Construction Project Manager

PAY COMMENSURATE WITH EXPERIENCE

SUMMARY: The Project Manager is responsible for coordinating and managing the team of architects, engineers, and field personnel necessary to complete quality construction projects on time and on budget, and is dedicated to client satisfaction, to maximizing the profitability of every project. Specific duties encompass all phases of construction – from initial meetings with potential clients, through management of the design process and the construction phase, and beyond contract completion, to client follow-up. This position will report to the Sr. Vice President, Operations.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Project Pursuit

• Develop relationships with clients, consultants, and contractors.
• Maintain relationships with existing clients and work with development team to make presentations and sales efforts to potential clients.
• Provide scheduling, budgets, and technical knowledge in response to early meetings with clients.
• Provide budgets to assist with outlining types of construction.

Design / Preconstruction

• Review the construction contract and/or lease documents to understand the obligations of Lauth as they pertain to design, budget, schedule and other construction related issues.
• Ensure that the design work of the Architect, Engineers and various design/build subcontractors is proceeding as scheduled and is in coordination with each other’s design work.
• Challenge the design and architectural schemes by utilizing technical expertise and experience; use Value Engineering to produce a better building, which can be delivered more quickly and more economically
• Ensure that the design meets or exceeds the intent of the Construction contract documents and or lease, Specifications, and Owner’s intent.
• Review costs and provide budgets which form the basis for Value Engineering.
• Provide a schedule which efficiently and cost-effectively satisfies the criteria of cost, quality, and timing.
• Coordinate the design process and governmental approvals.
• Conduct subcontractor and material supplier bidding.
• Negotiate and prepare contracts with chosen subcontractors for all aspects of the work.
• Develop cost comparison between actual and budget costs; prepare explanation of any differences.

Planning

• Promote a team relationship with the Project Superintendent and work closely to achieve required project results.
• From the project execution plan, develop a construction schedule that will incorporate any owner special conditions or milestone dates that will allow a successful completion of the construction effort.
• Incorporate Subcontractor and supplier information into the master schedule. Finalize the master project schedule and issue for construction.
• Produce a status reports outlining progress, critical issues, bid summary and schedule status and distribute to leadership.

Construction Management

• Administer all construction contracts.
• Secure properly executed subcontracts, purchase orders, insurance certificates, bonds and other documents as necessary.
• Process and review shop drawings, samples, etc. and present to client or architect for final approval.
• Provide all information setup for Project Management software and utilize all required management tasks as listed in the Operations Manual.
• Maintain and review weekly project status reports, job profit and cash position report as the work progresses and update as necessary.
• Meet with the Superintendent on a bi-weekly basis to ascertain project billing status and process and approve invoices and applications for payment from suppliers and subcontractors in a timely fashion.
• Provide Superintendent with copies of all project related information including, current drawings, submittals, product data, color schedules, door and hardware schedules, subcontract agreements and project correspondence.
• Conduct a weekly project meeting with an agenda to include project safety, coordination of subcontractors, productivity, progress reporting, change order issues, scheduling of evolutions of work, or any other project related concerns.
• Conduct site safety inspections on a regular basis along with the Superintendent.
• Resolve technical and contractual problems on site with assistance from Superintendent and supervisor (if necessary).
• Review schedule on a weekly basis with superintendent to measure progress and set targets. Challenge Superintendent, subcontractors, archite…