The Constructability Manager works as an integrated member of the project team during the procurement, pre-construction, and construction phases to pre-emptively identify obstacles with the goal of preventing errors, delays, and cost overruns, and determining the most efficient means to construct while still achieving the design goals of the project.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES + RESPONSIBILITIES
- Perform responsibilities with excellence in service, integrity and building relationships as exemplified in DAVIS core values
- Champion the DAVIS culture
- Perform constructability/coordination reviews on various projects as assigned; sometimes working in multiple projects at one time
- During the procurement and early design/construction phase, the Constructability Manager will conduct detailed drawing reviews to identify constructability/coordination conflicts, errors, ambiguities where the design may not meet client’s expectations for aesthetics, functionality, or durability. These reviews provide constructive feedback and potential resolutions to identified issues and foster a positive, proactive working relationship with project and design team members.
- During the construction phase, the Constructability Manager will provide guidance, mentoring, and support to organize, prepare, and monitor status logs for RFI's, submittals, material deliveries. Along with advanced submittal & shop drawing reviews, will manage the coordination of work between multiple trades, design teams and consultants, to ensure alignment with the contract documents.
- Review documents for errors, omissions, ambiguities and conflicts
- Review documents to identify issues that may impede construction and highlight factors that may impact DAVIS or other project team members in terms of safety, schedule, quality, cost, or dimensional coordination (with focus on early critical trades)
- Identify potential conflict or issues in critical building systems that involve multiple trades (i.e. building façade, mechanical/electrical rooms, bathrooms, lobbies).
- Perform advanced submittal and shop drawing review with ensuring subcontractors submittals are coordinated between multiple trades and align with the contract documents with minimal supervision from Project Manager; process submittals to design team
- Perform advanced review of project documents including overall coordination between trades to formulate comprehensive RFI questions and actively manage RFI process as required for project
- Provide constructive feedback and potential resolutions to identified issues and maintain a positive working relationship with project and design team members.
- Counsels, educates, and coaches team members to develop critical observation and problem-solving skills. Develops constructability review checklists. Participates in the education of other operations staff in the constructability review of documents
- Utilize a constructability observations database to document project issues to be resolved
- Provide guidance, mentoring, and hands on education to new staff as required
- Frequent jobsite visits and attendance in meetings
- Perform other duties as assigned
DAVIS COMMON ATTRIBUTES
- SAFETY – Consistently works within DAVIS safety standards; promotes safety as a priority with coworkers, subcontractors and external clients
- TEAM COLLABORATION – Works effectively within their own team and across the organization; promotes team atmosphere and culture; has a positive, can do attitude
- COMMITMENT TO QUALITY – Applies DAVIS standards to produce high quality work on a consistent basis; produces work that is accurate and reliable, actively demonstrates excellence in service; builds and maintains integrity as a core function of their job and in their relationships with others
- CHAMPIONS DAVIS BUSINESS – Consistently markets DAVIS business within the scope of their job; actively seeks and / or supports new business opportunities; actively builds relationships and encourages others to do the same
PHYSICAL JOB DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The employee is responsible to maintain fitness-for-duty while holding the above described position and should be able to perform the essential tasks of the position in a safe, appropriate and effective manner. This refers to the physical, mental and emotional duties of the job. Reaching above and below, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and bending. The employee must occasionally lift / carry / move up to 25 pounds. Manual dexterity to operate office equipment, file, and perform specialized skills. Needs a high degree of concentration in a busy office environment.
WORKING CONDITIONS
Work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. This position may require some travel for conferences, educational sessions, and other company events.
The noise level in the office work environment is usually moderate.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to higher noise levels and hazardous working conditions when working at job sites. Safety precautions must be taken and resources will be provided.
NOTE: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned this job. They are not exhaustive lists of all duties and responsibilities, knowledge, skills, abilities, physical job demands and working conditions associated with the job.
Required Skills
- At least four (4) years of construction related experience*
- Knowledge of principles and practices of engineering and construction project management, including safety standards*
- Ability in assessing and prioritizing multiple tasks, projects and demands when working in both a team-based collaborative environment and independently*
- Decision making, research and analytical problem-solving skills*
- Time management with the ability to organize, assess and prioritize multiple tasks, projects, and demands, and to work independently*
- Possess strong verbal and written communication skills, and interact effectively at all levels within the organization*
- Basic working knowledge of Procore for submittals, RFIs, Observations, etc.*
- Bluebeam or Adobe PDF Editor*
- Detail-oriented while maintaining focus on the big picture and project needs
- Ability to visualize in three dimensions (3D) from two-dimensional (2D) drawings
*Required
Required Experience
- At least four (4) years of construction related experience*
- Strength in reading construction documents*
- MS Office – Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook experience*
- AutoCAD, BIM, Revit, Navisworks experience
*Required