Project Manager 1

PCL Construction•Glendale, CA

1d•$130,000 - $180,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Project Manager 1 for the California Buildings office provides overall contract administration, technical expertise, and support to a medium-sized construction project. This role involves developing and implementing the project safety plan, ensuring construction aligns with design, budget, resources, quality, and schedule. The Project Manager will understand client drivers, offer value engineering proposals, manage project performance, and report on safety, cost forecasts, and schedules. Responsibilities also include negotiating and issuing subcontracts, managing progress payments, enforcing contract documents, and coordinating project closeout. Additionally, the role involves identifying and managing risks and opportunities. For design-build projects, the Project Manager will monitor design progress, assist in developing design-management and quality plans, and conduct quality audits. They will keep parties informed of potential opportunities and challenges and manage stakeholder expectations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or diploma in engineering, construction management, or a related field.
8–10 years of progressive construction experience with leadership and mentoring preferred.
Demonstrated experience implementing a strong safety culture by application of health, safety, and environment principles and legislation.
In-depth knowledge of construction industry including building materials, construction specifications, methods and procedures, construction law and building codes, and safety and quality management practices.
Strong planning, organizational, and time management skills including the ability to manage project budgets and schedules.
Ability to identify and manage risk and opportunities on construction projects.
Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with key stakeholders and decision makers.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, project management and scheduling software, with a strong aptitude for adopting new technology.

Responsibilities

Provides overall contract administration, technical expertise, and support to a medium size construction project.
Develops and implements the project safety plan and leads by example for health and safety practices and procedures.
Ensures the project is constructed as per design, budget, resources, quality, and schedule.
Understands client drivers and offers value engineering proposals for functionality, cost, and schedule benefit.
Manages project performance and providing performance status reports for safety, cost forecast, and schedule.
Negotiates and issues subcontracts, major purchase orders and progress payments and monitors their progress and schedule.
Understands, communicates, and enforces the contract and contract documents.
Develops and coordinates overall project closeout.
Identifies and manages risk and opportunities on construction projects.
Monitors progress of the design, including compliance issues, quality, general coordination, constructability, and timing of deliverables (if applicable for design build project deliveries).
Assists the project team lead obtain a comprehensive design-management and design-quality plan and conduct periodic quality audits to ensure compliance (if applicable for design build project deliveries).
Keeps all parties informed of potential opportunities and challenges and manages stakeholders’ expectations through appropriate forms of communication.