Senior Project Manager - Heavy Civil Construction

Position Summary:

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for one larger job and/or multiple smaller jobs and primary responsibility and accountability for the financial, schedule, quality and safety objectives for the project under their supervision. Primary responsibilities include contract administration, scheduling, planning, cost control and coordination with jobsite supervision to ensure that projects are constructed safely in accordance with design, budget, and schedule. Coordinates with Superintendent regarding labor, equipment, subcontractors and material suppliers, as well as coordinates construction means and methods and scheduling to achieve efficiency and cost effectiveness. The Sr. Project Manager is also responsible for building effective relationships and problem solving with the owners, subcontractors and vendors. Is responsible for developing the project team, specifically Project Manager and Project Engineers as assigned.

Responsibilities/Functions

• Ensures that all projects are performed safely while meeting the budget, schedule, quality standards and design specifications.
• Ensures that project controls are setup, maintained and audited for project; accounting, material clearance, safety, schedule, material requisition….
• Is responsible for timely and accurate written submittals, schedules and budgets.
• Is responsible for project reviews and problem resolution with owners, subcontractors and suppliers.
• Ensures that project billing is done in a timely manner & follows up on collections issues.
• In conjunction with the Project superintendent manages labor, equipment, subcontractors, and material suppliers.
• Directs pre-job planning including pre-job turnover, planning meetings and lessons learned.
• Ensures that project schedules are created and maintained by monitoring and reviewing critical path dates and milestone schedules.
• Acts as an interface between the company and the owner.
• Ensures that project budgets are properly set up, sets up cost codes, maintains project quantities and conducts monthly forecasts of the cost report.
• Actively & continually monitors project budgets to insure they are met.
• Makes & implements recommendations to improve budgets and schedules based on monitoring & evaluation.
• Ensures that all projects meet Quality Control standards
• Manages the activities of subs and suppliers
• Authorizes subcontractor and supplier payment approvals.
• Leads claim and change order activities, recognize, prepare, negotiate and process.
• Prepare Subcontracts and Purchase Orders and properly mitigates risk.
• Ensures that foremen and superintendents understand all subcontracts and purchase orders.
• Ensures that foreman and superintendents understand the scope of work for Fay, S&B USA Construction its subcontractors and vendors.
• Leads project reviews and problem resolution with the owners, subcontractors & suppliers.
• Maintains a positive professional working relationship with owners, subcontractors and vendors.
• Ensures that job close-out functions are completed in a timely manner.
• Provides assistance to the estimating department as needed.
• Manages & develops Project Managers & Engineers assigned to their projects.
• Other duties as assigned by management

Essential Skills and Experience

• A bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or Construction Management, or equivalent work experience required.
• Design Build experience preferred.
• A minimum of ten years field experience in Demolition, Heavy Civil and/or Heavy Highway or Marine/Pile Driving construction project engineering to insure sufficient knowledge of field operational issues preferred.
• Extensive experience in project budget and schedule management preferred.
• Experience in estimating preferred.
• Ability to interact and communicate effectively with others including oral presentations to clients preferred.
• Strong problem solving & analytical ability is required.
• Computer literacy required including Microsoft Office, P6, Suretrak and HCSS preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to perform in high-stress situations.
• Demonstrated leadership skills.