CEI Manager

HNTB Corporation•Nashville, TN

About The Position

The CEI Manager coordinates and monitors highway, road, and bridge construction activities for State and Local agencies. The role ensures construction follows design specifications and that technical drawings are completed within budget and on schedule. The manager typically runs projects with construction values up to $10 million and plays a key role in mini-mega project pursuits. The position leads project planning and delivery, manages project controls and quality, resolves field issues, oversees staff, and supports business development and client relationships. It may also include recruiting, hiring, developing, and retaining construction staff.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Architecture, Engineering, or a relevant field and 8 years of relevant experience; alternatively, 12 years of relevant experience in lieu of education.
Ability to win, contract, and successfully deliver smaller projects using HNTB's 4for4 objectives: on-time, on-budget, quality, and client satisfaction.
Ability to identify and escalate risk and change-management issues, with oversight from more experienced staff.
Ability to lead a team on a smaller project or task order with no or few subconsultants.
Ability to use system tools to manage, monitor, and deliver smaller projects or task orders.
Ability to leverage the Office Management Team to implement HNTB's sophisticated processes as applicable to a project.
Ability to interface with a client-level peer on a smaller project or task order.
Ability to provide technical guidance to teams and task leads and perform portions of the technical work.

Nice To Haves

9 years of relevant experience.
In lieu of education, 13 years of relevant experience.
Professional Engineer (PE), Certified Construction Manager (CCM), or National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies (NICET) Level III certification.

Responsibilities

Develop project scopes and fee quotations, and assist with technical proposals and contracts in accordance with HNTB's Sophisticated Contracting Approach (SCA).
Coordinate project activities, establish priorities, and assign staff to jobs.
Prepare summary inspection reports of daily activities.
Monitor contractor progress and compare it with the reviewed progress schedule.
Resolve technical field issues and coordinate with architects and engineers to obtain timely, accurate responses to requests for information.
Oversee project controls, including checking contractors’ controls, coordinating schedules, and reviewing constructor schedules.
Review submittals for conformance to plans and specifications, and develop strategies with the contractor for submittal packages that meet schedule requirements.
Implement HNTB's project delivery plan and Sophisticated Delivery Approach (SDA) on each project.
Lead development and execution of the project management plan.
Supervise and mentor the team toward overall project objectives.
Identify and resolve non-compliant work, and interpret and enforce contract plans and specifications.
Confirm change-order requests, develop estimates, negotiate costs, and write change orders.
Provide project cost control and discipline-level quality control.
Partner with Client Service Leaders and pursuit champions on business development, client relationships, and strategic and mini-mega project pursuits in accordance with HNTB's Sophisticated Sales Approach (SSA).
Work with project teams and marketing resources to prepare proposal and presentation materials.
Lead proposal development and interview presentations for strategic and mini-mega projects, and deliver general presentations to industry and community audiences.
May recruit, hire, develop, and retain construction staff, including planning staff reporting, performance and compensation reviews, and succession.
Perform other duties as assigned.