 CEG is responsible for cradle-to-grave planning, development, and execution of all facility and infrastructure programs for one of the largest Air Force installations in the United States. The 88 CEG provides operations, maintenance, and repair for installation facilities, infrastructure, and grounds; structural and aircraft fire protection; environmental management, housing management, and emergency management; and explosive ordnance disposal in a five-state area.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the duties listed below

• Shall performs planning and design work for multi-phase new construction, renovations, and improvement projects for real property facilities, including utility systems, utilizing a professional knowledge of architectural concepts, principles, and practices.
• Will prepares, develops or reviews design calculations, cost estimates, schedules, underlying analysis, technical drawings, and specifications related to a wide variety of projects.
• Will analyzes current and projected technical requirements to develop standard architecture and interior design policy guidance, space allocations, furnishings, procedures and design criteria with the latest technical developments in design, construction, and environmental, conservation and standard construction practices and techniques.
• Shall provide assistance and technical support in the identification, development, and preparation of Facility Sustainment Restoration & Modernization (FSRM), Non-Appropriated Funds (NAF), customer-funded programs, and Military Construction (MILCON) projects.
• Will coordinate with customers and other governmental personnel and agencies, as necessary, to define project requirements, ensure compliance with Federal, State, local and Air Force regulations.
• Shall draft Performance Work Statements (PWS), prepare Statements of Work (SOW), draft programming documents (DD 1391s), develop cost estimates, briefings and other components of the programming/ acquisition package for government approval and submission.
• Will perform independent technical and cost reviews of facility project design submittal, standard design templates, charrette reports, and facility design standards/tools prepared by architect- engineers.
• Shall perform comprehensive technical compliance verification of all aspects of the design with all applicable design criteria, including applicable AF and national standards, criteria, and specifications, providing a specific citation as the basis for each finding.
• Will perform a comprehensive validation of the designer’s cost estimate, citing specific areas with questionable basis. Where applicable assess compliance with programming approval documents and applicable program approval thresholds.
• Shall assist in the development of various project management tools to include project management plans, Construction Management Documents, and all required enterprise business system data entry for assigned projects. This includes, assisting in the creation of contract document packages required for the award of construction projects to include project folder, liquidated damages, green procurement, quality assurance plan, nomination form for quality assurance representative, funding documents and period of performance.
• Will assist the Government by providing project management, project oversight, technical advice, and quality assurance services for projects.
• Shall assist government personnel to perform Quality Assurance/Quality Check (QA/QC) oversight of project field activities.
• Will review project field activities to ensure compliance with Air Force, regulatory, and project-specific procedures and the resulting data collected are technically defensible. Assistance shall include site visits, documentation, photographs, daily surveillance log, and reports of immediate health and safety hazards observed. Participate in planning/design charrette activity; review/ oversight of Contractor work in progress; and quality assurance/quality control. Perform a comprehensive technical review of contract submittal, requests for information, change order requests, or other real-time interaction with a design or construction Contractor.
• Shall assist in the coordination of and attend, all project development meetings, contract review meetings, pre-construction meetings, site visits, and other pertinent meetings to coordinate information with installation activities. Develop briefings in support of project and meeting requirements.

Education, Requirements and Qualifications

• Secret clearance required
• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture or Architectural Engineering required
• Minimum of three years of experience required
• Professional registration/license is desired but not required
• Personnel shall have experience utilizing Microsoft Office applications, AutoCAD, BUILDER (desired), TRIRIGA (desired), E4Clicks or equivalent, and familiarity w/ RSMeans at a minimum