What are the responsibilities and job description for the Construction Services Technician position at Spicer Group, Inc.?
CONSTRUCTION TECHNICIAN - CONSTRUCTION SERVICES GROUP
POSITION SUMMARY
This position is for a full-time Construction Technician in our Construction Services Group.
THE COMPANY
THE COMPANY
Spicer Group is a multi-disciplinary engineering, surveying, and planning company. We have offices in Saginaw, St. Johns, Manistee, Traverse City, Dundee, Byron Center, East Lansing, Standish, Bingham Farms, and Cumming and Dawsonville, Georgia.
Spicer Group prides itself on our core values of commitment to growth, great client relationships, excellent services and solutions, maintaining a team environment, and having integrity in all we do. We are seeking a candidate who will strive to uphold these values.
Spicer Group, Inc. offers a comprehensive benefits package that reflects our respect and commitment for our employees, their contributions, professional goals, and personal goals. This includes, but is not limited to: sick, vacation, and holiday pay; fitness membership reimbursement; a 401(k) match program; profit sharing; health, dental, and vision insurance options; and much more! In addition to our benefits package, we host employee appreciation events once a month as a thank you to all our employees’ hard work and dedication!
A TYPICAL DAY ON THE JOB
- Acting as client, contractor, and project manager liaison for the construction of municipal and MDOT infrastructure projects.
- Observation of construction work in progress to ensure conformance with specifications, examining workmanship of finished installations for conformity to standards, and maintaining detailed records of work performed by contractors.
- Communicates directly with clients and owners, hold and attend meetings, review shop drawings, perform quantity take offs, generate preliminary estimates of cost.
- Performs office technician duties such as reviewing certified payrolls, reviewing IDR’s for compliance to standards, generating pay estimates and contract modifications.
- Familiarity with MDOT specifications, standard plans, and work practice is preferred.
- Conducts material testing as related to: HMA sampling, concrete sampling and testing, aggregate sampling, mechanical testing of aggregates, compaction testing for granular, aggregate, clay, and HMA materials.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
- High school diploma
- Construction inspection experience, preferably in the areas of municipal infrastructure, MDOT Road, and Bridge Construction
- Valid driver’s license
