Project Manager (Heavy Civil Construction)

General Summary

This position is responsible for the overall direction, completion, and financial outcome of construction projects up to $15 million in size.

Essential Job Accountabilities

• Accurate project revenue and cost financial forecasting to ensure corporate profitability goals are met.

• Coincide with estimators and project controls group to establish budget.

• Lead estimating efforts on vertically integrated projects to ensure accurate and consistent bid to build process.

• Coincide with estimators, large project sponsor, and manager of construction to manage resources to meet project schedule.

• Participate in bid review and bid closing to ensure accuracy of bid and evaluate project feasibility; work with estimating team to develop bid schedule.

• Coincide with large project sponsor, manager of construction and project team to develop comprehensive plan for project start up and successful kick-off.

• Provide environment where dynamic project communication occurs between Project Engineers, Foremen, Superintendents and Construction Manager to ensure work is accomplished in an efficient, profitable, and safe manner.

• Ensure proper job controls, i.e. quantities, costs, revenue and schedule.

• Establish and maintain working relationships with owners, agencies, subcontractors, corporate management, inspectors, etc., providing customer service to develop long-term partnerships with client base.

• Ensure accurate construction reports for the job allowing for continuous improvement in performance.

• Run projects at profitability levels to meet or exceed expected margins.

• Comply, understand, and support corporate safety initiatives to ensure a safe work environment.

Education

• BS degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Business Administration, or related field or equivalent work experience in heavy civil construction.

Work Experience

• Three (3) to five (5) years progressive infrastructure project experience in heavy civil environments.

• Minimum of five (5) years experience in highways, bridges, roads, paving, earthwork, and grading in either private or public environments.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Knowledge of construction paving, underground, concrete and grading practices.

• Knowledge and understanding of union agreements and prevailing wage issues.

• Maintain ability to work in high production environment.

• Demonstrated decision-making skills.

• Excellent leadership skills.

• Excellent supervisory communication and organizational skills.

• Accuracy at all times.

Physical Demands

• Regularly talk and hear.

• Frequently stand, walk, sit and use hands to operate a computer keyboard.

• Occasionally reach with hands and arms.

• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Additional Requirements/Skills

• Ability to abide by Granite’s Code of Conduct on a daily basis.

• Team player.

About Granite Construction Incorporated

• Member of the S&P 400 Index and is the parent company of Granite Construction Company, one of the nation's largest heavy civil contractors and construction materials producers.

• Drug-Free Workplace and Equal Opportunity Employer.

• Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

Notice to Staffing Agencies

• Granite Construction, Inc. and its subsidiaries ("Granite") will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate.

• Any unsolicited resumes sent to Granite, including unsolicited resumes sent to a Granite mailing address, fax machine or email address, directly to Granite employees, or to Granite's resume database will be considered Granite property.

• Granite will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume.

• Granite will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees.

• Agencies must obtain advance written approval from Granite's recruiting function to submit resumes, and then only in conjunction with a valid fully-executed contract for service and in response to a specific job opening.

• Agreements will only be valid if in writing and signed by Granite's Human Resources Representative or his/ her designee.

• No other Granite employee is authorized to bind Granite to any agreement regarding the placement of candidates by Agencies.