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Posted 6 months ago

Project Controls Analyst

Job Level: Mid-Level Position
Job Type: Full Time
Experience: 5-10 Years
Salary: Commensurate with experience
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Firm Type: Project and Construction Management
Benefits: We offer an excellent salary, commensurate with experience and industry standards. This is a full-time position which includes eligibility for company benefits.
Overview:
The Allen Group is looking for a Project Controls Analyst to support overall financial reporting and forecasting, change management, scheduling, document control and project administration for contract modifications. Project Controls Analysts work extensively with senior and project management staff, consultants, and contractors. This position requires work to be done in person and onsite.
Requirements:
  • A 4-year degree (BA/BS) in engineering or equivalent experience
  • 1 - 3 years working with financial reporting, forecasting, change management, scheduling, document control, and project administration in a construction setting.
  • Exceptional written, verbal communication, and presentation skills
  • Ability to establish good relations and work as a team player with consultant/contractor staff and staff from other agencies
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities to meet deadlines
Primary Responsibilities (other duties may be assigned):
  • Understands progress/performance data and associated concepts and principles
  • Participates in the collection of progress data and review of performance trends
  • Performs basic analysis of cost and schedule variances
  • Assists in assembling data for trending and forecasting
  • Experience working with Primavera P6 or equivalent scheduling software
  • Recognizes processes/project actions that may lead to project financial impact
  • Collects data and produces an initial analysis of manpower, labor hours, and labor cost requirements versus budget limitations
  • Collects and analyzes data for tracking actual cost to funding limitations
  • Provides support to tracking purchase orders and subcontract commitments and expenditures
  • Develops knowledge of scope control and change management.
  • Supports project reporting process as required

Job Features

Job Level: Entry Level to Mid-Level Position Job Type: Full Time Experience: Varies According to Project Need Salary: Commensurate with Experience Location: San Francisco Bay Area

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Posted 6 months ago

Office Engineer

Job Level: Entry Level to Mid-Level Position
Job Type: Full Time
Experience: 2+ Years Required (or master’s degree)
Salary: Commensurate with experience
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Firm Type: Project and Construction Management
Benefits: We offer an excellent salary, commensurate with experience and industry standards. This is a full-time position which includes eligibility for company benefits.
Overview:
The Allen Group is looking for an enthusiastic team player to join one of its construction management (CM) teams as an Office Engineer (OE) to help ensure day-to-day CM contract administration and related activities are well organized and coordinated, and meet project and client commitments. This position requires work to be done in person and onsite.
The position will be filled at a client’s office or construction site field office in the San Francisco Bay Area, CA. The work environment may be noisy and dusty or otherwise less comfortable than other office environments. The applicant must be physically able to move and lift objects weighing up to 20 pounds and be willing to work in a construction environment, climb ladders, enter confined spaces, etc.
The applicant may be required to sit for long periods of time using a keyboard and video display terminal. The applicant should be able to quickly adapt behavior and work methods in response to new information and priorities; effectively interact in a cooperative manner with many levels of people; and maintain focus and be productive under pressure.
Requirements:
  • BS in Civil Engineering or Construction Management, or BA in Architecture required (or equivalent experience).
  • Must be proficient with MS Office, Word, and Excel.
  • Ability to work effectively as a part of a multidisciplinary team, in a collaborative and fast-paced environment.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong organizational skills with the ability to multi-task and meet deadlines
Desired Qualifications:
  • Heavy civil, underground, building, transit system, and construction experience
  • Experience with alternative project delivery methods, including design-build, CMGC, and design-bid-build
  • Work and/or internship experience on active projects and/or in a construction environment
  • Experience with project data tracking software applications on construction contracts
  • Experience or proficiency with WongCMS software
Primary Responsibilities (other duties may be assigned):
  • Perform complex construction assignments exercising judgment in evaluation, selection and modification of standard construction engineering techniques and procedures associated with large transportation/transit/rail infrastructure projects
  • Conduct project field coordination, documentation, cost monitoring, bidding and scheduling
  • Initial reviewer/responder to contractor Requests for Information (RFIs) and submittals
  • Maintain project as-built documentation
  • Manage submittal and RFI review process
  • Coordinate submittal reviews and RFI responses by the designers and engineers/architects of record
  • Assist with determining the merit of the change requests and claims
  • Package and track proposed change orders, and work with cost/schedule engineer to establish the scope and content of change orders for pricing
  • Oversee maintenance of project files, including photo documentation of inspections and Inspection Daily Reports
  • Prepare meeting minutes
  • Support project managers, resident engineers, and construction managers in various aspects of project delivery
  • Perform other duties as assigned

