Transportation Assistant (Office) at Quinn Consulting Service, Inc. in Greensburg, Pennsylvania

Job Description:

Quinn Consulting Service, Inc.

Description:

The primary focus of this office trainee position is to provide documentation oversight through verification and recordkeeping. Secondary duties include field work training to provide oversight of contractor's work efforts by ensuring quality control and contract compliance for roadway, structure, and bridge construction/maintenance projects of routine to moderate complexity, under the direction of a Transportation Construction Supervisor (TCIS), Construction Manager or designee.

Requirements:

Duties/Responsibilities:

Detailed responsibilities include but are not limited to the performance of duties in the following areas:

· Maintenance of detailed inspection records.

· Preparation of payments to contractor through estimate generation and review.

· Maintain project records including daily Project Site Activity (PSA) reports, materials notebooks, as-built plans, pay quantity records, and monthly estimates.

· Review and monitor Equal Employment Opportunity/Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) documentation and compliance with Federal labor requirements/regulations for Federal-aid construction projects, ensuring contractor compliance with program requirements.

· Perform and document required materials testing.

· Able to communicate with the client, contractor personnel and the general public in a professional and courteous manner.

· Application of mathematical formulas including algebra, geometry, and basic trigonometry.

· Inspect and monitor contractual field work including excavation, drainage facilities, roadway surfaces, and structures.

· Report contractor's daily operations.

· Take field measurements of pay items.

· Review placement of and witness tests associated with the quality control of construction materials.

· Review line, grade, dimension, and elevation parameters.

· Oversee and enforce the installation of appropriate erosion and sediment controls.

· Oversee and enforce the installation of highway work zones and traffic control devices.

Requires Skills and Abilities:

The successful Transportation Assistant (Office) candidate is expected to be proficient in and possess knowledge and experience with basic computer/iPad fundamentals of operation. Familiarity with the following software programs is preferred:

· Word

· Excel

· PowerPoint

· SharePoint

· Adobe

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Education and Experience:

High School Diploma or GED

Work Environment

This job is performed in an office environment and or transportation construction job sites. This role routinely uses field and standard office equipment such as computers, tablets, phones, photocopiers, digital cameras, filing cabinets, nuclear gauges, surveying tools, and other field-testing equipment materials.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; climb, drive; use hands; and reach with hands and arms.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are typically Monday through Friday. Weekends and flexible hours are possible.

Travel

Most assignments do not require more than an hour of travel to and from job sites. However, some assignments will require extensive regional travel each day and others could require staying out of town overnight if distance to job site is greater than 90 miles from home.

Benefits

· Bonus eligibility per Company Employee Bonus Program for fiscal year.

· Medical, dental, short-term disability, long term disability, life insurances, per the company plan eligible on date of hire.

· Eligible for the company 401(k) plan following 12 months of active employment & 1,000 hours of work.

· 401(k) immediate vesting of matching funds.

· Two weeks paid vacation in accordance with the company policy.

· Personal Time Off per the company policy.

· Paid holidays are provided per the company policy.

Work Authorization/Security Clearance (if applicable)

Must be eligible to work in the U.S.

AAP/EEO Statement

QCS is committed to equal opportunity. We will not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on any legally recognized basis including, but not limited to: veteran status, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information or any other protected class under federal, state or local law.

QCS has been and will continue to be an equal opportunity employer a per AAP outlined in employee handbook.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

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Salary:

$20.00

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