Position Title: CMAR Construction Engineers/Representative

Company: CES Consultants, Inc. (CES)
Location:  Alexandria, VA Office/ Washington, DC– on site or in-office with commute to project sites.

Job Type: Full-Time

Position Overview

This is a construction oversight position that is responsible for overseeing the work of contractors and commissioning agents involved in the construction, improvement, and/or commissioning of projects.  This position requires considerable experience and training in construction management and construction contract administration.  Construction Representatives are responsible for monitoring the progress of the construction team throughout the construction, commissioning, closeout, and warranty phase of capital improvement projects.  Construction Representatives may be assigned multiple projects of varying degrees of complexity at multiple sites.  Construction Representatives perform work under the limited supervision of an Owner’s Advisor, with broad latitude in exercising independent judgment. 

Key Responsibilities

• Acts as a field representative to ensure that all Work is completed according to the requirements outlined in the contract documents.
• Communicates and collaborates with other members of the project team to solve constructability issues as they arise over the course of a project.
• Monitors the contractor’s submittal register/log and actively tracks the status of submittals.  May help the Owner’s Advisor facilitate submittal reviews by various departmental stakeholders.
• Reviews Contractor’s certified payroll submissions and may periodically perform labor standards interviews to ensure that field personnel are receiving the appropriate wages.
• Maintains electronic files for all project documentation in the designated Project Management Information System (PMIS), including correspondence, daily logs, inspection and tests reports, submittals, transmittals, etc.
• Ensures contractors maintain accurate as-built documentation and that the Project Design Engineer (PDE) reviews as-builts periodically and in conjunction with PDE-required field inspections.
• Assists Operations and Maintenance (O&M) departments with their review of O&M submittals, including manuals, spare part lists, asset induction information.  Ensure that O&M departments receive appropriate training.
• Monitors and reports on the progress of functional testing, operational demonstration, commissioning, and construction closeout.
• Performs warranty inspections and assists O&M departments with resolving issues during the warranty period.
• Work may include other duties and responsibilities, as assigned.