Construction Contract Administrator – Water/Wastewater Treatment

Stantec; Toronto; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Toronto seeks a candidate to oversee and manage construction projects involving wastewater and potable water treatment facilities. Responsibilities include coaching site inspectors, ensuring compliance with quality and safety standards, and managing communication with clients and project managers. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in construction project delivery and demonstrate leadership abilities. This opportunity is critical for improving community water systems.

Responsibilities

• Daily oversight and coaching of site inspectors.
• Lead with respect to Health and Safety.
• Monitor project conformance with plans and regulations.
• Ensure construction activities meet cost, schedule, and quality standards.
• Review payment requests from Contractors.
• Communicate site issues to the Project Manager.
• Provide public relations support as needed.
• Update Project Manager on project progress.
• Review change orders and field orders.
• Maintain project-related documentation.

Job description

Communities everywhere share the need for clean water. And as they work to meet that need, they’re facing new, more complex challenges every day. Our water professionals collaborate to contribute innovative ideas, guided by scientific rigor and a vision for sustainable growth. Every day, we’re helping communities improve, reuse, and protect our world’s most precious resource.

Join our team to deliver transformational projects that will benefit future generations. Grow with us, H2O+U.

Your Opportunity

The successful candidate will work on challenging and diverse tasks in a consulting and construction role that will require application of technical skills, project delivery, and leadership for construction projects.

These projects consist of infrastructure systems including wastewater and potable water treatment facilities, pump stations, and related water pipelines, involving a range of construction techniques including yard piping and grading.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Daily oversight, supervision and coaching of the site inspector(s) for assigned projects and administration of the construction contract.
• Be a role model and leader with respect to Health and Safety.
• Observing and reviewing projects during construction, monitoring conformance with plans, specifications, and other codes and regulations.
• Monitoring the progress of construction activities, ensuring cost, schedule and quality standards are met.
• Reviews requests for payment draws from Contractors and prepares payment certifications to the project owner in a timely manner.
• Communicates with and makes recommendations to the Project Manager, Client and design team to resolve site issues.
• Provides a public relations role to the public on construction projects, where applicable.
• Provides the Project Manager and/or Client with updates on project progress or delays.
• Reviews change orders and field orders for reasonable pricing and constructability.
• Reviews plans, specifications, requests for information, submittals, construction schedules, shop drawings and pay applications (QA/QC).
• Prepares documents and maintains file management of project-related information including correspondence, reports, and pictures.