• Assistant Construction Manager - Facility…

    Burns & McDonnell (Kansas City, MO)


    Description

    Facility Engineering Services, a Burns & McDonnell company, is looking for an Assistant Construction Manager that has a desire to apply their experience, while actively engaging with the client and following a project from the completion of design through commissioning and operation. This opportunity is full-time, Monday through Friday, working day-shift at the Kansas City National Security Campus facility in Kansas City, MO. Occasional evening and weekend work is necessary to support construction schedules.

     

    Be a part of an energy-filled workplace that pays for performance, where you can invest in a career that you can grow into. You will be involved in a variety of unique projects, from capital equipment installations to building infrastructure modifications. You will engage with both the designers and the client as part of an in-house team. Minimal travel is involved as the construction work is local to the Kansas City-based facility.

    Responsibilities include:

    + Working as an Owner’s Representative on a wide portfolio of simultaneous construction projects at the facility. Projects include a wide range of scopes from small to complex with varying schedules.

    + Interacting with the client and contractor’s team to execute the construction scope and to communicate regular status updates or construction-related issues such as work procedures, complaints, and impairments to utilities or surrounding spaces.

    + Inspecting and reviewing projects to monitor compliance with building and safety codes, production quality, and other established requirements.

    + Where needed, getting direction or clarification from the multi-discipline project design team.

    + Actively developing relationships with all levels of the client organization, promoting client satisfaction.

    + Demonstrating creativity, foresight, and judgement in anticipating and solving problems.

    + Other duties, as assigned.

    Qualifications

    + Bachelor's degree in construction-related field plus 3 years of related experience or high school diploma plus 7 years of related experience.

    + US Citizen able to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy Security Clearance is required.

    + Ability to interpret construction drawings and specifications. Knowledge of the construction process from the conclusion of design, through bidding, awarding, construction, commissioning, and close-out. Knowledge of typical processes for change orders, requests for information, submittal reviews, pre-occupancy inspections, and close-out is essential.

    + Knowledge of the typical divisions of work between design consultants, the various construction trades, and the owner.

    + Must have the mobility and ability to conduct field observations throughout the facility, which may include access via ladders, elevated platforms, or uneven terrain and typically in a construction environment without ideal access.

    + Excellent written & verbal communication skills.

    + Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

    + Must be proficient in the use of basic computer software (i.e. Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).

     

    EEO/Disabled/Veterans

     

    **Job** Field Construction Management

    **Primary Location** US-MO-Kansas City

    **Schedule:** Full-time

    **Travel:** No

    **Req ID:** 251646

    **Job Hire Type** Experienced #LI-JJ #A&F