Civil Engineer Job Philadelphia area,Pennsylvania USA,Engineering

Civil Engineer

As a Civil Engineer, you will perform the following duties:

The incumbent of this position serves as a Civil Engineer with responsibility for providing professional engineering review and project management services for all EDA projects in the geographic area to which assigned.

Duties include:

Arranges for and conducts project management conferences with recipients and representatives to explain EDA policies, procedures, and requirements to be followed in the implementation of Public Works projects.

Reviews the proposed contract documents prior to bid to determine that the recipient's construction plans and specifications are within the approved project scope, that the recipient is adequately safeguarded, and that the cost estimates are commensurate with the services to be provided.

Upon determination by the Civil Engineer that the contract documents are in compliance with applicable policies, practices and requirements that are prerequisite to the solicitation of construction bids under the Act, allows the project to proceed to the bid and advertisement stage. In addition, the incumbent establishes internal construction project standards to measure the effectiveness, efficiency and timeliness of approved construction projects and to provide for the continual monitoring and implementation of these standards for conformance during the life of the project.

Attends bid openings to observe bidding procedures and prepares reports of results including tabulation of bids, irregularities noted and any anticipated or potential problems.

This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill other Civil Engineer GS-0810-13 positions within the Department of Commerce in the same geographical location or local commuting area with the same qualifications and specialized experience.

This position is also advertised under EDA-AURO-ST-, which is open to Merit Promotion/Direct Hire/Delegated Examining eligible applicants. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.