Construction Manager

Are you highly motivated, hard-working, and seeking to join a growth-focused consulting & engineering firm? Are you looking for a company that will invest in your development and grow your professional skills? If so, consider a career with Apex!

Powered by record sales, extraordinary client retention, strategic acquisitions, and an entrepreneurial spirit, Apex Companies is one of the fastest growing engineering and environmental consulting firms in the US. We were recently recognized by the Zweig Group as one of the fastest growing firms in the AEC industry. We take pride in providing our clients with exceptional service and have earned numerous awards for project excellence.

We continue to grow, and we want you to grow with us.

• Provide construction management oversight and full-time on-site resident engineering for a Wastewater Treatment Plant construction project.
• Collaborate with project teams to address design issues, coordinate with contractors’ project managers on design- and construction-related issues, obtain daily updates on project issues from construction inspectors, and report issues to Owner.
• Review construction drawings and specifications, develop a detailed understanding of the performance and construction requirements, and evaluate these requirements versus construction progress and quality.
• Provide notes, observations, photos, and measurements documenting the implementation of field work. Compare field implementation against the drawings, specifications, submittals, and requirements included by Owner requirements.
• Generate project correspondence, including responses to contractor correspondences in a timely manner to avoid delay, to convey Owner positions and to protect Owner’s best interests.
• Review and analyze contractors’ construction schedules to ensure compliance with approved contract schedules and address deficiencies.
• Coordinate and resolve issues in the field with Owner, consultants, contractors, designers, regulatory agencies, and the affected public.
• Prepare detailed digital daily reports documenting weather, equipment, manpower, and construction activities, daily progress photos, as well as monthly progress reports for project stakeholders.
• Lead and/or assist with commissioning, testing, and start-up of the wastewater treatment plant process systems/equipment and facility as a whole for turning over to Owner.
• Prepare effective and accurate record documents and all project, permit, and contract closeout documentation.
• Perform constructability reviews of designs.
• Be proactive in risk identification, management, mitigation, and solving project problems.
• Adhere to health and safety requirements.
• Evaluate and negotiate change orders, invoices, and payment applications which may include final payment including coordination with the Owner. May include independent verification of pay quantities.
• Maintain records related to the base work, contingency, and field changes.
• Develop and manage lists of deficiencies and lead punch list inspections.
• Lead development of as built and record drawing deliverables.

• BA/BS in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum ten (10) years of increasingly responsible, professional experience in municipal infrastructure construction, including water and wastewater treatment facilities.
• Strong verbal and written (technical writing) communication skills required. Ability to communicate professionally to multiple project partners (Owner, contractors, design team).
• Thorough working knowledge of civil, structural, architectural, process and building mechanical, and electrical construction and demolition practices involved with major public works projects.
• Knowledge of construction management processes, means, and methods.
• Ability to stand for several hours observing and documenting field conditions or critical construction operations at active construction sites.
• Ability to walk slowly around and access sites of varying size that may be above or below ground and have areas of uneven, muddy, and/or rocky ground to perform…