Project Manager, Data Centers

Suffolk Construction•Ashburn, VA

23h

About The Position

The Project Manager manages and coordinates project resources and documentation throughout the project lifecycle, including budgets, schedules, contractual requirements, trade partner agreements, purchase orders, meeting minutes, and shop drawing logs. The role manages risk, insurance, work performance, quality, and team progress against the project plan through ongoing communication and collaboration with the owner and project team. The Project Manager represents Suffolk with project stakeholders and oversees project start-up, purchasing and document control, meeting management, financial administration, and closeout. This includes maintaining schedules and project records, administering contracts and payments, coordinating trade buyout, managing subcontractor and vendor activities, and delivering required closeout documentation and training to the owner. The position works in an office environment with quiet to moderate noise and includes walking at the job site. Suffolk describes itself as a national construction and development company with more than $13 billion in annual revenue, 3,000 employees, and 17 offices.

Requirements

Associate’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or an applicable discipline, and experience relative to project size and scope.
At least 5 years of related experience.
Business judgment demonstrated by achieving profitability objectives and strong project closeouts while maintaining good client and subcontractor relationships.
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, including command of applicable contract and legal provisions.
Ability to analyze and execute financial trade-offs, including when data is incomplete or ambiguous.
Ability to multitask and handle competing business, organizational, and customer-relations priorities.
Judgment to recognize when to escalate issues through the chain of command.
Strong sense of urgency and initiative.
Ability to quickly study and respond to complex issues.
Problem-solving skills and confidence to take decisive action.
Team leadership, diplomacy, and excellent communication skills, including the ability to resolve conflicts firmly and fairly.
Ability to manage and embrace change and adapt to new processes and approaches to problems.
Possess Suffolk’s Core Values: Passion, Integrity, Hard Work, Professionalism, and Caring.

Responsibilities

Lead and communicate with Suffolk Field Supervision, subcontractors, and vendors to support the project schedule.
Represent Suffolk in dealings with owners, architects, consultants, government authorities, vendors, and subcontractors.
Administer the financial aspects of the owner’s contract, subcontracts, and purchase orders.
Build effective working relationships with clients and Suffolk project team members.
Review general and contract documents and confirm budget setup and project milestones at project start-up.
Create a schedule of values and project logs, and plan for project safety and mobilization with team review and validation.
Maintain the buy schedule; write scopes of work; distribute and log subcontracts; prepare contract riders and purchase orders; and confirm compliance with project insurance requirements.
Review subcontractor references, obtain subcontractor bonds, and maintain project files.
Manage purchase and delivery schedules, change orders, shop drawings, document control logs, and correspondence among the owner, architect, and subcontractors.
Work with Purchasing on trade buyout, including defining scopes of work, authoring Exhibit B documents, ensuring scope coverage, and coordinating buyout and project schedules.
Attend schedule and management meetings required to monitor and manage the project, and chair meetings as appropriate.
Manage requisitions and payments, including lien releases and project payroll, and maintain project cash flow while proactively communicating issues.
Deliver manuals to the owner and consolidate project documentation and files during closeout.
Manage subcontractor closeout, utility transfers, owner training, and the punch list process.
Deliver warranties, as-builts, and training to the owner.