Office Engineer

Overview

Job Title : Office Engineer

Our Company

M&J is a leading small business professional engineering services firm with offices throughout the Eastern Seaboard and over 300 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors is our people. At M&J, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether you are an experienced professional or a new graduate, you will have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest minds, and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of our industry.

Our Mid-Atlantic Regional Office

M&J's Mid-Atlantic Regional Office based in Arlington, VA is committed to technical excellence and customer satisfaction in each of the sectors we serve - Federal, International, State and Technology (FIST).

M&J is hiring! Our focus is meeting the continued need for transformational infrastructure renewal in our local communities throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region and internationally. We continue to expand our Arlington, VA and international presence with various opportunities in engineering and construction services. We also invite those who have served in our military to consider M&J when transitioning, as we strongly value the qualities of loyalty, discipline, commitment to excellence, teamwork, integrity, problem solving, caring, and entrepreneurship.

Job Description M&J is currently seeking an Office Engineer to assist in the construction of a new federal agency building in Maryland.

Responsibilities

• Provide assistance in managing paperwork in support of construction contract modifications (i.e. assembling packages that include scope development, cost estimates, time impacts, and construction impacts).
• Provide assistance in administering construction contract modifications, such as assisting in scope development; recommendations on estimating costs, times, and impacts; developing recommendations for pre-negotiation positions; assist with conducting negotiations and preparing negotiations related documents; and reviewing claims and associated documents.
• Maintain knowledge of current business and industry practices and trends, sources for supply of materials, labor and equipment costs as they affect contract changes and claims.
• Review Contractors' contract progress data, material and equipment usage, and quality control and survey reports to provide comments / recommendations to the Government in order to support the computation of progress payments to Contractor.
• Maintain orderly working files and office document control system with regard to minutes of meetings and conferences, payments, updated progress schedules, monthly progress reports, punch lists, field changes, Request for Information (RFI), Request for Proposals and contract documents including amendments, notices to proceed, change orders, modifications and other locally generated documents developed during the course of construction.
• Provide assistance managing and processing paperwork in support of the RFI process. Evaluate and provide comments / recommendations on contractor time impact analysis. Review contract submittals pertaining to Section 013201, Project Schedule, to assure that they conform to the specification requirements, recommending Government approval of those which are satisfactory, and providing clear and concise comments in writing to the Government for those submittals which are disapproved. All submittals will be reviewed and retuned within 14 calendar days after date of receipt unless otherwise specified.

Required Skills & Experience