Construction Administrator

Goodwyn Mills Cawood, LLC (GMC) is one of the region's largest privately held architecture and engineering firms, with more than 700 employees. We are a regional firm with offices located throughout the Southeastern United States. Our projects touch on almost every aspect of the built environment from designing parks, schools and hospitals to providing clean water, safe streets and protecting endangered environments. We believe in community, collaboration, and using the power of creativity and hard work to make a difference.

GMC has a great opportunity for a skilled and confident Construction Administrator to manage a wide range of construction and financial responsibilities in the Engineering (Water & Municipal) Department of our Montgomery, AL office. The Construction Administrator will monitor projects prior to and through the construction phase. This position includes working with clients, engineers, contractors, consultants and other staff to ensure that projects progress in a timely manner and meets GMC’s standards. We're looking for a detail-oriented and extremely organized professional who can not only manage daily operations but also provide valuable insight to support growth and improvement of our construction engineering team.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Experience managing bookkeeping for projects
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Demonstrates comprehensive knowledge and awareness of plans and specifications, as well as the General Conditions of contracts
• Lead the Post-Bid Phase effort, including managing pre-construction meetings, review of substitution requests, and review of insurance and bidding requirement compliance.
• Review/evaluate contractor’s project schedules and schedule of values
• Review contractor pay requests for accuracy and manage grant draw submittals
• Manage and delegate appropriately the RFI and submittal process
• Attend construction meetings and OAC meetings as required
• Review construction field reports
• Evaluate Change Orders and provide back-up documentation for adjustments
• Provide formal punch lists
• Coordinate close out process including as built350/record documents; gather information and document substantial completion, final completion and warranty dates.
• Provide quality assurance reviews on construction documents prepared by others
• Demonstrates thorough understanding of regulatory requirements from different local, regional, state and federal agencies
• Recognizes and reports risk management issues to Lead Engineers
• Conduct Monthly analytics with billing to determine allocation of personnel

Minimum Qualifications:

• Min. 5 years of relevant experience; Preferred >10 yrs.
• Bachelors Degree or Associates Degree related to business, finance, accounting or construction
• Ability to utilize effective conflict resolution skills
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to confidently and decisively take action
• Excellent communication skills and ability to manage all aspects of projects, clients and key staff
• Ability to review budgets, construction schedules and submittal schedules
• Proficient in MS Office
• Valid Driver’s license and acceptable driving record

Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans

About GMC

We believe in community, collaboration, and using the power of creativity and hard work to make a difference. Whether designing schools, parks, hospitals and other commercial developments, or providing clean water, safe streets and restoring resilient environments, GMC takes great pride in serving our communities through the transformative work we do. Every project is guided by the foundational concept that communities are built by people, not companies, and we strive to serve our communities with quality, integrity, creativity and care. One of the Southeast’s most comprehensive multi-disciplined firms, GMC is equipped to provide all the services associated with architecture, interior design, civil engineering, environmental services, landscape architecture, planning, transportation engineering, geotechnical engineering, electrical engineering, surveying and disaster recovery.