Construction - Project Manager

Description

Plan, direct and coordinate activities of designated Steel construction projects. Make sure goals are achieved in a timely manner and within budget by performing duties personally or through subordinate supervisors. Manage budgeting and scheduling. Administer contracts, buyout, documentation, meetings, billings, change conditions, labor productivity, cost control and project closeout.

Role Responsibilities

• Manage and supervise day-to-day operations of staff teams on assigned projects.
• Initiate, review, and oversee required project administration and documentation to avoid claims and protect the best interest of RK Industries, Inc. and our client.
• Ensure contract agreements are expeditiously secured, reviewed, processed, and executed.
• Review, edit, finalize and distribute project budget.
• Conduct pre-construction turnover meetings for all assigned projects.
• Ensure required permits and/or licenses are obtained and posted.
• Coverage of required project scheduling.
• Cook up and procure required materials and equipment with the purchasing agent, emphasizing a buyout plan to meet, or improve on, established schedule dates and budget costs.
• Negotiate and prepare subcontract agreements, process and execute them.
• Set up, monitor, and update project scheduling.
• Coordinate required procurement of materials and equipment with purchasing agent, with emphasis on buyout plan to meet, or improve on, established schedule dates and budget costs.
• Ensure required submittal review, processing, and approvals, and submittal logs are set-up and maintained.
• Develop, submit, and obtain approval of billing schedule of values.
• Maintain an over-billed cash position, and request retention release bill-down/payments.
• Collect payments, progress billing, and retention receivables, on or before due dates.
• Price, negotiate, and process change condition and change order work.
• Ensure assigned projects are properly staffed with appropriate field forces. This includes: 1) reviewing, updating, and approving labor resource loading; and 2) labor productivity.
• Oversee tools and rental equipment use on all assigned projects. Ensure that any tools and rental equipment not required, or not being utilized, are returned immediately.
• Responsible for overall financial performance of all assigned projects, including continual cost control, management, and forecasting.
• Prepare accurately, and submit on time, all required project monthly contract valuations.
• Review, approve, and process all subcontractor and supplier invoices.

Qualifications

• Project Manager: Independent decision making. Responsible for a single department or functional area either as a manager or functional expert. Initiates and maintains relationships with key staff and other departments. Makes authoritative decisions and recommendations having important impact on activities of the company. Demonstrates a high degree of creativity, foresight, and mature judgment in anticipating and solving unprecedented complexities. Determines program objectives and requirements, organizing programs and projects and developing standards and guidelines for diverse activities. Proven specialist expertise, typically 10+ years of experience, including fiscal responsibilities. College/university graduate or equivalent combination of skills or equivalent combination and experience generally expected for specified technical roles.
• Assistant Project Manager: Indirect supervision. Requires the use of advanced techniques and knowledge within his/her function. Applies diversified knowledge of applicable principles and practices to a broad variety of assignments. Makes decisions independently regarding complexities and methods. Supervision and guidance related largely to overall objectives, critical issues, new concepts, and policy matters. Liaison to groups within and outside of his/her organization with responsibility to act independently regarding matters pertaining to his/her function. College/University graduate with 7 years relevant experience or equivalent combination of skills and experience generally expected for specified technical roles.

Minimum Physical Requirements And Accountability

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to: stand, sit, talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone, and a variety of office equipment. Occasionally may need to reach, stoop, or kneel.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision requirements due to computer work.