The Glen at Heather Farm, located in Walnut Creek, California is seeking a Project Engineer. The Project Engineer oversees field work, manages project documents, reviews change orders, and supports budget tracking and invoicing.
The Glen at Heather Farm will be a Life Plan Community, sometimes referred to as a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC), which will have common areas including a clubhouse and 486 residences, as well as an adjacent health center.
The successful candidate will be paid an extremely competitive base salary plus bonus and full benefits, including paid time off, 401k with guaranteed company match, and more.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE POSITION:
- Field Management. Monitor work advancing in the field and ensure accuracy against all project documents and schedules. Develop familiarity with company design standards to track conformance in design & construction. Interact and collaborate with various general contractor, design, inspection, and management partners.
- Document Management. Responsible for maintaining, organizing, and filing all project documents. Ability to interpret construction documents. Understand and support RFI, submittal, design change, and change order documents throughout the life of a project.
- Contract Change Orders. Receive, organize, and understand all change orders. Assist the development team by performing an initial review of all change orders and report to project leadership. This may involve field walks to observe work in place, plan/spec and/or contract review to confirm a change order is warranted, reviewing old emails, etc. Facilitate a team change order meeting as needed to make final change order decisions.
- Maintain Budget / Cost Projections / Invoicing. Perform a line-by-line monthly budget review with the project leadership and cost teams. Responsible for working with the cost team to receive and process all project invoices and payment applications.
- Project Technology. Familiarity and proficiency with software such as Bluebeam, ACC, BIM360, Procore, Plangrid, and Microsoft Suite (Teams, Excel, Outlook, Sharepoint). This is a very useful communication tool to contractors, staff, and future residents.
- Punchlist Process. Responsible for participating in and coordinating the project punch list process. This will require extensive time onsite, in the field, to manage. Utilize Ops staff but lead the effort.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Prior significant experience in Skilled Nursing, Senior Living, large Multi-Family facilities or similar commercial realm.
- Associate or Bachelors Degree in construction management or related field or equivalent combination of training and significant experience
- Strong organizational, project management, scheduling and planning skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Computer proficient using Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Blue Beam, Primavera, & Autodesk Cloud
- Analytical and mathematical skills
- Problem solving & technical skills for document, submittal & RFI reviews
- Ability to work on a team & a passion for giving excellent customer service.
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Skills Required
- Prior significant experience in Skilled Nursing, Senior Living, large Multi-Family facilities or similar commercial realm
- Associate or Bachelor's Degree in construction management or related field or equivalent combination of training and significant experience
- Strong organizational, project management, scheduling and planning skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Computer proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Bluebeam, Primavera, and Autodesk Cloud (including BIM360/ACC)
- Analytical and mathematical skills
- Problem solving and technical skills for document, submittal and RFI reviews
- Ability to work on a team and provide excellent customer service
What We Do
Continuing Life provides specialized advisory and business services for retirement communities, specifically Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs). Their comprehensive solutions range from pre-marketing start-up communities to providing ongoing operational support for stabilized communities, including accounting, finance, human resources, and IT systems. They aim to provide a total one-stop solution for operating full-scale retirement communities where both residents and employees thrive.
