Mechanical Engineer, PE​/Master HVAC Contractor

• Job Category Upcoming Contracts
• Employee Type FT Exempt

NIKA is hiring for a Mechanical Engineer, PE or Licensed Master HVAC Contractor
to support our client at Walter Reed National Medical Center in Bethesda, MD. The role is contingent upon contract award.

Named a Top Workplace by the Washington Post, NIKA is a well-established company that is focused on growth within an entrepreneurial environment. We work with governments to operate and manage their real property. Our operations management, engineering, and project management services provide our customers with value and expertise to ensure operational readiness for complex and mission-critical facilities. NIKA benefits include PTO, holidays, medical/dental/vision insurance, 401k matching, and an understanding of work/life balance.

• Review submittals and provide recommendations to the COR concerning acceptability.
• Review and provide written comments to the COR on selected contractor submittals pursuant to special clauses of the contract.
• Review construction contractor questions and Requests for Information (RFI)/Requests for Clarification (RFC) and recommend responses and solutions to the COR.
• Review construction contractor’s schedules and report findings to the COR.
• Review construction contractor’s deficiencies in performance and other factors impacting, orwith the potential to impact, timely execution of the project, and provide written comments and proposed correspondence to the COR regarding responsibility and corrective actions to be taken by contractor, Government, designer, etc.
• Review project issues, requests for equitable adjustment and claims to determine contract basis and entitlement. Make appropriate recommendations with supporting documentation to COR.
• Compute time extensions and suggest extensions to the contract time to the COR.
• Assist the COR in preparing documents during the sequence of events required for processing a change order/modification and claims from initial action to final negotiations and payment. Provide the COR review and analysis of change requests.
• Make technical interpretations of drawings and specifications and provide determinations on whether methods and materials employed meet the requirements of contract specifications and make appropriate recommendations to COR.
• Review project plans and specifications to determine such things as practicability from construction standpoint, whether physical obstructions or other construction difficulties have been anticipated, and whether materials selected are readily available. Provide written
  comments to the COR.
• Utilize the USACE Resident Management System to prepare and submit reporting information to include but not limited to daily reports.
• Review project plans and specifications during both design and construction phase.
  
  Plans shall be reviewed for construction contract compliance, constructability, and technical correctness

• Licensed Mechanical Engineer (PE) or Licensed (Master) HVAC Contractor with a minimum of ten (10) years of relevant field experience working in construction/renovation/modernization mechanical disciplines of work.
• Have prior experience utilizing and participating in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Three-Phase Inspection Process as well as prior experience utilizing and following USACE EM 385-1-1, Safety and Health Requirements Manual.
• Personnel shall have the following training/certifications within 90 days of being on site: OSHA 30-hr, Construction Quality Management for Contractors (CQM-C) and familiarity with USACE Safety Management System (CE-SOHMS).
• MUST be US citizen and have ability to obtain security clearance

NIKA provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law. Further, NIKA takes affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and employees are treated during employment without regard to any of these characteristics. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.