Senior Construction Manager

Daily Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary day-to-day construction project management contact for the Client and integrate the Client team, Design-Build Entity (DBE), consultants, inspectors, commissioning team, utilities, and Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs).
• Direct planning, design, preconstruction, progressive design-build, construction, closeout, tenant move-in, facility activation, and post-occupancy activities.
• Lead site analysis, programming aligned with applicable public-agency standards, scope validation, and coordination of Division 00 and 01 front-end documents.
• Review project budgets, cost estimates, cash-flow projections, life-cycle costs, value-engineering proposals, and systems alternatives; lead GMP development and negotiation.
• Prepare, update, and monitor the Project Master Schedule, including phased approvals, procurement, construction, commissioning, and move-in milestones; analyze DBE schedule submissions and recovery plans.
• Produce a monthly project dashboard covering budget, changes, cash flow, milestones, RFIs, key performance indicators, design changes, current risks, and overall project health.
• Lead code-compliance, constructability, and design reviews for high-rise structural, MEP, fire protection, fire and life-safety, vertical transportation, security, IT/AV, and building-envelope systems.
• Coverage of phased reviews, approvals, and issue resolution with the City, State Fire Marshal, Division of the State Architect, utilities, City Fire Department, and other stakeholders.
• Apply Lean and Big Room practices, including formal partnering, Target Value Design, A3 problem solving, Choosing by Advantages, the Last Planner System, and collaborative decision-making.
• Direct document control, quality assurance and quality control, design and cost variance reporting, material testing and inspection coordination, and verification of DBE compliance with contract requirements.
• Monitor onsite safety, quality, progress, testing, inspections, and commissioning, including building-envelope, building-systems, enhanced, and monitoring-based commissioning activities.
• Administer RFIs, submittals, applications for payment, change requests, claims, and contract correspondence; negotiate change proposals, document decisions, and drive early dispute resolution.
• Coverage of coordination of owner-furnished equipment and furniture, OFCI/OFOI items, IT/AV systems, tenant relocation, move management, facility activation, and post-occupancy activities.
• Lead punch-list completion, closeout documentation, training, systems turnover, and final acceptance.
• Develop a coordinated staffing and resource plan for related parking or ancillary projects if the Client adds them to the assignment, while maintaining independent project controls and performance reporting.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Fifteen (15) or more years of construction management experience, including leadership of complex public works or large commercial building projects.
• At least three (3) years of experience managing progressive design-build projects with an individual construction value exceeding $50 million.
• Recent experience managing large, complex high-rise office renovations of comparable scope and technical complexity.
• Demonstrated expertise in preconstruction, programming, design review, mobilization, supervision, bid evaluation, GMP development, CPM scheduling, cost-benefit analysis, claims negotiation, and contract administration.
• Experience managing California public works and institutional building projects; familiarity with public-agency processes and administrative standards is strongly desired.
• Experience leading Progressive Design-Build teams in a Lean Big Room environment and applying formal partnering, Target Value Design, A3s, Choosing by Advantages, and Last Planner practices.
• Experience delivering complex high-rise structural, MEP, fire protection, fire and life-safety, vertical transportation, security, telecommunications, data, and energy-management systems.
• Proficiency with Primavera P6; project management, dashboard, and reporting platforms such as Procore and Power BI; cost-reporting tools; and cloud collaboration platforms such as Autodesk, SharePoint, Bluebeam, and Microsoft Teams.
• Strong working knowledge of: California Building Code and phased reviews with the State Fire Marshal, Division of the State Architect, City Fire Department, utilities, and other AHJs.
• LEED, Zero Net Carbon (ZNC), Zero Net Energy (ZNE), sustainable design, and energy-efficiency requirements.
• Building-envelope and building-systems commissioning, enhanced commissioning, and monitoring-based commissioning.
• Public works requirements, quality assurance and quality control, material testing and inspection, safety monitoring, and project closeout.
• Strong leadership, technical writing, communication, analytical, negotiation, and creative problem-solving skills, with a record of timely deliverables and continuity of service.
• Ability to work onsite in Sacramento throughout the assignment and transition between project controls, design and contract administration, field oversight, commissioning, move-in, and closeout activities.