Job Features

Job Level: Entry Level to Mid-Level Position Job Type: Full Time Experience: 2+ Years Required (or master’s degree) Salary: Commensurate with Experience Location: San Francisco Bay Area

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Posted 6 months ago

Document Controls Specialist

Job Level: Entry Level, Mid-Level, and Senior Position
Job Type: Full Time
Experience: Varies According to Project Need
Salary: Commensurate with experience
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Firm Type: Project and Construction Management
Benefits: We offer an excellent salary, commensurate with experience and industry standards. This is a full-time position which includes eligibility for company benefits.
Overview:
The Allen Group is looking for a meticulous Document Controls Specialist to provide document controls and administrative assistant support at a project site office. The working environment may be noisy and dusty or otherwise less comfortable than other office environments. The applicant must be physically able to move and lift boxes weighing up to 20 pounds. This position requires work to be done in person and onsite.
Exposure to administrative or document control applications on multiple concurrent construction contracts is preferred.
Requirements:
  • Excellent computer skills and ability to learn software quickly with demonstrated capability in:
    • Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
    • Email (Gmail, Microsoft Outlook, Gmail)
    • Document control software (such as Procore, AutoDesk, WongCMS)
    • Adobe Acrobat Pro
  • Excellent organizational and administrative skills
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and take initiative
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to work well under pressure with multiple project participants, and to meet deadlines
Primary Responsibilities (other duties may be assigned):
Document control functions:
  • Organizing, maintaining, and managing paper and electronic filing systems
  • Processing and distributing incoming and outgoing correspondence
  • Electronic document control data entry for letters, transmittals, technical submittals, Requests for Information, and other documents
  • Labeling and archiving aging files
Office administration functions:
  • Supporting document preparation (correspondence, reports, etc.)
  • Ordering, managing, and maintaining office consumable supplies
  • Managing copier services and ordering supplies
  • Keeping expense records
  • Answering phones
  • Arranging meetings and keeping meeting minutes

Job Features

Job Level: Entry Level, Mid-Level, and Senior Position Job Type: Full Time Experience: Varies According to Project Need Salary: Commensurate with

