Construction Administrator

Description

McMillan Pazdan Smith is an award-winning architecture, interior design, and advisory services firm with eleven studios located in the southeast. We pride ourselves on strong client relationships and community partnerships. Our projects represent the work of a collaborative group of dedicated design professionals driven by a solitary goal: to deliver a functional solution that inspire collaboration, function, imagination, constructability, and attributes of a well-constructed environmental design. A larger firm of 300 employees with a boutique firm atmosphere.

We are currently seeking a Construction Administrator to join our team in Columbia, SC. As a Construction Administrator you will be responsible for supporting the project teams and providing project process guidance.

• Assist      team with construction administration activities on projects.
• Ability      to read, interpret, and understand plans, specifications, and other      contract documents.
• Ability      to read and understand terms and conditions of owner - architectural      agreement and owner – General Contractor (GC).
• Construction      Manager (CM) contract requirements and deliverables.
• Communicate      with project architects, other CA’s, and consultants as required to      resolve project issues in a timely and well- organized manner.
• Perform      quality control throughout project life cycle.
• Participate      in mandatory monthly CA meetings on topics including technology, best      practices, lessons learned, and other relevant topics.
• Participate      in CA and designated design studio periodic meetings as well as project      team meetings.

Pre-Construction / Design

• Perform      field verification of existing project conditions alone or with architects      and other CAs as needed.
• Assist      team with pre-construction specification and drawing quality control and      constructability reviews leading up to “for construction documents”      issues.
• Identify      engineering coordination issues, unclear or absent information, code      compliance concerns, or construction method quality and scheduling      concerns.
• Participate      in project hand-off from design to CA with Project Manager (PM) and      Project Architect (PA).
• Review      project schedule, design intent, special features, and budget along with      client expectations.

Construction Administration

• Assist      team in maintaining MPS record set documents, including filing,      organization, updating with revisions and request for information (RFI)      responses, etc.
• Monitor      project for construction document and reoccurring client standards      compliance.
• Assist      team with issuance of document revisions prepared by designers.
• Issue      revisions to project team, file, and record in record documents.
• Process      shop drawings and submittals promptly to ensure adequate time for review.
• Travel      as required to project sites for site visits and project meetings.
• Prepare      field observation reports, including photographs, to document each site      visit. Document all conversations and instructions for distribution as      applicable. (reviewed by PM, PA, or CA I prior to issue.
• Attend      Owner/Architect/Construction (OAC) meetings with PM, PA, and CA. Record      accurate meeting minutes for review and distribution by PM, PA, and CA I.
• Assist      team to promptly close action items generated during OAC meetings.
• Serve      as liaison between owner(s) and contractor(s).
• Assist      with generation and issuance of punch-lists.
• Receive,      review, and distribute third party and special inspections test reports.      Record deficiencies in log for tracking of correction.

Financial

• Review      change order requests promptly and provide recommendations to PM, PA, or      CA I for processing to owner / client. Forward and track engineering scope      change order requests to consultants
• Review      payment applications. (PM, PA, or CA I to certify)

Closeout

• Review      closeout documents as directed and provide comments to PM, PA, or CA I for      response to contract with required corrections or needed additional      information
• Includes      as-builts, Operations and Maintenance manuals (O&Ms), warranties,      attic stock transmittals, financial, and lien release
• Facilitate      GC financial closeout is completed in a timely manner, but only after all      other closeout activities have been completed
• Participate      in project team post construction closeout, including lessons learned      discussion
• Perform      post-construction services and investigations as needed.

Requirements

 Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s      / Associate degree in construction science and/or management,      architecture, engineering, or related field.
• 3-5      years combined experience in construction administration and/or      architecture.
• Previous      experience in an architecture, engineering, or construction industry firm.
• Proficiency      with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Ability      to read and understand plan documents.
• Understanding      of building technology fundamentals.
• Excellent      time management skills.
• Ability      to effectively and confidently prioritize and execute tasks with many      competing priorities.
• Ability      to absorb new ideas and concepts quickly.
• Clear      verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong      attention to detail.
• Exceptional      organizational and follow-through skills.
• Self-motivated      and ability to work independently.
• Ability      to work collaboratively as part of a team.
• Demonstrated      cultural awareness and sensitivity.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience      with Bluebeam PDF Revu.
• Experience      with Newforma Project Center.
• Experience      with Plangrid document management system.

Physical DemandsThe physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to grasp objects; reach with hands and arms; balance, stop, kneel, or crouch; speak or listen. The employee must occasionally lift and/or carry up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.Workplace EnvironmentWork environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally be exposed to hazardous working conditions in conjunction with construction site visits. The noise level in the construction zone may be loud. While performing the duties of this job in the office work environment, the employee will not be exposed to hazardous working conditions. The noise level in the office work environment is usually moderate.McMillan Pazdan Smith is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, religion, color, national origin, age, disability, veteran’s status or any classification protected by state or local law. If you need a reasonable accommodation to access the information provided on this web site, please contact Human Resources at: hr@mcmillanpazdansmith.com for further assistance.