Job Description
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As we move America’s workforce toward the future, Amtrak connects businesses and communities across the country. We employ more than 20,000 diverse, energetic professionals in a variety of career fields throughout the United States. The safety of our passengers, our employees, the public and our operating environment is our priority, and the success of our railroad is due to our employees.
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Job Summary
This position is for the major capital improvement projects included in the B&P Tunnel Replacement Program that will modernize and transform a four-mile section of the Northeast Corridor. It includes two new high-capacity tubes for electrified passenger trains, new roadway and railroad bridges, new rail systems and track, and a new ADA-accessible West Baltimore MARC station.
B&P Package A Tunnels scope includes 2ea approximately 2 mile long tunnels to be constructed via TBM, and other major civil work at 4 locations including: Support of Excavation (SOE), excavation and concrete structures for shaft facilities (south portal / vent, north vent, north portal); ground improvements; coordination with tunneling under Amtrak’s corridor and MTA light rail and subway; drill and blasting excavations; instrumentation and monitoring; site environmental management; and coordination with the public and adjacent contractors.
The Mgr Capital Construction is responsible for overseeing the construction phase and supporting pre-construction activities.
The Capital Construction Manager represents Amtrak on site and manages Amtrak’s protocols during the construction phase of project, and during the pre-construction phase. The general duties of this position include but are not limited to:
Ensuring the construction is performed in accordance with the construction and design documents to best meet the goals of the project
Deliver project on schedule and within the established budget.
Ensure that Amtrak and B&P processes and procedures are followed.
Review contractor submittals and other deliverables.
Assist with coordination with other contracts, Amtrak, utilities, etc.
The CCM may be one of the Contracting Official’s Technical Representative (COTR) for the Package A Contract(s), and will be responsible for monitoring Contractor’s performance
Essential Functions
Review contract design documents and submittals.
Review and understand contractors site specific Pre-Activity plans.
Direct, manage, and coordinate construction activities to ensure that critical issues are addressed and properly resolved.
Work with an OCM to ensure that contractors execute the project in accordance with the agreed upon scope, costs, and schedule.
Work with the Delivery Partner consultant team which includes monitoring work for compliance with their schedule, budget, technical, safety, and legal requirements.
Provide regular (as required) project status reports addressing forecasted and actual project costs.
Address project schedule and any changes in project status.
Resolve design and field construction problems.
Host or attend progress meetings and report on contract status.
Review contractors’ requests for change and if appropriate, prepare contract change notices with appropriate justifications.
Assist with negotiation of change orders.
Coordinate with other departments to ensure adequate resources are available to support, as well as obtain track outages, and ensuring the labor forces are available as planned and scheduled.
Assist with outages planning and guidance.
Update construction estimates and schedules and aid with preparation of same as needed.
Be present for the commissioning of the construction, testing, startup, and transfer of operational procedures for projects and programs.
Communicate, implement, promote, and enforce safety rules, policies, and procedures in support of the corporation's safety vision and goals
Prepare force account estimates and track force account labor, material, and other resources as needed.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Supervisory experience in the management of construction contracts.
Extensive practitioner experience with construction and construction management.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities under tight constraints.
Must have the ability to coordinate efforts with other technical disciplines and have knowledge of scheduling, budgeting, and estimating.
Possess strategic and tactical sk...