Job Type
Full-time
Description
Position Title: Project Manager
Department: Project Management
Position Summary The Project Manager is responsible for the planning, directing, budget coordination, safety, and activities associated with construction projects. Participate in the conceptual development of a construction project and oversee its organization, scheduling, and implementation.
ContactsFrequent contact with trade workers, Superintendents, Estimators, Project Managers, office staff, customers, and members of the public.
Functions, Duties and Responsibilities- Plan and coordinate the full construction process from preconstruction through closeout.
- Assist in project estimating including quantity take-offs, bid invitations, and subcontractor proposal review for completeness and conformance of project requirements.
- Create preliminary design and construction schedules through the project planning process.
- Execute Subcontractor Purchase Orders within established budget parameters.
- Work with Superintendents and Foremen to plan, organize, and direct activities concerned with construction projects.
- Establish project objectives, policies, procedures, and performance standards within boundaries of company policy and contract specifications. Confer with Superintendents and Foremen to discuss such matters as work procedures, complaints, and construction problems.
- Initiate and maintain liaison with Owners and other contacts to facilitate project activities.
- Monitor and control project through administrative direction of Superintendent to ensure project is completed on schedule and within budget.
- Investigate potentially serious situations and implement corrective measures.
- Represent company in project progress and safety meetings.
- Work with Contract Administrator to manage financial aspects of contracts to protect company's interest and simultaneously maintain good relationship with the customer.
- May requisition supplies and materials to complete project.
- Interpret and explain plans and contract terms to administrative staff, workers, and clients.
- Formulate reports concerning such areas as work progress, costs, and scheduling.
- Work with Superintendents to assign workers to construction sites to work on specified projects.
- Assist with the construction close-out phase and project evaluation.
- Must be able to perform other job-related duties as assigned.
Requirements
Education, Experience and Knowledge- Bachelors or equivalent degree/experience combination.
- Knowledge of administration, management, construction materials, methods, and tools.
- Knowledge of safety and security issues and regulations.
- Excellent mathematical skills, including application and use in problem-solving.
- Ability to coordinate own and others' actions, manage own time and manage personnel resources.
- Strong understanding and expression of written and verbal English sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
- Sensitivity to problems; ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong.
- High degree of accuracy and exactness is extremely important in the performance of this job.
- To accomplish work activities, the Project Manager must be able to coordinate or lead employees among different levels of the organization.
- Assume responsibility for work outcomes and results of other workers.
- Computer Skills: proficiency in using the internet to research information, as well as MS Outlook, MS Excel, MS Word, MS Project, Procore, and Sage Timberline.
