Sr Planning & Control Engineer / Architect (Mérida)

The Merida New Consulate Compound (NCC) includes a new Consulate office building, MCAC, CCAC, SCAC, Utility buildings, Staff, Official, and Visitor Parking, Warehouse, Pool and Cabana. The NCC site is a 7-acre rectangular and generally flat parcel of land within a 60 acre mixed‑use master planned community, including retail, office, residential, and recreational space. The site is a brownfield site as it was a former industrial land for steel manufacturing. It is located approximately 5km from the existing U.S. Consulate in Merida.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Functions as the project architect, providing OBO/Merida a full range of critical architectural and construction quality assurance and management and technical oversight of the Merida NCC Project
• Acts responsible for performing technical inspections, monitoring the contractor's quality control program, and reviewing project drawings and specifications to ensure compliance
• Supports and assists OBO/Merida 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
• 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
• Monitors construction progress vis‑à‑vis the project schedule and submits 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
• 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, evaluates contractor's proposed remedy
• Formulates solutions for the Project Director/Construction Manager
• Works on the construction site to U.S. standards; the incumbent should have current working knowledge of acceptable products and procedures
• Other duties as assigned by the Project Director

MINIMUM SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS

• A current Final Secret, Interim Top Secret or Final Top Secret clearance is required at the time of consideration
• Architecture degree (Bachelor's or above) from an accredited program plus a minimum of 7 years of experience supporting on‑site vertical construction project activities in the field. Please note that additional years of experience are highly desired. Design office experience shall not count toward an employee's experience. Your résumé must clearly demonstrate this required background
• Must be able to read design/construction drawings and be able to understand design narratives and calculations
• Must understand and be able to interpret drawings in their discipline and have an understanding of the principals of their discipline and how it fits in with other disciplines
• Must be able to review shop drawings and submittals from the contractor and determine if coordination with other disciplines is necessary in addition to monitoring on‑going construction work to identify problems or non‑compliance with design or contract specifications

SRC IS A CONTRACTOR FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, THIS POSITION WILL REQUIRE U.S. CITIZENSHIP AS WELL AS, A U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITY CLEARANCE AT THE SECRET LEVEL WITH TOP SECRET ELIGIBILITY.

WORK LOCATION: MERIDA, MEXICO (U.S. CONSULATE)

PROJECT DURATION: 08 MONTHS WITH EXPECTED FOLLOW ON WORK WITHIN THE OBO PROGRAM

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Scientific Research Corporation is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer that does not discriminate in employment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, reli