Supervising Professional Engineer
St Johns River Water Management District
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Job summary
St. Johns River Water Management District is seeking a Supervising Professional Engineer in Apopka, FL to provide daily field oversight of district projects.
You will monitor contractor performance, enforce safety, manage documentation, and coordinate with multiple stakeholders to ensure work meets plans and contracts. The ideal candidate holds a Florida Professional Engineer license and has at least five years of construction management experience, including project delivery and contract
Qualifications
- Licensed with the State of Florida as a Professional Engineer.
- At least five years of construction management experience including role as Project Manager/Construction Manager/Engineer of Record for multiple projects valued >$1M.
Responsibilities
- Provide daily field oversight to ensure work conforms with plans, permits, and contracts.
- Inspect and monitor contractor work, materials, and methods; verify quality and compliance.
- Identify and track deficiencies; direct corrective action and escalate as needed.
- Monitor schedules, progress, costs; document delays and budget issues.
- Enforce site safety requirements and environmental compliance.
- Review submittals, RFIs, change orders, and payment applications with Engineer of Record.
- Maintain daily records of site activities; produce reports.
- Lead or attend preconstruction and progress meetings; document minutes.
- Coordinate with Engineer of Record, contractors, and stakeholders.
- Coordinate project turnover, warranties, and closeout.
- Supervise inspectors and staff; assign work and evaluate performance.
Skills
Education
Job description
The St. Johns River Water Management District is an environmental agency whose work is focused on ensuring a long-term supply of drinking water, and to protect and restore the health of water bodies in the District’s 18 counties in northeast and east-central Florida.
Enjoy work-life balance in a professional culture with competitive pay and benefits.
The District is seeking a Professional Engineer to serve as the District’s onsite construction supervisor; oversee construction inspection staff, monitor contractor performance and compliance with plans, specifications, permits, and contracts, document deficiencies, and coordinate corrective action and timely escalation.
- Provide daily field oversight on construction projects to ensure work is built in accordance with approved plans, specifications, permits, and contract requirements.
- Inspect and monitor contractor work, materials, and methods; verify quality, workmanship, and compliance; oversee testing and quality assurance/quality control activities.
- Identify, document, and track construction deficiencies and nonconforming work; direct and verify corrective action and elevate unresolved issues to the project manager and District management in a timely manner.
- Monitor contractor schedules, progress, quantities, and costs; document and report actual or anticipated schedule delays, cost overruns, and material issues.
- Enforce site safety requirements; ensure contractors and District staff follow safety, permit, and environmental compliance requirements, and report safety concerns and significant events promptly.
- Review and respond to submittals, requests for information (RFIs), change orders, and payment applications, coordinating with the Engineer of Record and project manager as needed.
- Maintain daily records of site activities, workforce, equipment, progress, field decisions, directions, and agreements, supported by written records and photographs.
- Prepare and distribute weekly and monthly progress reports.
- Lead or attend preconstruction and progress meetings; prepare agendas, distribute minutes, and field notes, and track action items.
- Maintain regular communication and coordination with the Engineer of Record, contractors, consultants, utility owners, and other stakeholders.
- Coordinate project startup, final inspections, punch lists, operational turnover, warranties, and closeout.
- Supervise construction inspectors and other construction staff; assign work, set priorities and expectations, balance workloads, provide training and guidance, and evaluate performance.
- Onsite construction supervision and inspection.
- Supervising and training construction inspectors and other field staff; assigning work, setting priorities, and balancing workloads.
- Applying quality assurance and quality control practices.
- Reading and interpreting construction plans, technical specifications, and contract documents.
- Administering construction contracts, including submittals, RFIs, change orders, and closeout .
- Monitoring construction schedules, costs, and materials, and identifying risks before they affect cost, schedule, quality, or operations.
- Documenting deficiencies, field conditions, and daily activities, and directing corrective action and resolving field issues.
- Construction site safety practices and enforcing compliance with safety and permit requirements.
- Coordinating field construction activities with the Engineer of Record, contractors, consultants, utility owners, and other stakeholders.
- Preparing clear technical, contractual, and progress communications; presenting project status and recommendations to management, partner agencies, and stakeholders.
- Licensed with the State of Florida as a Professional Engineer (if licensed in another State, ability to obtain State of Florida license within one year of hiring).
- At least five years of construction management experience including experience serving as the Project Manager, Construction Manager, or Engineer of Record for a minimum of five construction projects with an individual construction value greater than $1 million. Experience must include responsibility for project delivery, construction administration, contractor coordination, budget and schedule management, and resolution of construction-related issues.
Mostly general office environment with some fieldwork required; ability to work outdoors in Florida throughout the year; the ability to walk in natural areas with rugged terrain and heavy vegetation.
Apopka, Palatka, or Palm Bay
State of Florida Professional Engineer license.
Valid State of Florida Driver’s License.
Salary is based on qualifications and experience.
- Health and dental insurance
- Life and long-term disability insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Paid leave and holidays
- Wellness program
- Eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program
Your application will receive careful consideration. Candidates selected for an interview will be contacted to schedule an appointment.
The St. Johns River Water Management District participates in E-Verify. Certain service members, veterans, qualifying spouses, and family members receive preference in employment and are encouraged to apply.
Equal Employment Opportunity/Veterans’ Preference/Drug-Free and Tobacco-Free Workplace
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