Self-Perform Operations Engineer-Concrete (Louisiana)

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***Project Location/Travel: This opportunity is for an advanced technology project in Northern Louisiana. Travel or relocation for the duration of the project is required.***

Position Description: Manage, evaluate, and assess information necessary to construct project scope on time, within budget, and to quality as specified by contract documents.

Essential Duties & Key Responsibilities:

• Resolve issues related to plans and specifications to avoid unnecessary delays in work and negative impact to productivity, working with base team, architects, subcontractors, consultants, suppliers, inspectors and other Turner job staff and owner’s representatives.
• Manage project budget through Change Order Management process with base team and suppliers/subcontractors; gather productivity and time recording data to reconcile project budget.
• Apply general knowledge of job estimates, contract, and subcontract documents to make decisions related to contract drawings and subcontract information. Ensure all drawings and specifications properly relate to estimate.
• Ensure timely release of materials and equipment for fabrication or manufacture to meet construction schedule. Publish expected delivery dates for each item to responsible supplier/subcontractor, base team, and SPO Field Supervisor.
• Collect invoices and assist with pay application development, and gather trade partner time sheets for billing verification.
• Contribute to development of reports for Operational Review Meeting (ORM), Profit Plan, and Current Account Budget (CAB).
• Distribute schedule, scope details, and other information required for construction to appropriate parties.
• Manage submittals and shop drawings. Assess conformance to contract specifications and coordinate with adjacent and dependent trades to resolve any conflicts in interpretation of documents.
• Negotiate change orders and manage information on changes in work. Prepare quantity analysis, obtain and check estimates for changes from subcontractors and suppliers, obtain approval of the team client, and resolve conflicts.
• Oversee closeout process and prepare final records including Requests for Information (RFI’s), closeout records, warranties, as-builts, Operations and Maintenance manuals (O&Ms), attic stock, spare parts, and evaluate information to insure compliance with contract documents.
• Supervise staff (including Assistant Engineers, Engineering Assistants, Plan Clerks, Trades employees and Interns), provide timely input on performance appraisals, and approve timesheets.
• Prepare Scope of Work documents for trades.
• Develop General Conditions Items, labor, safety, Change Order logs and Quality Control reports.
• Schedule and manage meetings for subcontractor trade coordination, preconstruction, and submittal reviews.
• Other activities, duties, and responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree from accredited and credentialed degree program and 4 years of related experience or equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience
• Read, understand, and interpret contract documents, drawings, specifications, scopes of work and project schedule
• Negotiation skills
• Utilize leading-edge technologies such as Building Information Modeling (BIM) and lean
• Professional written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrate leadership and interpersonal relationship building skills
• Proficient in computer applications and MS Office

Physical Demands: 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 regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee is frequently required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing 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 sometimes exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to airborne particles or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to very loud.

Turner is an Equal Opportunity Employer - race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.