Boston University

Transportation Construction Manager

Boston University$80K — $110K *
Transportation
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of construction inspection experience
  • High school diploma or equivalent
  • Strong computer proficiency
  • Client requested certifications like NICET Level 2 in Transportation/Highway Construction
  • Active driver's license with successful completion of vehicle screening

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate and supervise project inspection activities
  • Assign and schedule subordinate inspection staff
  • Review and maintain all project documentation
  • Prepare and submit project inspection reports and work orders
  • Notify contractors of non-compliance and corrective actions
  • Review and analyze contractor schedules
  • Track project progress and advise on critical issues

Benefits

  • Affordable Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
  • Company paid Life and Disability Insurance
  • Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
  • Paid Caregiver Leave Program
  • Paid Travel Expenses
  • 401K Retirement Plan (Traditional and Roth options)
  • Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
  • Flexible and Hybrid Work Schedules
  • Career Development including Educational Reimbursement
Full Job Description
Job Description

JMT's is seeking Transportation Construction Inspection professionals to join our Central PA Team. Our primary clients are the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and other Local Government agencies throughout our Central PA Region. The successful candidate will perform as a principal inspector responsible for the supervision of projects in construction inspection engineering work.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities
  • Coordinate and supervise project inspection activities to ensure contractor compliance of plans, contract documents, specifications and standards.
  • Assign, schedule and maintain subordinate inspection staff throughout all phases of the project.
  • Review and maintain all pertinent project documentation and ensure that it accurately details construction progress, activities and materials, meets environmental permitting conditions, comply with safety policies and programs, and monitors EEO and DBE progress and performance
  • Prepare, review and submit project inspection reports, work authorizations, work orders and estimates.
  • Notify contractor of non-compliance and corrective action.
  • Review, analyze and evaluate contractor schedules.
  • Track project progress and advises parties of possible overruns, and critical project issues.
  • Completes analysis of field tests
  • Attend pre-bid, pre-construction and/or management level meetings throughout the course of the project, assist the client with change orders, claim defense, and provide updates to the client construction progress and issues.
  • Interact with the general public, government agencies, contractors, sub-contractors, and other internal and external parties to respond to inquiries.
  • Work on behalf of the Client to draft project correspondence, facilitate project meetings, and resolve construction related field issues.

Nonessential Functions and Responsibilities
  • Perform other related duties as assigned


Required Skills

  • Strong computer proficiency
  • Client requested certifications, including:
    • NICET Level 2 or higher in Transportation/Highway Construction
    • NECEPT-Bituminous and Concrete Field Technician
    • ACI Concrete Field-Testing Technician
  • Active driver's license
    • Must successfully complete and pass JMT's Motor Vehicle screening


Required Experience

  • High school diploma or equivalent
  • 8+ years of construction inspection experience
  • Knowledge and experience in construction techniques, reading plans, procedures, methods, equipment and materials
  • Supervisory experience in construction management/inspection situations
  • Ability to act in an Owner's Agent/Responsible in Charge role

Preferred Experience
  • Experience with local clients
  • Associates or bachelor's degree in Construction Management or Civil Engineering
  • Previous PennDOT and or PA Turnpike Inspection Experience

JMT Benefits

JMT offers outstanding opportunities for career and professional growth. We are 100% employee-owned (ESOP) and offer outstanding health care and other benefits, including:
  • Affordable Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
  • Company paid Life and Disability Insurance
  • Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
  • Paid Caregiver Leave Program
  • Paid Travel Expenses
  • 401K Retirement Plan (Traditional and Roth options)
  • Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
  • Flexible and Hybrid Work Schedules
  • Career Development, including Educational Reimbursement
  • And more...
  • Benefits | JMT

Working Conditions

Work is performed in the field. Ability to extensively perform bending, kneeling, standing, shoveling, and lifting and carrying objects weighing up to 25 lbs as needed. Work may be conducted outside in heat/cold, wet/humid, and dry/arid conditions.

About Boston University

Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian but maintains its historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1839 by Methodists with its original campus in Newbury, Vermont, before moving to Boston in 1867. The university now has more than 3,900 faculty members and nearly 33,000 students, and is one of Boston's largest employers. It offers bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, doctorates, and medical, dental, business, and law degrees through 17 schools and colleges on two urban campuses. BU is a member of the Boston Consortium for Higher Education and the Association of American Universities.
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