Construction Coordinator

Overview

Longenecker & Associates (L&A), a Geosyntec Company, is a trusted partner enabling critical missions across the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) complex for more than 35 years. We contribute to DOE’s nuclear security and environmental remediation enterprise by providing the highest-caliber staff and experts. We are seeking a motivated Construction Coordinator to contribute to our mission supporting our work at LBNF/DUNE in Batavia, IL.

 

Geosyntec is an innovative, international engineering and consulting firm serving private and public-sector clients to address new ventures and complex problems involving our environment, natural resources, and civil infrastructure. Our engineers, scientists, technical and project employees serve our clients from offices across the world. Ranked by ENR as one of the top environmental engineering design firms, Geosyntec is internationally known for its technical leadership, broad experience, and exceptional client service.

 

We invest in our people.  Each employee is unique, and your career at Geosyntec will be too.  We offer competitive pay and benefits, and well-being programs to support you and your family.

 

To Learn More Visit: http://www.geosyntec.com/careers/.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Fermilab is America’s premier laboratory for particle physics and accelerator research, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. We support discovery science experiments in Batavia, Illinois and at locations around the world, including deep underground mines in South Dakota and Canada, mountaintops in Arizona and Chile, and the South Pole.

 

We are strategic risk takers, innovators, and collaborators. We are engineers, scientists, technicians and administrative professionals. We are 1,800 employees advancing knowledge for the benefit of humankind. Fermilab has been at the forefront of particle physics for more than 40 years. We build world-leading accelerators and detectors to conduct some of the most advanced particle physics experiments possible. We collect and analyze the data from those experiments with some of the most powerful computers in the world. LBNF/DUNE will design and construct the world’s largest proposed neutrino experiment to answer the most compelling questions about the makeup of our universe. In support of DUNE, LBNF will construct the world’s most powerful neutrino beamline at Fermilab.

 

Under minimal supervision, the selected candidates will independently coordinate, inspect, and oversee all aspects of complex conventional facilities construction with focus on ensuring safe work practices, quality assurance, and following project schedules and costs. They will inspect construction work in progress to ensure that materials and work standards conform to specifications, contract terms, and applicable construction codes. They will oversee the construction contractors' activities to ensure compliance of their Environmental, Safety, & Health (ES&H) plans, applicable Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) Standards, and applicable hazard analysis.

 

Candidate Will

• Be part of a team providing continuous oversite of work performed for up to 24 hours/day.  Depending on the phase of construction, coverage is 5, 6, or 7 days/week.  Anticipate ~45 hours/week per individual.
• Be available to rotate between shifts for up to 24 hour/day coverage in coordination with other individuals in the same role.
• Inspect and document construction work progress to ensure that materials and work standards conform to specifications and quality requirements of the contract and applicable construction codes.
• Coordinate third party quality assurance inspection and tests
• Oversee construction contractors' daily shift activities to ensure compliance of their ES&H plans, applicable OSHA Standards, and applicable hazard analyses.
• Ensure contractors provide acceptable work permits and associated hazard analyses (coring, confined spaces, excavation permits, work at height, domestic water, wastewater, electrical permits, etc.)
• Coordinate construction contractor's activities with facility operations and other facility construction projects.
• Issue reports to LBNF-DUNE NSCF project manager on construction concerns and work progress and ensure that proper documentation is maintained.
• Develop cost estimates to compare with construction contractor change requests.
• Verify construction contractor charges for work segments that have been completed.
• Verify progress payment invoices and coordinate and perform final acceptance inspections.
• Review and recommend approval of construction contractor’s payment applications.
• Document changes in field conditions and changes in scope.
• Prepare and process field-directed changes.
• Communicate with subcontractors on daily/weekly work shifts.
• Review contractor submitted as-built construction drawings for accuracy

Education and Licensure

Bachelor or Associate degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Engineering Technology or related field.

Skills, Experience and Qualifications

Required Skills, Experience, and Qualifications

• Due to federal contract security requirements, candidates must be able to successfully pass a federal background investigation to secure and maintain DOE Q security clearance if required.
• Due to federal contract security requirements, this position requires U.S. Citizenship.
• Successful candidates will be able to perform the essential functions of the job with reasonable accommodation. This job posting reflects management’s assignment of essential functions and the descriptions listed do not restrict management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
• Health & Safety training, medical monitoring, and client-driven drug and background testing.
• Please note that marijuana remains a Schedule III controlled substance under Federal Law. Federal contractors must follow Federal drug-free workplace rules, which prohibit marijuana use, even if medical or recreational use is permitted under State Law. 
• Minimum of 10 years of experience preferred in heavy industrial/commercial or civil construction, or underground mining.
• General knowledge of construction disciplines, including; excavation, concrete, structural steel, roofing, waterproofing, electrical, telecommunications, mechanical, plumbing, and building automation, etc. is desired.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills to enable effective interaction with Project, Fermilab, and stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to work with effective teams and partnerships across a wide range of stakeholders to deliver complex projects.
• Ability to use MS Office, Primavera P6 and web-based project management systems.
• Ability to work independently.

 

Preferred Qualifications and Location Details

• 5+ years preferred management and/or inspection experience in these fields.
• Experience in working on capital projects with multiple stakeholders and significant contractor involvement preferred.
• Familiarity with Construction Quality Management Programs will be a plus.
• Familiarity with and working on projects under 10CFR851 Safety Requirements will be a plus.
• Preferred safety training to include OSHA 30 Hour Construction, Fall Protection Competent Persons, NFPA 70E, Excavation Competent Persons, etc.
• Onsite position

 

As an L&A employee, you will be eligible for a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package including healthcare (medical and dental), 401K plan, and paid time off. We believe in investing in our employees beyond compensation and as an L&A employee, you will have access to in-house training, career pathing, mentoring, award programs, tuition reimbursement and much more.

 

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