Description:
The position functions as the project architect, providing OBO/Doha a full range of critical architectural and construction quality assurance and management and technical oversight of the Doha NEC Project. The Architect is responsible for performing technical inspections, monitoring the contractor's quality control program, and reviewing project drawings and specifications to ensure compliance. This position is established to support and assist OBO/Doha 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
- Observes onsite construction and determines if construction elements are being installed, formed, and executed properly
- Performs quality assurance tasks, ensuring contractor's work is properly inspected and corrective actions take place, ensuring materials meet contract, reviewing contractor submittals for compliance with contract requirements, and resolving 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 architectural elements of the project
- Understands and interprets drawings in his/her discipline and understands the principals of his/her discipline and how it fits in with other disciplines
- Reviews shop drawings and submittals from the contractor and determines if coordination with other disciplines are necessary in addition to monitoring on-going construction work to identify problems or non-compliance with design or contract specifications
- Prepares construction reports detailing construction progress and identifies any problem with the construction process related to the incumbent's area of expertise. After problems are discovered, evaluate contractor's proposed remedy. Formulate solutions for the Project Director/Construction Manager. Work on the construction site will be performed to U.S. standards; the incumbent should have current working knowledge of acceptable products and procedures
- Prepares Monthly Progress Reports and attends meetings summarizing project status, with emphasis on engineering
- 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
- Other duties as assigned by the Project Director
Minimum Skills & Requirements
- An architecture 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
- Other related duties as assigned by the Project Director