Commercial Construction - Special Projects Manager

About the role

The Special Projects Manager is responsible for managing and overseeing all special projects, repair requests, and scope walks requested by customers. Working closely with the project team, manages special projects from initial client contact and proposal phases to the hand-off to the field teams through the accounting project close.

Responsibilities

• Complies with the customer’s priority matrix and service level requirements.
• Manages and mentors field resources, subcontractors, and vendors.
• Establishes, maintains, and fosters positive long-term client relationships.
• Led the preconstruction process, which includes site surveys and site walks, subcontractor/vendor selection, and preparation of client proposals.
• Communicates outsourced scopes of work with subcontractors and vendors, negotiates pricing, and works with the Project Team to process subcontract documents or POs.
• Develops and prepares budgets and estimates for all required scopes of work; plans and designates project resources and oversees progress.
• Ensures that all work requests are completed on schedule and updated in customer systems.
• Responsible for managing a designated budget to meet financial expectations and communicating profitability to management.
• Covers acquisition of all required permits.
• Coordinates the management of all subcontracts, vendor POs, and change orders.
• Serves as a responsible leader, through the direction and guidance of the Company, to ensure all safety requirements for assigned projects are upheld, adhering to all aspects of our Health, Safety, and Environmental Program, both for self-protection and for the protection of co-workers, subcontractors, the public, and customer representatives.

Requirements

• 2 - 5 years experience with related project management experience or equivalent.
• Strong technical knowledge and experience in General Building, Plumbing, Electrical, Kitchen Equipment, and HVAC/Refrigeration commercial construction trades.
• Provide customer focus, always considering the impact on our customer and their customers.
• Demonstrates strong written and verbal communication skills with all levels of the project.
• Preconstruction process experience, including site surveys and site walks, subcontractor/vendor selection, and preparation of budgets and client proposals.
• Scheduling, purchasing, estimating experience, managing personnel, vendors, and subcontractors.
• Able to deal with frequent changes, delays, or unexpected events and communicate accordingly.
• Must have a flexible schedule and be willing to work some nights and weekends as needed.
• Able to read and understand plans and specifications.
• Able to assess problems and create a scope of work for solutions.
• Proficient with computers and familiar with Microsoft software suite.
• Experience with Microsoft Project is preferred.
• Experience with PlanGrid and Bluebeam is a plus.
• Demonstrates attention to detail, creative problem-solving, and analytical skills.
• Able to identify a need, remove barriers, and use knowledge to make things happen.
• Values diversity of ideas, opinions, and people.
• Has common sense and applied logic.

Skills

• Customer focus
• Preconstruction process experience
• Site surveys and site walks
• Subcontractor/vendor selection
• Preparation of budgets and client proposals
• Scheduling, purchasing, estimating experience
• Managing personnel, vendors, and subcontractors
• Dealing with frequent changes, delays, or unexpected events
• Reading and understanding plans and specifications
• Assessing problems and creating a scope of work for solutions
• Proficiency with computers and Microsoft software suite
• Experience with Microsoft Project
• Experience with PlanGrid and Bluebeam
• Attention to detail
• Creative problem-solving
• Analytical skills
• Identifying needs and removing barriers
• Using knowledge to make things happen
• Valuing diversity
• Common sense and applied logic

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental HMO and PPO insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life/AD&D insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts – Unreimbursed Medical and Dependent Care
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Vacation and Sick Time
• Holidays