Salas O’Brien is an employee-owned engineering and professional services firm focused on achieving impact for clients and the world. They are seeking a temporary Engineering Consultant to support clients on site during construction and manage various project needs.
Responsibilities:
- Assist in putting together method of procedures for construction activities
- Coordinate activities with both client project managers and manufacturing production facility managers / personnel
- Represent client as the interface between the contractors and the owners
- Generate daily report and activity log
- Run daily meetings with contractors and other personnel on site
- Conduct conference calls
- Coordinate and manage contractors
- Assist in coordinating efforts with individual contractors
- Interface between the contractors and the design team to answer questions in real-time
- Manage schedules
- Ensure each contractor is communicating their needs and milestones to prevent any setbacks
- Solve on-site issues and coordinate questions / answers
- Document issues resolutions and correspondence
- Provide quality control of installations
- Ensure best efforts are being performed in a live critical facility (cleanliness and organization of efforts)
- Communicate with the design engineer(s) or project manager on any interpretation of our construction documents
- Choose subcontractors and delegate their responsibilities
- Responsible for any delays, emergencies and problems that can arise during construction
- Responsible for ensuring safe plans of work and working with contractors to ensure safe work practices
- Responsible for promoting cooperation, collaboration, and safety between different contractors / disciplines working in same areas under time constraints
- Comply with client safety and building codes as well as legal requirements
- Report project progress and budget to client
- Explain contract and technical matter to others in a clear manner
- Prepare budget and cost estimates, along with work timetables
- Ensure construction safety protocols are followed
- Establish risk factors, then manage and mitigate them to ensure construction goes smoothly
- Work with local authorities on permits, licenses, certifications, and inspections as required
- Coordinate and schedule contractors and construction work to be performed on site
- Coordinate and schedule with plant personnel of construction activities
- Report on construction progress, metrics, and site personnel
- Orientation to site safety program of contractors
- Record keeping of metrics
- Coordination, management, and corrective action to contractors in accordance with engineering plans, drawings, and installation instructions
- Coordination, management, and corrective action to contractors in accordance with site / project safety standards and plans
- Administration of plans, schedules, and job specific tasks
- Interpretation and coordination of engineering drawings to construction activities and scheduling
Requirements:
- Must have general knowledge of working in a manufacturing / production facility
- Understands high level of safety for personnel and the equipment being worked around
- Will assist in putting together method of procedures for construction activities
- Coordinates activities with both client project managers and manufacturing production facility managers / personnel
- Owner's Representative: Represent client as the interface between the contractors and the owners
- Daily report and activity log generation
- Run daily meetings with contractors and other personnel on site
- Conference Calls
- Contractor coordination and management
- Work with the individual contractors to assist in coordinating efforts
- Be the interface between the contractors and the design team to answer questions in real-time
- Manage schedules
- Ensure each contractor is communicating their needs and milestones to prevent any setbacks
- Solve on-site issues and coordinate questions / answers
- Document issues resolutions and correspondence
- Provide quality control of installations
- Ensure best efforts are being performed in a live critical facility (cleanliness and organization of efforts)
- Communicate with the design engineer(s) or project manager on any interpretation of our construction documents
- Perform duties related to construction support as required by the end client
- Collaborate with engineers, architects, plant personnel, and construction personnel in the same project
- Choose subcontractors and delegate their responsibilities
- Responsible for any delays, emergencies and problems that can arise during construction
- Responsible for ensuring safe plans of work and working with contractors to ensure safe work practices
- Responsible for promoting cooperation, collaboration, and safety between different contractors / disciplines working in same areas under time constraints
- Comply with client safety and building codes as well as legal requirements
- Report project progress and budget to client
- Explain contract and technical matter to others in a clear manner
- Prepare budget and cost estimates, along with work timetables
- Ensure construction safety protocols are followed
- Establish risk factors, then manage and mitigate them to ensure construction goes smoothly
- Work with local authorities on permits, licenses, certifications, and inspections as required
- Coordination and scheduling of contractors and construction work to be performed on site
- Coordination and scheduling with plant personnel of construction activities
- Reporting on construction progress, metrics, and site personnel
- Orientation to site safety program of contractors
- Record keeping of metrics
- Coordination, management, and Corrective action to contractors in accordance with engineering plans, drawings, and installation instructions
- Coordination, management, and corrective action to contractors in accordance with site / project safety standards and plans
- Administration of plans, schedules, and job specific tasks
- Interpretation and coordination of engineering drawings to construction activities and scheduling
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Good interpersonal and supervisory skills
- Solid grasp of building compliance and safety regulations
- Excellent analytical skills
- Decision-making skills
- Ability to work under pressure
- Knowledge of safety and OSHA requirements (OSHA 10 / OSHA 30 / etc)
- Able to read and interpret technical drawings and information
- Able to use latest technology for communication and coordination
- Willingness to learn and adapt
- Must be able to work effectively with various discipline construction contracts (civil/structural/architectural, mechanical/process, electrical, building fire alarm / fire protection, and others related to construction)
- Must be able to coordinate and collaborate with local code officials diplomatically and effectively
- Microsoft Office Software (Word, Excel, Outlook email, Outlook Calendar), and miscellaneous software
- MS Project a plus
- Manage change orders and impacts to project (Safety, Risk, and Cost/quality/schedule)
- Ability to recognize and gauge when to delegate authority and elevate issues appropriately
- A basic working knowledge of a computer - Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel
- 5 or more years Construction Experience in Industrial or Commercial Construction or Engineering
- Lifting/carrying: Carrying light loads related to field measurement equipment, equipment cases weighing 15 lbs. or less
- Walking/Climbing: Ability to use multi-level stair towers and rung ladders unassisted
- Ability to crawl in to areas if necessary
- Visual Acuity: Ability to discern single line and 3 dimensional computer images representing objects being designed or drafted
- Hearing: Ability to hear safety alarms and signals while wearing hearing protection
- Physical exertion: Ability to walk up to one mile on industrial plant and construction sites outdoors at any time of the year
- Ability to work in protective clothing which may elevate body temperatures by several degrees Fahrenheit for periods of up to 15 minutes without a break
- Breathing: Ability to work while wearing a respirator or self-contained breathing apparatus if required on a project