Constructability Review (Architect)

Morgner Construction Management Corp.; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgner Construction Management Corp. seeks a senior Construction Administrator/Project Manager to support preconstruction for public/educational facilities in the Los Angeles area.

You will work with the Design Manager and Owner Authorized Representative on scope, schedules, and value engineering, while ensuring coordination among design disciplines. The role requires deep experience in construction administration and project management on large projects, with emphasis on minimizing RFIs and

Qualifications

• 15 years of full-time professional experience with an Architecture degree.
• 10 years as Construction Administrator.
• 5 years as Designer.
• Public/educational facility construction with full responsibility and projects ≥$8M (single) or ≥$80M cumulative.
• Alternative path: 15 years as Project Superintendent/PM on large projects with single project ≥$30M and cumulative ≥$400M.
• Two years college coursework plus five years experience may substitute for the degree.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Design Manager and Owner Authorized Representative during preconstruction.
• Define and review project scope and schedule including interim housing requirements.
• Provide value engineering recommendations at the design outset.
• Comment on deliverables to reduce RFIs and Change Orders.
• Coordinate documents between design disciplines.
• Prepare constructability review of pre-bid construction documents.
• Coordinate efforts with the Design Manager and Owner Authorized Representative.

Skills

RFC writing

Submittals review

Change orders

MS Word

MS Excel

Education

Architecture degree

Two years college + substitution

Tools

Bluebeam

Job description

Supports the Design Manager and Owner Authorized Representative during the preconstruction

phase in the following efforts:

• Assists in defining and reviewing the Project Requirement Document scope of work and schedule including interim housing requirements
• Makes value engineering recommendations at the outset of the design
• Comments on the design professional’s deliverable identifying inconsistencies, ambiguities, conflicts, errors and omissions in the progress plans to reduce RFIs and Change Orders
• Ensure documents are coordinated between design disciplines.
• Prepares comprehensive constructability review of pre-bid construction documents
• Coordinates the above efforts with the Design Manager and Owner Authorized Representative in a collaborative way
• Performs other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications:

15 years’ full-time professional paid experience with an Architecture degree and the following:

• 10 of those years must be acting as a Construction Administrator
• 5 years remaining must be acting as a Designer.
• Construction Administrator experience shall be on a public/educational facility construction project with full responsibility for supporting those projects.
• Projects shall have a construction value of $8M or more for a single project or with a combined cumulative project value of $80M.

OR

• 15 years full time paid professional experience as a Project Superintendent or Project Manager on a public/educational facility construction and/or large commercial projects with full responsibility for coordinating complex projects with construction value of a single project in excess of $30M with a combined cumulative project value of $400M.

OR

• Minimum of two (2) years of college level coursework from a recognized college, university or trade school and five (5) years additional experience may be substituted for the educational requirement.

Additional Qualifications:

• Works quickly, efficiently and confidently
• Proficient in writing RFC’s, reviewing submittals and change orders
• Proficiency in computer programs (MS Word, MS Excel, etc.), including Bluebeam