Senior Project Manager

About the role

The Senior Project Manager will oversee multiple construction contracts at Picatinny Air Force Base, NJ. Responsibilities include defining project scopes, managing budgets and schedules, coordinating daily activities, and ensuring compliance with safety and security regulations.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple construction contracts concurrently at an operating DOD energetic facility.
• Define clear and complete project scope, requirements, budgets, schedules, and execution strategies during preconstruction to support accurate and competitive subcontractor bidding and minimize contract modifications after project award.
• Develop detailed cost estimates using RSMeans and other industry-standard tools.
• Lead competitive subcontractor solicitation, bid evaluation, and contract award processes.
• Oversee design-build projects in a highly regulated and safety-critical environment.
• Develop, manage, and track project budgets, schedules, and forecasts.
• Avoid inaccurate financial tracking, cost reporting, and change management (pricing, negotiation, documentation, and administration of contract modifications).
• Manage and lead an on-site project team, including superintendents, project engineers, and support staff.
• Cook up daily construction activities to ensure quality, safety, and compliance with contract documents.
• Serve as the primary point of contact between subcontractors, client representatives, site personnel, and company leadership.
• Ensure strict compliance with DOD, federal, site-specific, and energetic facility safety and security requirements.
• Prepare and present regular project status reports to the General Manager.
• Support project closeout activities, including final documentation and turnover.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience: X years of construction management experience, preferably at a DOD or Federal energetic facilities.
• Knowledge: Demonstrated experience with RSMeans estimating and cost control; strong background in competitive subcontractor bidding and procurement; proven experience managing design-build construction projects; strong financial acumen with experience managing project budgets and schedules; demonstrated ability to lead teams in high-risk, safety-sensitive operating environments; proficiency with construction management software; ability to obtain and maintain required DOD site access and security credentials; knowledge of organizational procedures and workflows; understanding how work moves through a company; basic knowledge of relevant technologies or tools; familiarity with customer service practices; knowledge of data privacy and confidentiality principles; communication skills (written and verbal); time management and prioritization; problem-solving and critical thinking; interpersonal and teamwork skills; attention to detail; maintaining physical condition necessary for bending, stooping, sitting, walking or standing for prolonged periods of time; occasional lifting and/or moving up to 25 pounds.
• Physical Requirements: Maintain a constant state of mental alertness; maintain physical condition necessary for bending, stooping, sitting, walking or standing for prolonged periods of time; occasional lifting and/or moving up to 25 pounds.
• Work Environment: Primarily on-site at an active DOD energetic facility; work is performed in a secure, operational environment requiring strict adherence to safety, security, and operational protocols; may require coordination across multiple project locations within the installation.