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Posted 6 months ago

Construction Inspector

Job Level: Mid-Level or Senior Position
Job Type: Full Time
Experience: 5+ Years Required
Salary: Commensurate with experience
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Firm Type: Project and Construction Management
Benefits: We offer an excellent salary, commensurate with experience and industry standards. This is a full-time position which includes eligibility for company benefits.
Overview:
The Allen Group is seeking a skilled construction inspector to oversee and monitor transportation-related construction field inspection projects and generate accurate reporting of contractor activities under the direction of the Client/Owner and/or Resident Engineer.
The RE provides leadership, strategy, administration, and supervision of all project construction activities and construction management staff on the project, which may include Assistant Resident Engineers, Administrators (document control, project administration), Project Controls, Inspectors, and other specialists. The RE also interfaces with the client project management staff and other key stakeholders to ensure effective coordination and flow of information to responsible parties and decision makers.
The RE is expected to utilize critical thinking, judgment, and experience to define, analyze, and resolve project problems and issues; and to accomplish project goals on time, within budget, and to applicable quality standards. This position requires work to be done in person and on site.
Desired Certifications:
A certificate in project management or construction management is preferred, but not required
Requirements:
  • At least five years work experience in relevant field construction inspection, transit system construction or transportation project management
  • Thorough knowledge of inspection standards, procedures, and applicable building and safety codes
  • Ability to develop in-depth understanding of construction plans and specifications and means, methods and design standards used in building projects and compare them with aspects of ongoing construction
  • Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing
  • Write clear, detailed and accurate inspection reports in a timely fashion
  • Solve difficult field issues and request additional support as needed
  • Understand safety standards and utilize the knowledge in field conditions
  • Determine and document noncompliant work and follow contract procedure toward resolution
  • Handle sensitive and confidential information/documentation
  • Computer literacy (e.g., Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word)
  • Must possess a valid California Driver License and have a satisfactory driving record
  • Coordinate during the day and at night
  • Available to work night and weekend shifts in all weather conditions
Primary Responsibilities (other duties may be assigned):
  • Monitor onsite contract work activities to ensure compliance with established safety regulations, construction documents, policies and procedures
  • Work with the Resident Engineer and project team to understand contract plan and specification requirements
  • Review safety standards and practices. Ensure safety standards are followed as applicable to working in rail rights-of-way (ROWs), within transit facilities and on transit infrastructure
  • Assist in establishing project metrics and methods for providing engineering project oversight
  • Compile, complete and submit inspector daily reports of contract field activities, such as work performed, field conditions, labor force, hours of work, equipment status, materials and coordination of work with the Client/Owner and/or Resident Engineer
  • Photograph construction progress and include photos in daily reports
  • Assist in monthly preparation of invoices and prepare monthly contract status reports
  • Escort contractors into field-activity sites to perform survey, pre-bid or work-area inspections and surveys of engineering sites
  • Attend project management meetings to help clarify field work or project challenges
  • Maintain excellent records and files
  • Provide project metrics for time-and-materials work
  • Prepare and report nonconformance issues and keep track of corrective actions
  • Assist in preparing Requests for Information (RFIs) and change orders
  • Read project documents, including civil, structural, electrical and mechanical plans and specifications

Job Features

Job Level: Mid-Level or Senior Position Job Type: Full Time Experience: 5+ Years Required Salary: Commensurate with Experience Location: San Francisco Bay Area Firm Type: Project and Constructio...

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Posted 7 months ago

Resident Engineer

Job Level: Senior position
Job Type: Full Time
Experience: 10+ Years Required
Salary: Commensurate with experience
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Firm Type: Project and Construction Management
Benefits: We offer an excellent salary, commensurate with experience and industry standards. This is a full-time position which includes eligibility for company benefits.
Overview:
The Allen Group is seeking Resident Engineer (RE) candidates for heavy civil projects in the San Francisco Bay Area. The RE is responsible for organizing and managing the construction management (CM) team, which has oversight responsibility for the work carried out by project contractors on major rail transit infrastructure projects.
The RE provides leadership, strategy, administration, and supervision of all project construction activities and construction management staff on the project, which may include Assistant Resident Engineers, Administrators (document control, project administration), Project Controls, Inspectors, and other specialists. The RE also interfaces with the client project management staff and other key stakeholders to ensure effective coordination and flow of information to responsible parties and decision makers.
The RE is expected to utilize critical thinking, judgment, and experience to define, analyze, and resolve project problems and issues; and to accomplish project goals on time, within budget, and to applicable quality standards. This position requires work to be done in person and on site.
Primary Responsibilities (other duties may be assigned):
  • Serve as the Owner Representative. Responsible for administering and monitoring the contract until final project closeout is complete
  • Directly responsible for overall construction project management to include, construction permitting, utilities, traffic, planning, organizing, monitoring and directing of all construction work activities and resources necessary to complete project within budget, scope, schedule, and quality requirements
  • Routinely interact and coordinate with numerous outside agencies and internal departments
  • Coordinate pre-construction planning, including preforming constructability reviews of contract documents, development of construction schedules, QA/QC plans, and submittal schedules
  • Coordinate pre-construction planning, including preforming constructability reviews of contract documents, development of construction schedules, QA/QC plans, and submittal schedules
  • Prepare construction team staffing plans, develop budgets, monitor staffing and budget utilization to ensure effective use of resources
  • Assist in monthly preparation of invoices and prepare monthly contract status reports
  • Develop organization chart for construction management team, establish roles and responsibilities for each position, and manage team performance
  • Develop and maintain accurate, detailed, and up-to-date project records, including progress reports and monthly project reports, correspondence, proposals, reports, and other construction documents
  • Review and comment on project schedules
  • Review and comment on projected actual cost vs. budget
  • Review and process Submittals and Requests for Information
  • Review, approve and process monthly contractor pay applications
  • Negotiate and settle change orders and claims
  • Manage closeout and turnover of projects

