Senior Construction Manager

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City: [[Aliso Viejo]] 

State: [[CA]]

SENIOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER

The senior construction manager (SCM) performs a wide variety of professional engineering work in either an office or field setting; This work is performed on highway construction projects involving bridges, buildings, walls, barriers, drainage structures, sign structures and appurtenances.

The Role:

The SCM works as a field engineer to ensure contractors build structures in compliance with the contract documents (Standard Plans, Standard Specifications, contract plans and Special Provisions). The SCM reviews progress of the work to assure compliance with the contract documents. This will include progressive monitoring of materials and methods used as well as inspection of the finished products prior to acceptance. The SCM assures appropriate measurement, payments are made as necessary, and all project documentation is completed in accordance with departmental policies and procedures. Additionally, the SCM is responsible to pro-actively review the contract documents to anticipate, identify, and/or prepare any change orders needed to resolve conflicts and/or recommend improvements.

What You'll Do: 

Duties include but are not limited to: • Ensures safety of PreScience employees, Agency employees, Contractor’s employees, as well as traveling public by observing contractor’s operations and traffic conditions, making recommendations, and taking corrective action when necessary. Reviews contractor operations for compliance with CAL OSHA regulations. • Provides direction to staff to ensure complete, accurate and timely contract records, pertaining to construction progress, job expenditures, budget programs, and work order balances, are maintained in accordance with the State and Federal regulations and laws. • Confers with contractors regarding compliance with plans and quality of work and construction activity. • Performs field inspections of contractor’s work to determine compliance with plans, specifications, special provisions, utility agreements, etc. • Prepares reports, as well as reviews and incorporates the daily inspection reports from Field Inspectors, in documenting the Contractor’s activities. • Maintains accurate and complete project records and ensures compliance with departmental policies and procedures. • Calculates and documents field quantities for payment purposes. • Documents as-built condition of constructed facility. • Performs construction and engineering inspections, may direct subordinate inspectors. The frequency of inspections is risk-based and include full-time, intermittent, and/or benchmark during all phases of construction. • Advises Resident Engineer on major phases of construction activity. Reviews informational and action submittals, and shop drawings; authorizes shop drawings and action submittals when they are in compliance with the requirements of the approved plans and specifications. • Performs required calculations such as alignment, grade (elevation control), quantities of work performed, or materials placed. • Ability to perform calculations to determine stresses within the various elements of structures (e.g., beams, columns, etc.) and the contractor’s temporary works (falsework, shoring, and temporary structural supports, etc.) • Inspect materials, workmanship, and/or products. Reject such that are not in compliance with the contract documents and take appropriate action until they are brought into compliance with the requirements of the approved plans and specifications. • Identifies the need for and prepares contract related documents for submission to the contractor. • Reviews CPM schedules. Identifies and mitigates project risks. • Completes a project daily diary of pertinent activities and discussions held regarding the progress of the contractor's work and interaction with the Senior Construction M