The heavy civil project manager provides overall management and direction of 1 or more heavy civil and/or bridge projects by planning, directing, and coordinating construction and financial activities, ensuring safe, on-time, and budget completion. Directly responsible for overall project profit and loss.
This position will be based in eastern North Carolina.
TYPICAL DAILY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES (including but not limited to)
Safety & Risk Management
- Plan work and purchase materials and equipment, ensuring all tasks are carried out in compliance with all safety policies and procedures.
- Attend safety meetings and discuss safety with field management and crews.
- Immediately address and then educate on any unsafe conditions or acts, whether observed or brought to your attention.
- Engage in all tasks with a safety-first mindset. Investigate unsafe conditions and implement corrective measures.
- Abide by the Company's Fleet Driving Policy.
Finance Management
- Establish the project budget based on the estimated information and communication with the estimator.
- Manage procurement process, including labor, equipment, materials, and subcontracts.
- Manage financial contracts, including:
- Invoice review and approval
- Timely billing
- Timely subcontractor and vendor payment
- Monthly Gross Margin Report
- Positive cash flow management
- Coordinate project personnel activities to ensure the project progresses on schedule and stays within or under budget.
- Review submittals, RFIs, and purpose orders.
- Complete subcontracts and purchase orders for the buyout process.
- Obtain all required project permits.
Construction Management
- Develop a schedule to complete the project on time and under budget.
- Create, update, and manage the project schedule with General and Site Superintendents.
- Meet with the project team, including Subcontractors, to outline the work plan and assign duties, responsibilities, and scope of authority.
- Monitor and ensure quality control on the project.
- Develop subcontractor and purchase order scopes.
- Complete project close-out.
Leadership
- Establish a work plan and staffing requirements for each project phase. Work with the Group Manager, General Superintendent, Talent and Acquisition Specialist on project personnel recruitment or assignment.
- Participate in regular owner, subcontractor, and engineer meetings.
- Actively communicate with owners regarding their needs and questions throughout a project.
- Anticipate and solve problems with a positive mindset and focus on solutions.
- Hold yourself to uncompromising standards, personally and professionally.
- Coach, mentor, and train all jobsite personnel.
- Seek out opportunities for continuous improvement; implement new strategies.
- Consistently build strong positive relationships with clients, inspectors, subcontractors, and crews.
- Give ongoing feedback to project members.
- Complete thorough and detailed annual performance reviews for Assistant Project Managers and Project Engineers, providing detailed feedback and setting SMART goals for the next year.
EXPERIENCE & SKILLS
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, or equivalent
- Two (2) years' experience as an Electrical Project Engineer, Superintendent, or Assistant Project Manager
- Experience in construction, finance, design, scheduling, and management required
- Strong working knowledge of Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, AutoCAD, Procore, etc.
- Strong leadership, communication, and people skills
- Maintain a valid driver's license and safe driving record
- Ability to prepare a subcontractor scope of work
- Experience with pricing, purchasing, negotiating, and preparing purchase orders for materials and equipment
- Experience reading and understanding drawings
- Experienced and effective leader with a win-win team focus
- Experienced in motivation, planning, teamwork, collaboration, and conflict-resolution skills
- Safe work or No work mindset; fully committed to safety and jobsite standards, policies, and processes