Job Description: Responsibilities, Qualifications, and Necessary Skills
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The position functions as the Electrical Engineer, providing OBO/Accra, Ghana a full range of critical engineering and construction quality assurance and management and technical oversight of the USAID Accra Densification Project (renovation/fit out). Construction experience is preferred along with some aptitude in Fire Alarm and Mechanical Systems.
Primary Duties & Responsibilities
- Performs quality assurance tasks, ensures contractor’s work is properly inspected and corrective actions take place, ensures materials meet contract, reviews contractor submittals for compliance with contract requirements, and resolves conflicts
- Monitors the construction contractor’s quality assurance and safety program
- Observes onsite construction and determines if construction elements are being installed, formed, and executed properly
- Monitors construction progress vis-à-vis the project schedule and submit weekly progress reports with recommendations based on the technical review of project documents and field inspections
- Performs technical inspections of the electrical elements of the project
- Performs technical inspections of electrical work, monitors the contractor’s quality control program, and reviews project drawings and specifications to ensure compliance
- Supports and assists OBO/Accra in ensuring the completion of the project in accordance with contract requirements
- Ensures that the contractor is performing the required contract work in accordance with the design documents
- Reads design/construction drawings and understands design narratives and calculations
- Reviews engineering shop drawings and determines if the contractor has complied with the final design parameters
- Understands and interprets drawings in his/her discipline and have an understanding of the principals of his/her discipline and how it fits in with other disciplines
- Develops working knowledge of all technical requirements of project
- Provides Quality Assurance for ongoing construction project
- Reviews contractor submittals
- Evaluates proposed submittal substitutions with engineering implications; makes recommendations to the Project Director
- Coordinates the development of Independent Government Estimates (IGEs) for modifications and change orders.
- Prepares Monthly Progress Reports and attends meetings summarizing project status, with emphasis on engineering
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Minimum Skills & Requirements
- An electrical engineering degree (Bachelor’s or above) from an accredited program and a minimum of seven (7) years of experience required on construction projects of similar scope and dollar value to the project supported by this Task Order
- Design office experience shall not count toward an employee’s experience
- A Professional Engineering License (PE) is acceptable in lieu of a degree
- Overseas experience is preferred
- Must have Final Secret, Interim Top Secret (TS), or Final TS security clearance issued by the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) at the time of consideration
- Knowledge of International Codes required
- Experience in assessing and responding to Requests for Information (RFI)
- Experience in reviewing and evaluating design calculations and data from an engineering perspective
- Knowledge of Construction Safety regulations, i.e. EM 385-1-1, OSHA, etc.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Suite, i.e., PowerPoint, Excel, and Word required.
- Some of the essential functions of the job have a physically demanding component. In the execution of the duties and tasks listed above, Construction Engineers MUST have the ability to:
- Work in confined areas such as crawl spaces, attics, utility pits, tunnels, manholes, and other confined spaces;
- Work from heights such as rooftops, ledges, scaffolding, including climbing extension ladders and scaffolding;
- Move and handle heavy objects (up to 50 pounds of weight) such as equipment, tools, and other building materials;
- See objects that are near, far, in color, or at night, possibly including depth perception; and
- Hear speech or other sounds, possibly including sufficient sensitivity to hear sounds of low volume or in noisy environments;
- Manage periodic work that requires regular and recurring periods of prolonged standing, bending, and stretching
Desired Skills & Requirements
- Construction management, project management and supervision experience related to Electrical and Telecom in the area of Fit-outs, renovations, furniture installations (commercial and primarily government contracts preferred)
- Experience on previous DOS projects
- Able to perform inspections on active construction in progress
- Experienced with Punch-listing and identifying non-code compliant electrical installations
- Familiarity and strong working knowledge of current electrical codes as applicable to systems furniture installations
- Specific experience with high and low voltage equipment, as well as telephone and fire alarm systems desired
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