WSP

Construction Manager

WSP • $90K — $120K *
Atlanta, GA 30349In-Person
Real Estate & Construction
5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant experience.
  • 7+ years in construction management or related fields.
  • Experience with 3rd party vendors and contractors.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite; familiarity with software like Procore a plus.
  • Strong organizational and communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Assist Project Manager with tendering, bid reviews, and analysis.
  • Manage construction projects from contract award to completion.
  • Coordinate with contractors and monitor construction activities.
  • Maintain budget and schedule adherence throughout project lifecycle.
  • Document project progress with weekly reports and maintain construction logs.

Benefits

  • Opportunity for extensive local and regional field assignments.
  • Overnight travel opportunities up to 100%.
  • Engagement with multifaceted projects across various building types.
Full Job Description
Job Description

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Full-Time Construction Manager to work out of Atlanta, GA. The successful candidate will have experience providing construction and technical direction on building/facilities construction related projects; and will have experience in construction oversight of small to medium, multi-discipline projects from the time of assignment to commissioning, close-out, and turnover to client.

Your Impact
  • Support the Project Manager in tendering works, bid reviews and bid analysis.
  • Manage construction projects upon award of contracts.
  • Contractor coordination.
  • Budget monitoring & schedule monitoring with adherence to cost and delivery contractual commitments.
  • Construction monitoring and thorough documentation of project delivering a weekly report on project status.
  • Maintain a weekly construction log in a terse, professional format.
  • Record and document significant verbal, telephone, and media messaging.
  • Quality control, documentation and resolution of poor-quality fabrication, installation or materials by general contractors, trade disciplines, and suppliers.
  • Change order control, including detailed knowledge of change and contractual requirements.
  • Job safety, monitoring, and compliance with WSP and USPS's safety, health and environmental (SH&E) requirements.
  • Project start-up meetings and documentation and attendance in meetings including safety program.
  • Manage and assist in responding to RFI's, material and equipment submittals and shop drawings.
  • Interface with the client as required or defined for program.
  • Project turnover of documentation, to include but not limited to; as-built drawings, training manuals, OEM installation/ operation & maintenance manuals.
  • Equipment and systems testing and commissioning.
  • Field assignments are local and regional depending on technical capabilities and desire to travel. Overnight travel is estimated to be up to 100%.
  • Implementation of standards in compliance with USPS/WSP program requirements and seeks guidance and direction from Sr. construction managers in the planning, execution, and delivery of similar project requirements.
  • Possess knowledge of construction processes.
  • Demonstrate construction management skills in the management of integration/coordination of project elements, scope management, time management, cost management, quality assurance, managing changes in priorities and communication management in the generation, collection, dissemination, storage, and ultimate disposition of project information.
  • Ensure that projects are successfully completed on schedule, within the approved budget and in accordance with applicable quality standards and contract requirements.
  • Clear and precise record keeping meeting contract requirements and regulatory requirements.
  • Compliance with all USPS/WSP applicable Environmental, Health and Safety requirements in the performance of the projects.
  • Types of buildings worked with include, but are not limited to offices, light industrial facilities, maintenance facilities.


Who You Are

Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college, or relevant.
  • Experience working with outside 3rd party vendors, suppliers, and contractors.
  • Minimum of 7 years of experience and demonstrated success with construction management or related disciplines.
  • Ability to self-motivate with an entrepreneurial spirit. Proficient in Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, MS Project. Familiar with Blue-Beam, AutoCAD, and project management software such as Procore a plus, but not required (candidate must be willing to learn software as applicable).
  • Experience working with direct and indirect resources, minimum of 5+ years acting in a construction management capacity or supervisory role on light industrial or commercial projects.
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively. Knowledge of environmental, safety and health regulatory compliance. Negotiation and construction management experience/skills.
  • Resourceful, well organized, highly dependable, efficient and detail oriented.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Experience working with technical disciplines.
  • Strong organizational skills.
  • Read, understand, and interpret blueprints, drawings, diagrams, floor plans, shop drawings, specifications, and schedules as they relate to architectural, civil, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, HVAC equipment, & building structures.


Physical Demands
  • Must have the ability to stoop, sit, stand, or be on their feet for extended periods of time and be able to handle standard field-testing equipment.
  • Must have the ability to work in varying environments (office, and field settings),
  • Ability to travel 100%, with potential for overnight stays, or more and work flexible hours.


About WSP

WSP is a Canadian engineering consulting firm that provides services to transform the built environment and restore the natural environment. The firm's expertise ranges from environmental remediation and urban planning, to engineering iconic buildings and designing sustainable transport networks, to developing the energy sources of the future and enabling new ways of extracting essential resources. It has approximately 54,000 employees, including engineers, technicians, scientists, architects, planners, surveyors, program and construction management professionals, and various environmental experts. WSP has offices in more than 40 countries and territories around the world.
Learn more about WSP
Size
54,000 employees
Industry
Technical Services
Founded
1959
* Ladders Estimates

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