Office Engineer

Duties:

  • Performs liaison duties among various units in the District such as schools, offices,
    construction management, Real Estate Branch, Purchasing Branch, Construction,
    Maintenance and Operations Branch and other administrative offices involved in the
    completion of construction and rehabilitation projects as well as in the alteration,
    improvement, and repair of buildings and grounds and the acquisition and installation of
    equipment.
    
  • Provides technical and engineering support to Senior Project Managers and OARs.
      
  • Manages Architect for timely and accurate responses to requests for information.
      
  • Oversees staff in the maintenance and distribution of current contract plans and
    specifications.
    
  • Confirms contractor’s maintenance of record drawings prior to monthly progress
    payments to the Contractor.
     
  • Coordinates with surveying, testing and inspection staff.
      
  • Analyzes proposals for rehabilitation and improvement of existing facilities, grounds, or
    equipment to determine suitability and economic feasibility and to estimate costs.
      
  • Advises personnel on most appropriate equipment purchases and resolves questions or
    problems related to equipment, replacement, and delivery.
      
  • Makes field checks on construction, demolition, rehabilitation, alteration addition or repair
    projects to determine compliance with job specifications, plans, established District
    standards, and federal policies on layout and installation requirements.
      
  • Prepares written materials including correspondence, reports, procedures, and guidelines
    related to project file maintenance and document control.
     
  • Review submittals for conformance to plans and specifications.
      
  • Develops strategies and schedules and to create submittal packages that conform to
    schedule requirements.
     
  • Assists OARs in establishing project priority lists that include annual and long range
    programs for various construction projects, including the maintenance, repair, and
    rehabilitation of existing schools and equipment.
      
  • Assists in coordinating meetings between site administrators, school personnel, parents,
    and community representatives to organize construction plans from pre-construction to
    post-construction and lose out.
     
  • Coordinates various aspects of interim housing while construction is taking place at
    school sites.
      
  • Assists and provides support in the development of standards and specifications used for
    both new construction and existing projects.
     
  • Approves and processes requisitions related to equipment.
     
  • Prepares reports on project updates to site administrators and senior management to
    ensure coordination in timelines and construction schedules.
     
  • Develops lay-out plans for furniture and equipment to conform with instructional programs
    and safety requirements and provides accurate information to the Design Management
    and the Architectural and Engineering Technical Support units for consideration in
    preliminary architectural drawings, including analysis of budget and cost constraints.
      
  • Assists school administrators in conducting inventories to establish classroom capacities
    and facility utilization for each grade level.
     
  • Develops estimates, negotiates costs and writes change orders.
    
  • Analyzes change orders and confirms the merit and validity of these requests.
     
  • Coordinates the delivery and installation of equipment.
     
  • May assist other District personnel by coordinating the portable building moving program,
    the access compliance barrier removal program, and other special, centrally controlled
    programs.
      
  • Assists in review of submittal procedures, RFI’s and monthly invoices.
    
  • Maintains and distributes current contract plans and specifications.
      
  • Confirms contractor’s maintenance of record drawings.
     
  • Provides technical and engineering support to Senior Project Managers / OARs.
     
  • Coordinates with surveying, testing and inspection staff.
      
  • Performs other duties as directed by Senior Project Managers / OARs.
     
  • Logs & tracks all change orders, claims in Primavera Expedition; proficiency in change
    management.
    
  • Performs related duties as assigned.

Experience:

  • Minimum of 4 years experience in a similar or equivalent position involved in project or
    construction management of commercial and/or public or educational facility construction
    projects with values in excess of $15M.

Additional Preferred Experience:

  • Experience utilizing Building Information Modeling (BIM) preferred.
     
  • Experience in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified projects
    and/or the Collaborative for High Performing Schools (CHPS).
    
  • Experience with Division of the State Architect (DSA) construction/design processes.

Education:

  • Graduation from a recognized college or university with BA or BS in Architecture,
    Engineering, Planning, Construction Management or related field.  Additional qualifying
    experience in excess of the minimum stated above may be substituted for the required
    education on a year for year basis.

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