Assistant Contract Administrator - Transportation
About the role
Your Opportunity
Stantec's Transportation group provides planning, design, and construction administration services for roadway, highway, transit/rail, bridge, and related projects. We are currently seeking a contract administrator to complement our transportation team in Ottawa and play a lead role in the delivery of environmental assessment and functional/preliminary and detailed design assignments primarily for public sector clients. Due to expanding business opportunities in Ontario and elsewhere within the company, this position offers growth in the areas of technical/professional development and project management.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Assists with monitoring and calculation of production rates
- Assists with monitoring compliance with and administering terms of operational constraints of the contract
- Assist with monitoring of compliance to commitments of and administering construction contract provisions regarding the Contractor's Quality Control Performance Measures
- Checks and inspects construction activities and operations, and works to ensure compliance with the contract documents, drawings, and specifications
- Conducts site surveys, confirms scope of work, obtains relevant information, equipment and materials, and maintains quality and payment records in a daily diary for the work completed
- Compiles field/test data in a report form
- Liaise/coordinate with service providers for specialized inspections and/or testing to ensure the tasks are completed under the terms or reference, specifications, or agreement
- Attend site meetings as required
- Obtain video / photographic records as required
- Record, review, and address contractor questions and clarifications by reporting to the Contract Administrator for resolution if not already provided to the contractor
- Attend site meetings and reconnaissance on-site
- Able to handle multiple priorities without losing focus
- Position will require in-office and on-site duties.
Your Capabilities and Credentials
- Prior experience working on MTO or City of Ottawa projects is an asset
- Able to work on weekends and nights, as required
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to work well in a team environment
- Proficiency with MS Office
- A valid Ontario driver's license and access to a vehicle
- Detail oriented
Education and Experience
- A Post Secondary degree or diploma in Civil Engineering or Civil Engineering Technology / Technician
- Minimum 4 years experience in engineering/construction working on transportation structures projects
- Either registration as a Professional Engineer or Engineer-in-Training with PEO as a Technician or Technologist with O.A.C.E.T.T.
- Designation as determined by OACETT as a Road Construction Senior Inspector (RCSI) or Road Construction Contract Administration (RCCA) is an asset
This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice. Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.
About Stantec
Stantec empowers clients, people, and communities to rise to the world’s greatest challenges at a time when the world faces more unprecedented concerns than ever before.
We are a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. Our professionals deliver the expertise, technology, and innovation communities need to manage aging infrastructure, demographic and population changes, the energy transition, and more.
Today’s communities transcend geographic borders. At Stantec, community means everyone with an interest in the work that we do—from our project teams and industry colleagues to our clients and the people our work impacts. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what’s previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure.
We are designers, engineers, scientists, project managers, and strategic advisors. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what’s possible.
Stantec trades on the TSX and the NYSE under the symbol STN.
Assistant Contract Administrator - Transportation
About the role
Your Opportunity
Stantec's Transportation group provides planning, design, and construction administration services for roadway, highway, transit/rail, bridge, and related projects. We are currently seeking a contract administrator to complement our transportation team in Ottawa and play a lead role in the delivery of environmental assessment and functional/preliminary and detailed design assignments primarily for public sector clients. Due to expanding business opportunities in Ontario and elsewhere within the company, this position offers growth in the areas of technical/professional development and project management.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Assists with monitoring and calculation of production rates
- Assists with monitoring compliance with and administering terms of operational constraints of the contract
- Assist with monitoring of compliance to commitments of and administering construction contract provisions regarding the Contractor's Quality Control Performance Measures
- Checks and inspects construction activities and operations, and works to ensure compliance with the contract documents, drawings, and specifications
- Conducts site surveys, confirms scope of work, obtains relevant information, equipment and materials, and maintains quality and payment records in a daily diary for the work completed
- Compiles field/test data in a report form
- Liaise/coordinate with service providers for specialized inspections and/or testing to ensure the tasks are completed under the terms or reference, specifications, or agreement
- Attend site meetings as required
- Obtain video / photographic records as required
- Record, review, and address contractor questions and clarifications by reporting to the Contract Administrator for resolution if not already provided to the contractor
- Attend site meetings and reconnaissance on-site
- Able to handle multiple priorities without losing focus
- Position will require in-office and on-site duties.
Your Capabilities and Credentials
- Prior experience working on MTO or City of Ottawa projects is an asset
- Able to work on weekends and nights, as required
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to work well in a team environment
- Proficiency with MS Office
- A valid Ontario driver's license and access to a vehicle
- Detail oriented
Education and Experience
- A Post Secondary degree or diploma in Civil Engineering or Civil Engineering Technology / Technician
- Minimum 4 years experience in engineering/construction working on transportation structures projects
- Either registration as a Professional Engineer or Engineer-in-Training with PEO as a Technician or Technologist with O.A.C.E.T.T.
- Designation as determined by OACETT as a Road Construction Senior Inspector (RCSI) or Road Construction Contract Administration (RCCA) is an asset
This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice. Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.
About Stantec
Stantec empowers clients, people, and communities to rise to the world’s greatest challenges at a time when the world faces more unprecedented concerns than ever before.
We are a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. Our professionals deliver the expertise, technology, and innovation communities need to manage aging infrastructure, demographic and population changes, the energy transition, and more.
Today’s communities transcend geographic borders. At Stantec, community means everyone with an interest in the work that we do—from our project teams and industry colleagues to our clients and the people our work impacts. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what’s previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure.
We are designers, engineers, scientists, project managers, and strategic advisors. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what’s possible.
Stantec trades on the TSX and the NYSE under the symbol STN.