Nebraska Project Manager

About the role

This is a hands-on, accountability-driven Project Manager role responsible for owning construction projects from award through closeout. Success in this role is measured by schedule reliability, cost predictability, subcontractor performance, field leadership, and documentation discipline.

Responsibilities

• Minimum 5+ years of construction project management experience.
• Direct responsibility for monthly cost forecasting.
• Regular field-based leadership experience.
• Lead the buyout process to ensure timely Subcontract executions and procurement.
• Lead OAC and subcontractor meetings without senior management intervention.
• Maintain accurate project documentation (RFIs, submittals, change events, meeting minutes, etc.).
• Spend consistent, meaningful time in the field driving high-quality production and addressing necessary corrective actions.
• Lead all aspects of the company’s safety culture and create awareness by demonstrating commitment to an injury-free environment through individual actions and mentoring others.
• Investigate safety incidents, hold team accountable, and retrain staff as needed.
• Create project schedule with assistance from the Project Superintendent; gather input from project team.
• Provide ongoing identification of potential schedule impacts including scope, weather, manpower and changes, and facilitate mitigation plans for these impacts.
• Develop and update project schedule on weekly basis as necessary for construction activities.
• Manage materials, labor, and procurement logs to ensure appropriate resources are available to meet the project schedule.
• Utilize SmartPM Scheduling analytics to review critical health of your assigned projects at least every 14 days. Identify issues and work with project team to correct those issues prior to next schedule update.
• Attend all stages of the project start-up process for assigned projects. Schedule and drive assigned portions of process, including post-meeting tasks.
• Engage with various parties of the project including but not limited to subcontractors, owner, field, design team, vendors, etc.
• Complete monthly subcontractor and owner pay application process.
• Provide appropriate written documentation for various aspects of the project such as budget, schedule, legal, quality, and/or safety.
• Ensure that a current set of drawings and specifications is maintained with all RFIs and updated drawing sheets posted in a timely fashion.
• Employ current best practices for documentation requirements.
• Prepare monthly cost and margin forecast with input from Superintendent and review with the Project Team.
• Regularly review costs relative to the budget and highlight discrepancies.
• Lead overall project closeout process using best practice standards, tools, and processes such as the close-out punch list, financials, subcontracts, warranties, etc.
• Meet monthly with Senior Project Manager to review project status, budget, schedule, and all deviations.
• Provide consistent oversight, developmental guidance, and training for Project Engineers while taking accountability for their performance.
• Resolve problems amongst all subcontractors and vendors.
• Identify deficient work and provide resolution.
• Assist in the performance reviews of Project Engineers, Project Administrators, Superintendents, and other employees, as assigned.

Qualifications

• OSHA 10 Certified.
• Ability to perform work accurately and completely, and in a timely manner.
• Communication skills, verbal and written (Advanced).
• Proficiency in MS Office (Intermediate), proficiency in project management and accounting software such as Procore and Sage300 (Advanced), proficiency in scheduling software (Advanced).
• Thorough knowledge of project processes and how each supports the successful completion of a project.
• Ability to build relationships with team members that transcend a project.
• Ability to manage budgets, maximize profitability and generate future work through building relationships.
• Ability to build relationships and collaborate within a team, internally and externally.

Skills

• Ability to make decisions, confront issues early, and operate independently with limited escalation.
• Ability to apply fundamentals of the means and methods of construction management to projects.
• Ability to lead the buyout process to ensure timely Subcontract executions and procurement.
• Ability to lead OAC and subcontractor meetings without senior management intervention.
• Ability to lead all aspects of the company’s safety culture and create awareness by demonstrating commitment to an injury-free environment through individual actions and mentoring others.
• Ability to investigate safety incidents, hold team accountable, and retrain staff as needed.
• Ability to lead the creation of project schedules and identify potential schedule impacts.
• Ability to manage materials, labor, and procurement logs to ensure appropriate resources are available to meet the project schedule.
• Ability to utilize SmartPM Scheduling analytics to review critical health of your assigned projects at least every 14 days.
• Ability to attend all stages of the project start-up process for assigned projects.
• Ability to engage with various parties of the project including but not limited to subcontractors, owner, field, design team, vendors, etc.
• Ability to complete monthly subcontractor and owner pay application process.
• Ability to provide appropriate written documentation for various aspects of the project such as budget, schedule, legal, quality, and/or safety.
• Ability to ensure that a current set of drawings and specifications is maintained with all RFIs and updated drawing sheets posted in a timely fashion.
• Ability to employ current best practices for documentation requirements.
• Ability to prepare monthly cost and margin forecast with input from Superintendent and review with the Project Team.
• Ability to regularly review costs relative to the budget and highlight discrepancies.
• Ability to lead overall project closeout process using best practice standards, tools, and processes such as the close-out punch list, financials, subcontracts, warranties, etc.
• Ability to meet monthly with Senior Project Manager to review project status, budget, schedule, and all deviations.
• Ability to provide consistent oversight, developmental guidance, and training for Project Engineers while taking accountability for their performance.
• Ability to resolve problems amongst all subcontractors and vendors.
• Ability to identify deficient work and provide resolution.
• Ability to assist in the performance reviews of Project Engineers, Project Administrators, Superintendents, and other employees, as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Full benefit package; health, dental, vision, life, disability, retirement, holidays, and vacation
• Monthly truck allowance and fuel
• Company provided housing and other travel benefits
• Company provided cell phone and laptop

Pay

TBD

Schedule

TBD