Freemanwhite

Senior Project Manager - Water/Wastewater

Freemanwhite$90K — $120K *
Real Estate & Construction
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in construction, design, or management
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering or construction management preferred
  • Proven track record in managing multiple complex projects simultaneously
  • Strong knowledge of estimating, construction methods, and engineering technology
  • Excellent project management competencies, particularly in team leadership

Responsibilities

  • Lead and direct project teams, ensuring successful execution of large, complex projects
  • Oversee field management, ensuring compliance with quality and safety standards
  • Control project documentation, including submittals and RFIs
  • Develop and maintain project schedules through effective planning and coordination
  • Manage project budgets and financials to ensure profitability and cash flow optimization
  • Establish procurement strategies and manage subcontractor relations to minimize risks
  • Foster effective client relations, maintaining clear communication throughout the project lifecycle.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for career development and advancement
  • Engagement in innovative and high-quality project delivery
  • Collaborative work culture grounded in team values
  • Support for professional development through mentoring
  • Commitment to safety and high ethical standards in the workplace.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Scope of Position

 

Leadsand directsaprojectteam, has a proven record of successful projects and management of large, complex projects or multiple projects while overseeing the work of one or more project managers.The Senior Project Manager hasan advanced level ofproficiencywith allproject managementcompetenciesspecifically project team leadership.

 

Job Responsibilities

  • Field Management, Safety, and Quality: Reviews and monitors project progress,qualityand safety. Ensures that Haskell safety policies are enforced with commitment from all subcontractors.Complieswithquality requirements to meet established qualityobjectives. Works with Superintendent to ensure the project isbeing completedper all project requirements.Monitors the Risk Register and QIP fortimelycoordination of quality inspections/events and mitigating riskidentifiedat projectinception.
  • Document Control: Ensures submittal control, including scheduling, receiving, reviewing, approving and expediting submittals from suppliers and subcontractors to comply with progress schedule. Ensures RFIs are handled appropriately, and drawings and specifications are maintained.
  • Scheduling: Plans, sequences, and schedules the project with input from the superintendent and subcontractors, in accordance with the prime contract key dates. Directs the project schedule, conducts job site meetings and assists with preparation of updated schedules.
  • Financial Management: Responsible for project cost control including updating of labor projections, financial logs (contingency, buyout, change orders, etc), cost reports and project status summaries. Responsible to understand the expected project fee and to manage the project budget to ensure profitability. Prepares Owner requisitions for payment and other required project invoicing. Maximizes project cash flow through invoicing and collections. Manages payments to subcontractors and vendors, including reviewing and approving schedules of value, pay requisitions, invoices and required insurance coverage.
  • Procurement and Commitments: Responsible for establishing the procurement strategy, for preparing bid packages and invitation to bid inquiries, receiving and analyzing bids, qualifying subcontractors, and awarding subcontracts and material purchase orders. Ensures procurement strategy commitments are in line with established budgets with any significant variances are reported to supervisor. Responsible for creating commitments that identify scope, are of the correct type, to minimize risk. Works with Prequalification Department to qualify subcontractor and obtain approvals. Implements risk mitigation strategies as outlined within the completed Subcontractor Risk Evaluation (SRE).
  • Estimating: Prepares detailed estimates, cost code input, and cost control systems.
  • Project Lifecycle Management: Effectively monitors and manages the key project indicators throughout the life cycle of the project, such as, safety, scope, quality, time and cost. Directs the project start-up strategy and organization and adjusts as needed for a successful project outcome.
  • Project Team Leadership: Sets the vision for the project and integrates project with business objectives. Provides leadership to the project team and helps execute the plan, solves problems and removes roadblocks Provides leadership to the project team and maintains a healthy project team culture focusing on the Haskell core values. Divides, delegates, and supervises the execution of all project management tasks.
  • Scope and Change Management: Monitors proper notice and documents changes and prepares and secures owner acceptance of contract change orders. Issues modifications to subcontracts and purchase orders after owner acceptance and updates budget in summary cost report.
  • Risk Management: Identifies, assesses and evaluates risks to the project using various available tools. Understands prime contract requirements and terms and conditions within subcontract agreements.
  • Subcontractor/Vendor Management: Communicates performance requirements and manages subcontractor and supplier performance issues including documentation, default notices and replacement, if necessary.
  • Design Coordination: Participates in design review meetings and provides input regarding constructability, as well as scope and cost changes. Monitors the progress of design documents and design budget. Directs requirements of governing authorities for permits, inspections and final approval of the project with A/E.
  • Client Relations: Effectively manages client relations, including progress meetings, correspondence, periodic reports, change orders, and response to client inquiries and directives.
  • Project Development: Partners with project directors in responding to RFPs including the preparation of conceptual estimates, schedules and other proposal documents. Participates in client presentations if required.
  • Staffing: Works with director of construction and construction core personnel to establish job organization including superintendent and PCE requirements.
  • Personnel Development: Actively involved with the development of construction personnel through mentoring and on-the-job training; to include performance management. Sets clear expectations for each team member and defines their role.
  • Project Communications: Establishes and maintains project communication plan.
  • Travel as required.
  • Other duties which may be assigned as needed.
  • Supervises others.

Education & Years of Experience

 

Bachelors degree in engineering or construction management or equivalentpreferred,plus 10 years ormore ofexperience in construction,designor management.

 

Qualifications

  • Expertisein managing resources, including budgets,schedulesand materials in an environment of multiple, competing demands
  • Knowledge of estimating, construction methods, engineering, equipment and technology
  • Excellent understanding of safety procedures
  • Excellent organizational, supervisory, communication, collaboration and analytical skills
  • Ability to travel per project requirements

FoundationalCompetencies

  • Strategy 6 Planning for the Future: Developing talent, organizational alignment, strategic networking, and strategic thinking.
  • Delivery-Achieving Results: Analytical thinking, problem solving and decision making, results driven, flexible thinking, managing resources,teamworkand team leadership.
  • Interpersonal-Building Relationships: Customer focus, influencing, negotiating, organizationalknowledge, communication and presence, and diversity and inclusion.

Values

  • Team: Collaborate anddemonstraterespect for team members,partnersand everyone with whom we do business;ensureopen communication.
  • Excellence: Strive for quality and safety; execute best in classwork; creative and innovative; dedicatedtocontinuous improvement.
  • Service: Passionate about customer servicetointernal and externalclients as well as to thecommunity;creates superior value.
  • Trust: High standardsof ethics and personal accountability; transparency; credibility; fairness.

EnvironmentalFactors and Physical Requirements

 

While performing the duties of this job, team members may be required to visit alternate locations and therefore must have ordinary ambulatory skills sufficient to do so. This position requires the ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and manipulate (lift, carry, move) light to medium weights of 10-50 pounds. Requires good hand-eye coordination, arm, hand, and finger dexterity, including ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard, operate equipment and read application/form information. The team member is frequently required to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear.  

 

About Freemanwhite

Freemanwhite is an architecture, engineering, and design firm that provides services to healthcare, science and technology, and higher education clients. The company was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. Freemanwhite has completed over 10,000 projects in 49 states and 20 countries. The firm's services include architecture, interior design, engineering, planning, and sustainability consulting. Freemanwhite is committed to sustainable design and has completed over 100 LEED certified projects. The company has received numerous awards for its work, including the American Institute of Architects (AIA) National Healthcare Design Award.
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