Project Manager - Commercial/Religious

About the Role

Big-D Construction is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead and drive the successful delivery of a commercial ground-up construction project. This individual will serve as the lead, providing direction, accountability, and support to project teams, trade partners, and stakeholders while maintaining a strong focus on safety, quality, budget, and client satisfaction.

Location

This specific role will work on a Temple project for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Des Moines, IA. This role will have some travel expectations and will be offered per-diem.

Responsibilities

• Leads their teams in such a way to maximize the contributions of each team member
• Exhibits strong commitment to customer service, both internal and external
• Reviews (and fully understands) prime contract with Project Director and provides red line changes
• Provide detailed contractual interpretations to team regarding prime contracts and subcontract agreements
• Experience managing projects in various construction delivery methods to include Design Build, Construction Manager/General Contractor (CMGC) and Hard bid formats
• Full understanding of design process and able to provide quality control review of plans/specifications
• Develops solutions to ensure issues never become problems
• Build strong relationships with other departments within Big-D
• Oversees and provides input regarding all issues that require risk management
• Develops contingency plans to mitigate potential risks to projects
• Ability to recognize project issues and timely acquire/coordinate company resources to support project as required
• Supervises project team's overall administration and technical direction to single or multiple projects simultaneously
• Proactively monitor the progress of the CPM schedule through updated schedules
• Oversight of project safety
• Holds team members accountable during all aspects of the project
• Ensures project team is performing all tasks in a streamlined fashion and makes adjustments as necessary
• Directs, guides, assists, plans and supports the design team as required
• Clearly, concisely and timely documents all changes or deviations from the contract documents including notifying the Owner of potential issues
• Technical writing for proposals
• Assist in developing prequalified subcontractor bidders list, review qualifications, and award contracts
• Coordinate construction activities of owners, public agencies, facility operations, tenants and utility companies in order to assure the desired project schedule, budget and quality are achieved
• Negotiates subcontract modifications with subcontractors to manage risk
• Ensures prime and subcontractor contractual requirements are met prior to performing work
• Responsible to provide technical and procedural construction direction to internal and external shareholders
• Provide prompt and accurate reporting of all required costs, changes, schedules and insurance data
• Responsible for review/approval of change order requests and onsite change orders

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in construction management or similar
• 7+ years of related experience working on large ground-up commercial projects
• Religious building ground-up experience is preferred
• Must be open to a traveling role

Benefits

• Free Medical & Dental Insurance premiums
• HSA (Health Savings Account) with employer contribution
• 401k with Match
• Long-Term & Short-Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• Supplemental Benefits
• PTO & Holidays
• Vehicle Allowance