at Kansas Adjutant General in Topeka, Kansas, United States
Job Description
Facility Evaluation: Performs facility inspections and evaluations as needed to
meet real property inventory standards and other requirements in conjunction with
tenant discussions to determine work conditions in/on existing real property and
identify/validate shortfalls as well as other needs identified by the tenants. Upon
identification of shortfalls and/or validated needs develops documentation to
establish corrective action in the form of potential projects to seek funding and
remediation of the issues.
Development: Reviews and evaluates plans, contractor’s estimates, project
specifications, bids and design proposals. This includes solid working knowledge
of building layouts, heating, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC), plumbing,
electrical, lighting systems, drainage, access drives and parking; knowledge of the
physical and mathematical science of engineering techniques and their application;
knowledge of construction bid formats; the ability to evaluate a variety of
information to effectively assist in the development of construction details for
buildings; and the ability to successfully work multi-projects.
Material Submissions: Reviews/verifies material submissions and contractors’
requests for change orders and deviations from contract, costs and material
proposals to make timely recommendations for approval or disapproval and ensure
compliance with construction documents.
Coordination: Coordinates construction activities with end users, contractors and
local governments to ensure individuals are apprised of activities affecting them,
resolve potential scheduling conflicts, keep disruption of work to a minimum and
avoid unnecessary delays.
Documents: Completes and/or submits all required and requested documents,
forms and/or reports to comply with a variety of regulations, keep appropriate
individuals/entities apprised of the status of each sub-project, and ensure that fiscal
transactions are processed correctly and timely. This requires knowledge of
applicable federal/state/agency construction and funding procedures, forms and
timelines and the ability to complete those documents in an accurate, complete and
timely manner.
Communications: Communicates verbally and/or in writing with contract
designers and contractors; the immediate supervisor; agency administrators; end
users; and safety, security and fire protection personnel. This requires the ability to
project a positive and professional image of the agency; ability to communicate
verbally and in writing in a clear, concise understandable manner; ability to
establish effective working relationships with a wide variety of individuals
throughout the state, including, commercial design engineers and contractors,
armory personnel and other agency staff; and the ability to exercise tact and good
judgement in dealing with disagreements.
Field Inspections: Performs field and final inspections of new or modified
construction projects in order to ensure code and contractual compliance,
successful completion of punch-list items and conformance with approved plans
and specifications; to avoid unnecessary project delays, costs, change orders and
loss of funds; to ensure that all systems are functioning in the manner intended;
and to recommend approval of final payment and the closeout of each project. This
requires knowledge of construction inspection methods, the ability to accurately
assess how ‘in-progress’ and ‘completed’ work complies with specs and standards;
and the ability to detect potential problems and take the appropriate steps to those
concerns.
Budget: Reviews cost breakdowns and project accounting data and coordinates
the availability and approval of State, Federal or local funds as required. This is
done to track the appropriate expenditure on each project, ensure projects stay
within contractual costs and apprise supervisor of potential cost overruns.
Project Files: Maintains a comprehensive file on each project to provide a
complete record on each project, respond to inquiries and retrieve all
documents/information quickly and easily. This requires knowing and following
accepted project management methods.
Other: Performs other related duties assigned to meet the organizational needs of
the directorate and agency. This includes but is not limited to obtaining and
maintaining warranty files.
