Construction Surveillance Engineer

Construction Surveillance Engineer

BB&E is an employee-owned, full-service civil and environmental engineering and consulting firm, headquartered in Northville, Michigan, which services both the Federal and Industrial sectors throughout the United States. BB&E team members provide Environmental Consulting, Facilities Engineering, and Program/Project Management Services to Federal and private sectors.

Position Summary

BB&E is currently looking for a Construction Surveillance Engineer to support the NAVFAC Southeast (SE) Headquarters, Public Works Departments (PWD), and Resident Officer in Charge of Construction (ROICC) in Barksdale, LA.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Provide management support to the FEAD/ROICC for construction services such as construction inspection, quality assurance, monitoring ESS compliance and contract administration; construction work includes repair, demolition, and new construction that the office executes for various commands and tenants on the installation; work will encompass all trades that are typical for repair, demolition, and new construction projects; specific workload will be identified upon arrival
• Coordinate requests from the construction Contractor for outage requests, excavation permits, burn permits, haul routes, and other similar items
• Attend meetings and conferences, take notes, provide information to the FEAD/ROICC or the FEAD/ROICC's representative at meetings, conferences, and briefings; includes: Preconstruction Conference, Safety Meetings, Contractor Quality Control (CQC) Meetings, Partnering Meetings
• Provide construction briefings and reports
• Provide review of submittals designated for Government approval
• Provide construction schedule review/analysis and notes/comments/recommendations on Progress Schedules and Network Diagrams, Contractor's Safety Plan, and CQC Plan
• Monitor construction work for project CQC compliance with the contract and the Contractor's submitted plans
• Prepare Construction Representative's Reports (CRRs) and Contract Construction Compliance Notices (CCCNs)
• Report instances of non-compliance with safety requirements
• Monitor compliance with environmental protection requirements; monitor measurements and assurance surveying; monitor materials testing
• Witness testing of waste, gas, water, electrical, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, fire protection, elevator, boiler, and energy monitoring control systems
• Review daily CQC and Contractor Production Reports (CPRs); monitor the updating of Submittal Status Logs; and other required documentation
• Work with the CSET and FEAD/ROICC personnel to complete, together with the construction Contractor's representative, the field pay estimate worksheet for the construction contract
• Notify FEAD/ROICC Leadership of disagreements, discrepancies, or major problems
• Assist in conducting pre-final inspections
• Provide advice for modification negotiations
• Maintain working files; use NAVFAC's Electronic Construction and Facility Support Contract Management System (eCMS) to manage electronic submittals and documents
• Prepare an independent construction cost estimate for modifications to construction contracts; prepare, for each modification cost estimate, a narrative assessment of the impact of the proposed change on the construction Contractor's operations
• Provide construction photographic and record drawing services
• Perform constructability review services; perform spot checks for completeness and accuracy of the construction plans and specifications, and determine the constructability of the facility at the beginning and duration of each Phase of Construction
• Manage Requests for Information (RFIs)