Constructability Review Specialist

At Cumming Group, you will work on some of the world's most exciting projects in a dynamic environment where your success is measured by the impact you make. We are one of the fastest-growing project and cost management consultancies in the United States, as reflected in our top 15 rankings in ENR. With over 70 offices globally, an extremely diverse project portfolio, and double-digit year-over-year revenue growth, the opportunities to make your mark are limitless!

We are currently hiring for a Constructability Review Specialist located in the Los Angeles, CA area. This opportunity will have you working within our education project construction sector. The education team provides services to K-12 as well as higher education institutions nationally. You will be teaming with project, program, and client leadership to provide premier educational facilities for our nation’s youth and adults seeking to better themselves through learning.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

Supports the Design Manager and Owner Authorized Representative during the preconstruction phase in the following efforts:

• Assists in defining and reviewing the Project Requirement Document scope of work and schedule including interim housing requirements.

• Makes value engineering recommendations at the outset of the design.

• Comments on the design professional’s deliverable identifying inconsistencies, ambiguities, conflicts, errors and omissions in the progress plans to reduce RFIs and Change Orders.

• Ensures documents are coordinated between design disciplines.

• Prepares comprehensive constructability review of pre-bid construction documents.

• Coordinates the above efforts with the Design Manager and Owner Authorized Representative in a collaborative way.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge & Skills Required:

• Works quickly, efficiently and confidently.

• Proficient in writing RFC’s, reviewing submittals and change orders.

• Proficiency in computer programs (MS Word, MS Excel, etc.), including Bluebeam.

• Actively listen and communicate effectively, clearly, unambiguously, and completely in both written and oral formats. 

Required Education and Experience:

• 15 years full time professional paid experience with an Architecture degree and the following: a) 10 of those years must be acting as a Construction Administrator b) 5 years remaining must be acting as a Designer. c) Construction Administrator experience shall be on a public/educational facility construction project with full responsibility for supporting those projects. d) Projects shall have a construction value of $8M or more for a single project or with a combined cumulative project value of $80M.

• OR 15 years full time paid professional experience as a Project Superintendent or Project Manager on a public/educational facility construction and/or large commercial projects with full responsibility for coordinating complex projects with construction value of a single project in excess of $30M with a combined cumulative project value of $400M

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All other terms and conditions of employment, such as compensation, benefits, transfers, layoff, return from layoff, training, education, and social and recreational programs, are administered without regard to the characteristics described above. To this end, Cumming Group complies with all provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended, all of the rules, regulations and relevant orders of the Secretary of Labor, and all similar state and local laws.

In addition to base salary, Cumming Group offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Medical
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• 401(k)
• 401(k) Matching
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Short and long-term disability
• Employee Assistance Program