Construction Project Manager

BRPH•Cape Canaveral, FL

5h•Onsite

About The Position

BRPH is a technically focused, creative architecture, engineering, and construction company with over six decades of expertise in helping mission-driven clients in the aerospace, defense, manufacturing, commercial, education, entertainment, hospitality, and federal markets identify gaps in their program delivery and develop innovative solutions to their most challenging problems across the U.S. and around the world. Consistently ranked among the nation’s top firms, we take pride in solving complex challenges with forward-thinking solutions. About the Location – Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Cape Canaveral Space Force Station sits at the heart of Florida’s Space Coast and is a critical hub for national security, aerospace, and space launch operations. Working primarily on site, this role supports mission-critical programs in a highly technical, secure environment where precision, coordination, and schedule certainty are essential. The surrounding Space Coast area offers a strong engineering and defense presence, coastal living, and proximity to Melbourne, Cocoa Beach, and the broader Central Florida region. Please note, most work for this role will be located at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), SUMMARY: The Construction Project Manager is responsible for leading and managing the successful execution of assigned projects and the achievement of the project’s scope, schedule, and financial requirements and metrics. The primary responsibilities are to manage the project team and to plan, direct, coordinate, and budget activities concerned with specific construction projects. The Construction Project Manager is also responsible for ensuring compliance with corporate Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) and Construction Quality Control policy for all assigned projects. The Construction Project Manager shall have experience managing at-risk construction projects ranging from $3M to $20M in size. Job requirements may include travel, temporary duty assignments, or relocations. Willingness to travel for project assignments is a must.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, or equivalent. Five years of industry experience and a PMP or CCM certification may be substituted for the degree requirement.
Minimum of 5 years’ experience as a Project Manager or Construction Manager.
Strong leadership skills that demonstrate the ability to lead a team of individuals to accomplish the project vision, goals, and objectives.
Strong communication skills, and the ability to work well with clients.
Knowledge of the built environment infrastructure, including buildings and infrastructure.
Experience as a Construction Project Manager, which should encompass all aspects of a project or program life-cycle, from planning and design management, procurement, construction management, commissioning, and closeout.
Understanding of critical path method scheduling, and ability to direct a planner/scheduler in constructing a CPM schedule.
Understanding of Earned Value management procedures.
Well versed in managing cash flows, and budgets.
Management of Project Controls (Cost, schedule, budget, procurement, document control).
Experience in managing general contractors and trade subcontractors.

Nice To Haves

Certified Construction Manager (CCM) from CMAA is a plus.
A certificate as a Project Management Professional (PMP) is a plus.

Responsibilities

Manage construction and design/build proposals to include planning, estimating, scheduling, subcontracting, detailing technical and management approach, past performance, and HSE and Quality compliance.
Prepare baseline performance plans and develop metrics for assigned projects to include baseline costs and planned gross margin, baseline schedule and milestone dates, and projected cash flow.
Financial performance and reporting of assigned projects including monthly forecasting, managing commitments, and monitoring costs incurred. Responsible for delivering the project for as-bid gross profit or more.
Safety performance to ensure compliance with corporate policy and site-specific health and safety plan, incident reporting, and implementing corrective actions as necessary. Responsible for endorsing a zero-tolerance environment on site.
Quality performance to ensure compliance with roles and responsibilities are understood, contract documents are adhered to, and the delivered project meets the contractual and design requirements.
Client Management to ensure the owner is always informed and current on the project status and open issues are resolved promptly. Responsible for owner satisfaction with the end-product leading to repeat work and exceptional project references.
Manage the project team with the pre-qualification, selection, and contracting of design professionals and directing the design process, and monitor their progress in terms of design appropriateness, design to budgets, and schedule to meet the needs of the project.
Manage the project team with the pre-qualification, selection, and subcontracting of construction trade subcontractors and with the procurement of vendor equipment as necessary.
Manage the development and implementation of a project risk register and change order log to identify, track, and mitigate potential risks to the successful completion of the project.
Manage efforts to obtain the necessary permits, environmental approvals, and licenses necessary to construct the projects.
Manage and mentor project team on an ongoing basis. Proactively facilitate in resolving conflicts within the project team.
Ensure the project team endorses a partnering environment with Owners, supervisory personnel, contractors, and design professionals to discuss and resolve matters such as work procedures, RFIs, change control and management, and any issues that may come upon the projects.