Constructability Review Specialist

Pacifica Services, Inc.; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Pacifica Services, Inc. is seeking a senior Construction Administrator/Project Manager to support preconstruction activities in Los Angeles.

You will review project requirements, coordinate multidisciplinary design documents, and provide constructability feedback to minimize RFIs and change orders. The role emphasizes collaboration with the Design Manager and Owner Authorized Representative on project challenges.

Qualifications

• 15 years of full-time professional experience with an Architecture degree and related roles.
• 10 years as Construction Administrator OR 5 years as Designer as alternative path.
• Public/educational facility projects with $8M+ single value or $80M+ cumulative value.
• Alternative: 15 years as Project Superintendent/PM on large public/commercial projects.

Responsibilities

• Assist in defining and reviewing the Project Requirements scope and schedule.
• Provide value engineering recommendations at design outset.
• Identify inconsistencies and errors in deliverables to reduce RFIs and changes.
• Coordinate documents between design disciplines.
• Prepare constructability reviews of pre-bid documents.
• Collaborate with Design Manager and Owner Representative on tasks.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

RFCs writing

Submittal review

Change orders

Construction coordination

Communication

Education

Architecture degree

Tools

Bluebeam

MS Word

MS Excel

Job description

Description

Supports the Design Manager and Owner Authorized Representative during the preconstruction

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

Requirements

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