| Location | Houston, Texas |
| Job Type | Full-time |
Reports to: Senior Project Manager, Project Executive, Director of Operations, or Vice President of Operations
FLSA Status: Full-Time, Salaried-Exempt
Normal Working Hours – Field: 7 am to 3:30 pm, or Office: 8 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday, plus additional hours as required for completing project duties
Position Objective:Oversee and manage project budgets, schedules, and administration of commercial construction projects with an emphasis on K-12 educational facilities, bond programs, campus additions, renovations, and new school construction. Experience working with Texas school districts is preferred.
Responsibilities:• Manage projects within active K-12 campuses while maintaining safety, security, and minimal disruption to school operations.
• Coordinate construction activities around academic calendars, testing schedules, summer programs, and campus events.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with school district representatives, facilities departments, bond program managers, and campus administrators.
• Lead planning and execution of phased construction, renovations, and additions in occupied educational environments.
• Coordinate campus logistics, student safety measures, temporary facilities, and traffic management plans as required.
• Ensure compliance with school district standards, educational specifications, and bond program reporting requirements.
• Participate in community, board, and owner presentations as needed.
• Manage relationships with clients, architects, design teams, subcontractors, etc., while developing a list of project requirements: bonds, certificates of insurance, schedule of values, Subcontractor lists, submittals and shop drawings, product samples, product data, mix designs, closeout documents, etc. for submittal to Architect/Owner as required.
• Learn and utilize ProCore Converge as the primary project management tool/software to track all aspects of the project including RFI’s, submittals, contracts, change orders, etc.
• Perform constructability reviews on project plans and specifications and assist the Estimating team with development of design progress budgets.
• Coordinate project turnover with Estimating to include reviewing scopes, thorough analysis of bidders, and preparing all subcontracts and purchase orders.
• Prepare and maintain project budgets
• Review and become familiar with owner contracts, all contract drawings, specifications, addenda, alternates, etc.
• Coordinate, schedule, and facilitate all pre-construction meetings
• Create, monitor, track, and update progress schedule with Superintendent
• Issue complete approved set of documents to Superintendent, including addenda, ASI’s, PR’s, submittals, etc. –
posting to official record set of drawings.
• Obtain building permits, track inspections, and certificates of occupancy.
• Obtain Storm Water Plan (SWPPP) from Civil Engineer – coordinating submittal of notice of intent (NOI) and notice of termination (NOT) to Texas Commission of Environmental Quality (TCEQ).
• Review, monitor, and coordinate all approvals of shop drawings and submittals – checking for contract conformance in conjunction with Superintendent.
• Assist the project team in obtaining temporary utilities and facilities – composing any requests for temporary electricity, water, phone, etc.
• Obtain and review testing laboratory reports and taking action for non-compliant test results.
• Generate estimates and proposals for change orders or contract changes
• Monitor and process all change orders, including creation of documents for Accounting and Subcontractors and distribution to all.
• Prepare cost to complete projections and all documentation for monthly Accounting review meetings
• Review and track any reports and/or logs required by specifications – ASI, RFI, PR logs.
• Monitor the delivery of items provided by major vendors and subcontractors
• Coordinate, attend, and facilitate all project meetings and final inspections – generating agenda and meeting minutes for distribution.
• Write, distribute, and close all items in pre-substantial completion punch list in conjunction with Superintendent.
• Prepare and submit all required project close-out submittals and warranties, including signed transmittal of acceptance of such items.
• Compile and archive all job data upon completion of project
• Review final costs at completion of project with Estimating and Accounting departments for historical data
• Create schedule of values and provide to Architect/Owner for approval for billing
• Compile and submit timely monthly pay requests to Architect/Owner – following up with Owner for prompt payment.
• Approve all pay requests and billings from subcontractors and suppliers – accounts payable and accounts receivable
• Track all warranty items on completed projects
• Mentor and train Assistant Project Manager on their job duties
• Assisting Superintendent as required
• Complete training requirements as assigned
• Additional duties as required
• Bachelor’s Degree in Construction Science, Construction Engineering Technology, Construction Management or related field
• OSHA 30 certification
Preferred:
• Minimum 3 to 5 years managing K-12 educational projects preferred
• Experience with occupied campus projects, school additions, renovations, and new ground-up school construction strongly preferred
• Experience working with Texas school districts and bond-funded programs preferred
• Confined Space, CPR/AED/First Aid, Defensive Driving certifications preferred
Skills:• Excellent reading and writing skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Proven problem-solving skills
• Strong computer application skills and ability to utilize Microsoft Office Suite and applicable project management software