Resident Project Representative II

Job Type Full-time Description

WHY WR? WithersRavenel is looking for people who are passionate about collaboration, community, and client success. Your reward for sharing your talent with us? OWNERSHIP. As a 100% employee-owned company, every employee is an owner—which adds a powerful and unique dimension to our vibrant company culture and purposeful work. Our employee owners say they love a lot of things about WithersRavenel, but the things most often cited are our amazing people and team-first atmosphere, our focus on their professional development and growth, and our commitment to the communities in which we work and live.

Bring your talent and collaborative spirit and join our team of employee owners at WithersRavenel!

We know that great talent can live anywhere. While we consider North Carolina home, we have team members spread across the U.S. supporting, improving, and growing our WRLife culture. Whether you choose to work from one of our nine office locations, your home office, or a bit of both, we know you’ll fit right in with our work environment.

Simply put, we're all-in for the success of employees, because when they succeed, we all thrive.

Join our team as a Resident Project Representative within our Utilities (Water/Wastewater) practice area. We are looking for someone who lives in or around the Hertford, North Carolina.

Resident Project Representatives (RPR) II’s are moderate experience positions to support our Utilities practice area by providing on-site construction observation for horizontal construction activities. This would be done under the guidance of management. The primary goal will be to compare work products to the project’s approved plans and specifications and observe, document, and relay construction related information and issues. They will also compile and analyze technical data from drawings, field notes, and/or electronic data.

Project and Client Management

• Assist PM’s, Assistant PM’s, and Engineers of Record in the project construction and Certification process
• Coordinate and attend project meetings and create subsequent documentation
• Assist in communications with Clients per direction
• Communicate with PM’s, Assistant PM’s, and/or Engineers of Record assigned to associated projects regularly and proactively about project and technical details; communicate any significant technical challenge, deviation from procedures and metrics, or incidents that occurs on projects
• Understand project scope and budget and assist in monitoring

Technical

• Understand horizontal construction and surveying for the following: utilities, drainage, drainage structures, SCMs, roadways, greenways, sidewalks, lighting, parking lots, traffic control, signing, striping, traffic calming, and landscaping
• Understand, coordinate, and document geotechnical testing as directed
• Perform shop drawing reviews
• Read construction plans and specifications, interpret documents, and perform simple mathematic calculations
• Able to perform field revisions and obtain necessary approvals from the Engineer of Record and inform PM and/or Assistant PM
• Observe and verify that construction methods are generally in accordance plans and specifications
• Verify that material and equipment certificates, operation and maintenance manuals, and other data required by the specifications have been provided
• Perform limited surveying/measuring to verify/confirm horizontal locations and/or vertical elevations
• Red-line construction changes on record drawing set for each project
• Review project schedules and consult with the PM and/or Engineer of Record regarding acceptability and changes. Inform client as directed
• Receive and review applications for payment and forward recommendations to the PM and/or Assistant PM
• Draft and recommend to the PM, Assistant PM, and/or Engineer of Record proposed change orders, work change directives, and field orders
• Coordinate, document, and attend substantial and final completion inspections
• Provide punch lists and subsequent follow up
• Attend project start-ups and operation and maintenance training as directed
• Document and facilitate information to supervisor, PM, Engineer of Record, and/or Client including site photos, documenting quantities, and providing daily logs
• Report discrepancies from the plans and specifications immediately to supervisor, PM, Engineer of Record, and/or Client and recommend corrective measures and/or rejection of work
• Receive contractor RFI’s and review with PM, Assistant PM, and