Job Features

Resident Engineer Apply Now Job Level: Senior position Job Type: Full Time Experience: 10+ Years Required Salary: Commensurate with experience Location: San Francisco Bay Area Firm Type: Project and C...

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Posted 9 months ago

Senior Project Manager

Job Level: Senior Position
Job Type: Full Time
Experience: 15+ Years Required
Salary: Commensurate with Experience
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Firm Type: Project and Construction Management
Benefits: We offer an excellent salary, commensurate with experience and industry standards. This is a full-time position which includes eligibility for company benefits.
Overview:
The Allen Group is seeking Senior Project Manager (PM) candidates to lead major infrastructure initiatives for civil transportation projects in the San Francisco Bay Area. The PM is responsible for organizing and managing the construction management team, which has oversight responsibility for the work carried out by project contractors on major transit infrastructure projects. The PM provides leadership, strategy, administration, and supervision of all project construction activities and CM staff on the project, which may include Assistant Resident Engineers, Administrators (document control, project administration), Project Controls, Inspectors, and other specialists.
The PM also interfaces with the client project management staff and other key stakeholders to ensure effective coordination and flow of information to responsible parties and decision makers. Working onsite is essential to the interactive nature of this position, requiring face-to-face meetings with potential and established clients, proposal teams, materials suppliers, and others. The PM is expected to utilize critical thinking, judgment, and experience to define, analyze, and resolve project problems and issues; and to accomplish project goals on time, within budget, and to applicable quality standards. This position requires work to be done in person and onsite.
Primary Responsibilities (other duties may be assigned):
  • Serve as the Owner Representative. Responsible for administering and monitoring the contract until final project closeout is complete
  • Directly responsible for overall construction project management to include, construction permitting, utilities, traffic, planning, organizing, monitoring and directing of all construction work activities and resources necessary to complete project within budget, scope, schedule, and quality requirements
  • Routinely interact and coordinate with numerous outside agencies and internal departments and report the status of the Program to stakeholder agencies using monthly and quarterly reports and presentations
  • Coordinate pre-construction planning, including preforming constructability reviews of contract documents, development of construction schedules, QA/QC plans, and submittal schedules
  • Lead Environmental coordination activities including environmental summary and schedule, IS/MND, Section 4(f), 401, 404 and 1602 permits and public review of CEQA documents
  • Prepare construction team staffing plans, develop budgets, monitor staffing and budget utilization to ensure effective use of resources
  • Assist in monthly preparation of invoices and prepare monthly contract status reports
  • Develop organization chart for construction management team, establish roles and responsibilities for each position, and manage team performance
  • Develop and maintain accurate, detailed, and up-to-date project records, including progress reports and monthly project reports, correspondence, proposals, reports, and other construction documents
  • Manage change requests to negotiate and gain approval of changes in scope, budget and/or schedule

Job Features

Senior Project Manager Apply Now Job Level: Senior Position Job Type: Full Time Experience: 15+ Years Required Salary: Commensurate with Experience Location: San Francisco Bay Area Firm Type: Project ...

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