Construction Project Manager (73881)
About the role
The Project Manager is responsible for planning, coordinating, and managing commercial waterproofing, façade restoration, concrete repair, and building-envelope projects from preconstruction through final closeout. This position is accountable for project safety, financial performance, scheduling, procurement, documentation, quality, client communication, and overall project execution. The Project Manager works closely with Estimators, Operations Managers, Superintendents, Foremen, field crews, subcontractors, suppliers, consultants, engineers, property managers, and general contractors.
Responsibilities
Project Planning and Startup: Manage commercial waterproofing, façade restoration, concrete repair, and building-envelope projects from award through final completion. Review project contracts, proposals, estimates, drawings, specifications, schedules, exclusions, qualifications, and scope requirements. Coordinate the transition of awarded projects from estimating to operations. Develop project execution plans, budgets, schedules, procurement plans, and staffing requirements. Identify project risks, access requirements, logistical challenges, long-lead materials, and critical schedule activities. Conduct project kickoff meetings with internal teams and field leadership. Ensure Superintendents, Foremen, and field crews understand the project scope, production expectations, schedule, safety requirements, and quality standards. Coordinate required permits, submittals, product data, samples, mock-ups, warranties, and manufacturer approvals. Confirm that all required contracts, certificates of insurance, purchase orders, subcontracts, and project documentation are in place before work begins.
Project Execution: Oversee the day-to-day management of multiple active construction projects. Coordinate closely with Superintendents and Foremen regarding manpower, production, materials, equipment, access, and jobsite conditions. Maintain project schedules and communicate upcoming activities, milestones, delays, and schedule changes. Ensure field teams have the approved drawings, specifications, materials, tools, equipment, and information required to perform the work. Conduct regular jobsite visits to review project progress, safety, quality, productivity, organization, and client expectations. Monitor work performed by field crews, subcontractors, and suppliers. Coordinate project logistics, including deliveries, staging, site access, tenant protection, traffic control, lifts, scaffolding, rigging, and suspended access. Identify and resolve field issues that may affect safety, schedule, quality, cost, or client satisfaction. Escalate significant project risks and operational concerns to the Operations Manager or General Manager. Ensure projects are completed according to contract documents, manufacturer requirements, industry standards, and company quality expectations.
Financial and Job-Cost Management: Maintain responsibility for project budgets, costs, gross margins, billing, collections, and financial forecasting. Review job-cost reports, labor costs, material expenses, subcontractor costs, equipment charges, and committed costs. Update project forecasts and projected final margins accurately and consistently. Identify cost overruns, productivity issues, and margin risks and develop corrective action plans. Prepare and submit accurate, timely project billings and supporting documentation. Monitor accounts receivable and assist with the collection of outstanding balances. Review and approve purchase orders, subcontractor invoices, supplier invoices, expense reports, and project-related costs. Ensure costs are coded accurately and assigned to the correct project and cost category. Track underbilling, overbilling, retainage, approved change orders, and pending change-order exposure. Participate in monthly work-in-progress and project financial review meetings. Maintain complete financial documentation to support project performance and closeout.
Change Orders and Contract Administration: Identify scope changes, unforeseen conditions, delays, and additional work outside the original contract. Prepare, price, submit, negotiate, and track change-order proposals. Ensure additional work is documented and authorized before proceeding whenever possible. Track time-and-material work, labor hours, equipment usage, materials, and supporting field documentation. Prepare and manage requests for information, submittals, notices, project correspondence, and contractual documentation. Review contract requirements and ensure compliance with notice provisions, schedule obligations, and documentation requirements. Maintain accurate records of client decisions, field directives, delays, and scope changes. Coordinate with estimating, operations, and field leadership to develop accurate change-order pricing. Ensure approved change orders are added to project budgets, schedules, billing, and forecasts.
Safety and Quality: Promote and enforce compliance with OSHA regulations, company safety policies, site-specific plans, and client requirements. Partner with field leadership and safety personnel to ensure work is properly planned and executed. Verify that fall protection, scaffolding, rigging, aerial lifts, swing stages, silica controls, and respiratory-protection requirements are addressed. Ensure project teams complete required daily reports, toolbox talks, pre-task plans, and safety documentation. Support incident investigations and ensure corrective actions are implemented. Monitor installation quality and compliance with plans, specifications, approved submittals, manufacturer instructions, and