Project Manager

About the role

Kokosing is one of America's 50 largest General Contractors, providing heavy civil/industrial construction services including highways, bridges, underground utilities, water/wastewater facilities, and marine construction. With over 75 years of experience and $2.8 billion in annual sales, Kokosing offers visible challenges, superior quality, and attractive rewards.

This position plans, directs, and coordinates construction activities for a wide variety of industrial projects — primarily water/wastewater plants, factories/production facilities, and data centers across diverse industries and clients. Typical workload involves overseeing one large project or several smaller projects, ensuring goals are met within prescribed time frames and funding parameters.

Responsibilities

• Initiate and maintain liaison with prime client to facilitate construction activities.
• Establish project objectives, policies, procedures, and performance standards within boundaries of corporate policy.
• Confer with project staff to outline work plan, assign duties/responsibilities and authority.
• Establish work plan and staffing for each phase of project; arrange for recruitment or assignment of project personnel.
• Direct and coordinate activities of project personnel to ensure work progresses on schedule and within prescribed budget.
• Review project proposal or plan to determine timeframe, funding limitations, project procedures, staffing requirements, and available resources for various phases.
• Review status reports from project personnel and modify schedules/plans as needed.
• Prepare project reports for management, client, or others.
• Confer with project personnel to provide technical advice and resolve problems.
• Coordinate project activities with governmental agencies and subcontractors.
• Understand, analyze, and execute CPM-based project schedules.
• Monitor/control construction through administrative direction of on-site Superintendent to ensure project is built safely, on schedule, and within budget.
• Represent company in Owner progress meetings.
• Manage financial aspects of contracts; responsible for project profit or loss.
• Lead project team in daily field coordination meetings, weekly block schedule meetings, and monthly safety kickoff meetings.
• Mentor and assist with career development of other team members.
• Perform additional assignments per supervisor’s direction.
• Other tasks and duties as assigned.

Supervisory responsibilities

• Interviewing and hiring
• Training
• Planning, assigning, and directing work
• Appraising performance
• Rewarding and disciplining
• Addressing complaints and resolving problems

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or Construction Management
• PE credentialing is not required but is a strong plus
• 7+ years’ experience/knowledge of construction, design, finance, and management
• Open to other large construction experience

Skills

• Understand and interpret safety laws and company policies/standards
• Apply innovative and effective management techniques to maximize employee performance
• Thorough understanding of corporate and industry practices, processes, standards, and their impact on project activities
• Superior communication and interpersonal skills
• Business-oriented mindset
• Ability to assume responsibility, interface, and communicate effectively with others

Benefits

Kokosing offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, life, and disability insurance, paid time off, and a 401K plan.