About this role
Essential Functions:
- Conducts on-site visits to construction sites and businesses to verify information relevant to certification.
- Visits construction sites to review MWBE contractor activity.
- Works to resolve typical MWBE compliance inspection problems.
- Investigates alleged violations concerning the MWBE program, process or utilization.
- Meets with contractors, consulting engineers, land developers, and the general public to resolve typical construction problems.
- Reviews and interprets standard District specifications and plans for development projects or contracts, specifications and plans for District contracted projects.
- Monitors the daily activities of contracted MWBE's.
- Reviews and tracks project progress for goal attainment and final payment to contractors under direct contract with the District for MWBE participation.
- Checks all periodic and final quantity estimates for prime and MWBE's contract work before final payment is made.
- Reports and maintains monthly statistical data.
- Evaluate, document and perform project site analysis of construction activities.
- Perform evaluations of MWBE businesses to validate and verify information relevant to certification and contractor performance on MSD projects.
- Investigate alleged program violations concerning the MWBE Diversity Program, processes or MWBE utilization.
- Work to resolve MWBE compliance issues and problems involving MWBE's.
- Attend project meetings with contractors, consultants, engineers, land developers, and the general public to address or resolve typical MWBE related problems.
- Reviews and interprets standard District processes, procedures, policy, specifications and plans for projects and/or contracts.
- Monitors, records and reports daily activities of contracted MWBE's.
- Review and track project progress for goal attainment.
- Monitor contractor goal attainment and validate final payments to MWBE contractors for their participation.
- Monitor and validate periodic payments, final quantity estimates, and workforce utilization for contracted work before final payment is authorized.
- Reports and maintains monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual analytical and statistical project data for purposes of evaluating contractor performance on MSD contracts.
Additional Responsibilities:
Performs related work as required or as delegated by supervisor.
Training and Experience:
Graduation from high school or equivalent and completion of 30 college credit hours and five years of progressively responsible experience in construction, preferably of sewers.
Desirable Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Thorough knowledge of the methods, materials, practices and techniques involved in sewer construction.
- Thorough knowledge of standard engineering field tests.
- Skill in interpreting plans and specifications.
- Skill in forming and maintaining effective working relationships with contractors, consulting engineers, the general public and others.
- Skill in expressing oneself clearly and concisely in both oral and written form.
- Skill in maintaining records and preparing reports
- Familiarity with use of personal computer and software.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENT:
Must possess valid driver's license issued by state in which employee resides.
Pursuant to MSD's "Substance Abuse Policy and Procedures," this position has been designated as safety sensitive and candidate must pass a Non-D.O.T. Drug Test for this position. Employees occupying this position are not subject to Federal (D.O.T.) Drug and Alcohol Testing Regulations.
Employees of MSD must have a meets expectation on their most recent performance evaluation.
Education requirements will be waived for current employees of MSD who hold a Certificate of Applied Management I.
Physical Demands
Work Environment