Project Manager - Advanced Manufacturing

Suffolk Construction•Boston, MA

About The Position

The Project Manager - Advanced Manufacturing manages and coordinates project resources and documentation throughout the project lifecycle. The role is responsible for maintaining the project budget and schedule; administering contracts, trade-partner agreements, purchase orders, meeting minutes, and shop drawing logs; and managing project risk, insurance, work performance, quality, and team progress. The Project Manager works through consistent communication and collaboration with the owner and project team. The role leads project start-up, purchasing and document control, meeting management, financial administration, and project closeout. It represents Suffolk in dealings with owners, architects, consultants, government authorities, vendors, and subcontractors, and works with field supervision, subcontractors, vendors, and Purchasing to support the project schedule and scope. The Project Manager also manages requisitions and payments, maintains cash flow, oversees subcontractor closeout and punch-list activities, and delivers project records, warranties, as-builts, and training to the owner.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or an applicable discipline, and experience relative to project size and scope.
At least 5 years of experience in the Advanced Manufacturing space.
Business judgment demonstrated by achieving profitability objectives and successful project closeouts while maintaining 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 manage competing business, organizational, and customer-relations priorities.
Judgment to determine 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 the ability to take action confidently and decisively.
Team leadership, diplomatic and communication skills, and the ability to resolve conflicts effectively in a firm but fair manner.
Ability to manage and embrace change, adapting to new processes and new approaches to existing problems.
Possess Suffolk’s Core Values: Passion, Integrity, Hard Work, Professionalism, and Caring.
Ability to sit for long periods; talk or hear; perform fine motor, hand, and finger skills using a keyboard, telephone, or writing; and frequently stand, walk, and reach with arms and/or hands.
Vision abilities including close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Responsibilities

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