SENIOR COORDINATOR, CAPITAL PROJECTS

Occupational Summary

The Capital Projects Coordinator is responsible for Duke Utilities & Engineering Services (DUES) on a variety of building and utility construction and renovation projects as a member of the Office of Utility Renewal & Project Teams.  They will be involved in all phases of the project including design, construction, commissioning and project turnover to the Operations Teams.  This involvement is intended to ensure design and construction goal are aligned with the following operations goals:

 

• Deliver a fully functional, efficient, reliable and maintainable building
• Minimize life-cycle cost of facilities
• Early identification of issues
• Construction projects are built to Duke’s specifications
• Contractor means and methods are of high standard
• Complete commissioning before move in

 

The Capital Projects Coordinator will report to the DUES Manager of Utility Documentation & Locating. with dotted line accountability to the Project Teams.

 

Work Performed

 

• Participate as member of design team once the feasibility study and / or project initiation activities are completed.
• Participate in project scoping meeting with the Project Manager, Building Coordinator and / or Facility Engineer(s), Designers at the beginning of a capital project to understand the scope of work, key customers and stakeholders goals, the project schedule, and potential impact on existing building systems and utility infrastructure.
• Review and provide written comments on drawings, specifications and submittals.
• Review control sequence of operations for compliance with Facilities Management Department (FMD) Construction Standards.
• Review equipment accessibility for all maintenance and service activities including location of access doors, valves, disconnects and elevated surfaces.  Review ability to access & maintain underground utility distribution lines & vaults.
• Review exceptions to FMD Construction Standards identified by the project team and determine if justified or acceptable.
• Review and comment on any value-engineering options being considered.
• Escalate items which remain unresolved at the Project Team level to the Project Steering Team (PST).
• Discusses Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) plan with the Duke Project Manager (PM) & Construction Manager (CM) to help determine contractor qualifications, licenses, certificates required plus installation testing plan (i.e. – weld inspections) and acceptance across all trades.
• Provide recommendations in a timely manner on key areas which impact the long term operation and maintenance of buildings and utilities, and the