Construction Field Representative

About the Position:

The Construction Field Representative is assigned to various projects within the university requiring construction field-related functions. When assigned, this position works with and reports to the Project Manager, reviews and examines construction work to assure contract compliance with contract documents, monitors job progress, supervises the testing of materials and systems, and reports conditions to the Project Manager.

• Examines installation and workmanship for compliance with the approved plans, specifications, shop drawings and referenced standards;
• Pre-examines work for compliance prior to all required inspections by the AHJ;
• Monitors and examines all construction materials, equipment, and supplies for compliance with the contract documents, shop drawings, and submittals;
• As needed provides full‑time observation of the roof during its application and maintain a daily written roofing report;
• Notifies the Project Manager if work begins before required shop drawings, product submittals, or samples have been approved by the A/E;
• Receives and logs samples required to be furnished at the site; notify the Project Manager when they are ready for A/E examination; record the A/E's approval or other action; and maintains custody of approved samples throughout the project for turnover to Project Manager at project completion;
• Notifies the Project Manager of any safety violations, OSHA visits, accident reports, and corrective actions observed. Such reports do not relieve the General Contractor of responsibility for safety under terms of the contract for construction;
• Reviews and provides a recommendation to the Project Manager on the acceptability of all proposals submitted by the contractor for changes initiated by the A/E and Project Manager, when provided, and the acceptability of all claims for change orders initiated by the contractor;
• Throughout construction reviews the contractor's detailed schedule and advise the Project Manager on the contractor's progress and all other construction scheduling issues;
• Monitors the schedule, notifies the Project Manager of any slippage in critical path time, makes recommendations on accepting the contractor's proposed schedule recovery plan, and maintains an annotated copy of the schedule that reflects actual progress of the work;
• Observes the contractor's Record Drawings, when provided, at intervals appropriate to the state of construction and shall notify the Architect of any apparent failure by the Contractor to maintain up-to-date records;
• Informs the Project Manager of all inspections by the State Fire Marshal Official (SFMO), local Building Officials and other compliance/enforcement entities to ensure required testing and inspections are completed in an effective and timely manner;
• Reviews requirements for Special Inspections, schedules SITA as required to meet the requirements of the CO-6b or HECO-6b; and
• Accurately follow written departmental policies and procedures in performance of duties for uniformity.

• Responsible for creating, documenting and filing all field related reports, weekly reports, eBuilder processes, information, logs, and inspections for the project in the project folder;
• Responsible for reviewing record As‑Built drawings, specifications, O&M manuals, and other material submitted by the contractor;
• Reports to the Project Manager, and record in eBuilder, issues or notifications when they occur including any notifications from the contractor of dates and times that services will be disrupted, when the safety requirements are not being followed, presence of, and activities performed by, owner's Testing & Inspection agents, and all tests performed by the contractor;
• Maintains, at the site, a copy of the project schedule with annotations, highlighting, etc. that shows work to date and any changes made in the CPM schedule and makes recommendations to the Project Manager as appropriate concerning the contractor's conformance to the schedule and/or recovery plans.

• Reviews contractor's schedule on a continual basis. Carefully…