Assistant Resident Engineer - Stations

At Mott MacDonald, we trust our brilliant people to do brilliant things in engineering, management, and development services, supporting multisector project work in over 150 countries. As one of the largest employee-owned companies in the world, we pride ourselves on our ability to deliver exceptional outcomes through our network of 20,000+ talented consultants. With sustainability and innovation at the heart of all our sectors in North America, including, Buildings, Energy, Transportation, and Water.

We believe in empowering our people to excel, learn, and grow, offering diverse opportunities to contribute to career-defining work. Join us and be part of a collaborative environment where your ambitions are united with ours, and you can truly shape your story.

Mott MacDonald is looking for a construction professional to join our ever-expanding transportation team in  Southern California. Specifically, we are looking for a qualified Assistant Resident Engineer .

• Have knowledge of and assist RE and Metro for day-to-day Station construction issues and other RE tasks as needed.
• Review and comprehend specifications and generate list of submittals/materials/Metro obligations for upcoming work, including third party obligations.
• Review project site and progress work
• Coordinate with Lead/field inspection staff on a daily basis; discuss field issues and reports.
• Review daily summaries.
• Review quantity tracking log and labor tracking.
• Identify any cost or schedule impact, and in review of inspection reports developed
• Update project stations issues log.
• Review and check tracking logs.
• Review weekly internal stations presentation.
• Assist RE with monthly schedule update reviews and provide comments.
• Provide a list of change order update activities to the inspectors.
• Meet with OE on a weekly basis and provide guidance.
• Verify as-built information on the contractor’s three week look ahead schedule and review weekly look ahead meeting minutes.
• Generate draft of weekly summary narrative.
• Review all applicable Submittals, RFI’s, etc.
• Assist Contractor/Quality team to facilitate resolution and closure of Non-Conformance (NC’s) in a timely manner.
• Participate in Readiness Reviews and pre-construction meetings
• Ensure construction work plans are in place for upcoming work along with appropriate submittals.
• Assist Resident Engineer in drafting responses to correspondences.
• Perform technical/contractual analysis of contract change orders, draft scope, and contractual basis for Resident Engineer review.
• Review potential change requests and provisional sum agreement (PSA) requests for merit.
• Review change order log / PSA log on a weekly basis and track progress.
• Ensure that OE is maintaining organized files for change orders / PSA's.
• Review Materials on Hand packages every month.
• Assist RE with monthly progress payment recommendations.
• Resolve construction issues as needed.
• Attend instrumentation meetings and identify/resolve any issues; elevate to RE as needed.
• Coordinate/resolve any third-party or community relations issues or claims.
• Coordinate with environmental group for environmental issues.
• Other duties as assigned by the Construction Manager (Design-Build).

Reports/Deliverables 

• Daily Summary Final Version for RE Review
• Weekly Summary Narrative for RE Review
• Submittal Responses
• Issues Log
• Tracking Logs
• RFI / FCR Responses for RE Review
• Letter Responses for RE Review
• Scope / Technical Analysis for Change Requests / PSA's
• Work Packages for Inspectors (with support of OE)
• Weekly redlined as-built of Contractor’s look ahead schedule
• Weekly comments on Contractor’s look ahead meeting minutes
• Progress Payment Recommendation Sheet
• Backup Documentation for Monthly Progress Payment Quantities
• PowerPoint Updates for Weekly Meetings (Review draft generated by OE)
• Presentations as needed (draft for RE Review)
• Complete File for each Change Order or PSA (including all backup, tech eval sheet and executed changes)
• Monthly Baseline Schedule Update (for review by RE)
• Recommendations for payments for third parties contracted directly by Metro.

Meetings

• Daily Morning Standup Meeting
• Internal Weekly Meeting
• Weekly Update/Issues Meeting with contractor counterpart
• Meeting with third parties/agencies (as needed)
• Weekly look ahead schedule meeting with Contractor
• Construction Work Plan Readiness Reviews
• Weekly staff internal meeting
• Monthly CPM schedule update meeting
• Weekly safety meeting
• Monthly safety meeting
• Weekly quality meeting (Metro Quality)
• Weekly instrumentation meeting with Contractor
• Weekly change order meetings
• Quarterly CMSS All-Hands Meeting
• Quarterly Quality Meeting

Our teams are comprised of bright and enthusiastic people who wish to make a difference to the world that we live in. If you share that vision and don’t have all the experience outlined in this posting, we still want to hear from you!

Let’s discuss how we can help you take the next step in your career and how you can participate in an exciting new chapter for Mott MacDonald in North America.

At Mott MacDonald, we provide a comprehensive benefit package that includes 401k, medical, dental and vision insurance, short-term/long-term disability, paid holidays, PTO, parental leave and company paid life insurance. 

The expected salary for this position is $170,000- $208,000

Individual pay is determined based on several factors such as work location, education, experience, and unique skills. 

Equal opportunity is the law. 

We seek to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, creed, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status or disability status.

Hybrid working policy

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well-being, flexibility, and trust.