Lead Construction Specialist - 90358717 - New York

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Job Summary

The Lead Construction Specialist plays a crucial role in assisting, overseeing and/or managing construction projects from conception to completion. You will work closely with project and construction managers, division leadership, engineers, architects, contractors, subcontractors and third parties and other project stakeholders to ensure projects are executed efficiently to satisfy scope, schedule, cost, quality and safety requirements in accordance with contractual obligations.  Projects are primarily located in the New York region and will report to Amtrak’s Fleet and Facilities Department. Individuals in this role work independently with some indirect supervision (Director or Sr. Construction Manager). The role requires onsite field presence.

Essential Functions

• Support capital construction efforts by providing technical support to contractor, force account and supervision as well as helping to satisfy scope, schedule, cost, quality, and safety requirements on the project. Initiate action when necessary to ensure the project is being built as specified in the scope of work.
• Work with contractor, force account and supervision to ensure the project is executed in accordance to agreed upon scope, costs, and schedule.
• Communicate effectively with audiences that include but are not limited to management, coworkers, clients, vendors, contractors, and visitors. apply knowledge of applicable local, state/province, and federal/national statutes and guidelines to various area of responsibility.
• Work with the Program/Project Manager, review potential change requests from the field and, if appropriate, prepares a potential change notice with appropriate justification for submission to PM.
• Assist and/or lead on coordinating and assuring adherence to Site Specific Safety Work Plans with Contractors and Amtrak Personnel.
• Coordinate applicable track and ET outages. Prepare outage plans.
• Interact with Amtrak personnel leadership for resource planning.
• Conduct project site visits to assess project feasibility, determine scope requirements and potential challenges.
• Coordinate the work of contractors to include engineers, technicians, and other personnel who help on specific project activities and assignments.
• Coordinate the completion of construction activities.
• Attend progress meetings and report on project status.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required OR equivalent combination of training, education and relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• 6-9 years of relevant experience preferred

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional Engineer (PE) license, Certified Construction Management (CCM) or Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
• Demonstrated construction experience in a railroad environment.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to learn and apply knowledge of applicable local, state/province, and federal/national statutes and guidelines.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities under tight constraints.
• Must have the ability to coordinate efforts with other technical disciplines and have knowledge of scheduling, budgeting, and estimating.
• Possess strategic and tactical skills required for planning and executing complex project work.
• Strong leadership required, encompassing effective comm