Construction Administration Coordinator (Landscape)

Dekker is hiring a Construction Administration Associate to join our talented Landscape and Planning team. As passionate and self-driven team members at Dekker, candidates would play a key role in creating inspired experiences for everyone they interact with, backed by support of a firm that has been a staple in the industry for over 60 years.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a liaison between Architects and other CA professionals in our office, to ensure quality and timeliness of all CA tasks within the Landscape Studio for projects that are under construction.
• Contributes to development and improvement of Construction Administrative process with an emphasis on efficiency, accuracy, and quality assurance.
• Conducts field and nursery visits for projects located within the New Mexico region, creating field observation reports, and working with the design team to respond to submittals, RFIs, ASIs and pay applications in a timely manner.
• Represents Dekker in most/all construction progress meetings and builds and maintains favorable working relationships with Client, Contractors, and extended team members.
• Provides oversight for reviews and responses completed by other team members, and actively helps to identify solutions for contractor questions and clarifications needed to keep projects under construction moving forward.
• Informs Project Manager of any major construction issues or changes that incur significant cost/time, owner concerns, and/or tension with General Contractor, etc., immediately.
• Shares lessons learned from the field with project design and quality management teams.
• Identifies and communicates-out project progress, accomplishments, challenges, and support needed to complete responsibilities.

Qualifications

• This is a hybrid work environment with 3 days based in the New Mexico office required, unless on a project site. Tasks may be needed or requested for our Phoenix or El Paso offices as well, so must have flexibility for some travel.
• 3+ years construction administration or site/landscape construction management experience.
• Applicants must be able to comfortably walk around a construction site on a regular basis, and endure the heat, cold, and wind common to the southwest climate.
• Strong knowledge of quality site work construction including playgrounds, pavement systems, fencing/gates, drainage, and synthetic turf. Planting and irrigation experience is a plus.
• Ability to understand trade documents and knowledge of construction terminology.
• Strong construction observation, organization, and communication, skills.
• Ability to monitor and prioritize simultaneous projects that are under construction.
• AutoCAD/Bluebeam/ProCore (or other construction management software) experience required.

Dekker offers competitive benefits and salary packages based on education and experience. For a full list of our benefit options, please visit our careers page.

Dekker is a family of designers, planners, architects, and engineers, intent on creating passion for the built environment through our work. We believe that architecture and design can be transformational and that it must serve more than just a functional role. It should inspire, protect, delight, and empower users and entire communities. We believe the most innovative designs are created through a multi-faceted perspective of places, people, and their processes. Collaboration, empathy, and understanding, combined with passion and expertise can shape our experiences and our environments. We strive to tune our ability to see things through the eyes, hearts, and minds of our clients. If you think your vision, passion, and experience would enhance ours, we’d love to meet you.

EEO: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.