Senior Project Manager

Suffolk Construction•Houston, TX

10d•Onsite

About The Position

The Mission Critical Center of Excellence manages billions of dollars in projects annually, specializing in data center and mission-critical construction for leading technology and telecommunications clients across the United States. Focused on fast-paced, MEP-intensive projects, the group is recognized for delivering complex solutions while offering significant opportunities for career advancement within the thriving mission-critical construction industry. The Senior Project Manager is responsible for planning, executing, and delivering complex construction projects with significant environmental, remediation, and heavy civil/sitework components. This role requires deep experience managing projects under uncertain site conditions, coordinating environmental requirements alongside cost, schedule, and field operations, and leading teams through regulatory-driven construction constraints. The Senior Project Manager serves as a key leader in ensuring environmental compliance, safety excellence, and successful project delivery while maintaining strong relationships with owners, consultants, subcontractors, and regulators.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in construction management, Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering or applicable discipline and experience relative to project size/scope
8+ years of related experience
OSHA 30 – Required
HAZWOPER 40-hour – Strongly Preferred (Required where applicable)
Cost, schedule, and risk management in variable and regulatory-driven environments
Strong understanding of change management related to site conditions and remediation scope
Ability to coordinate remediation, sitework, and vertical construction activities
Comfort working under formal specifications, inspections, and documentation requirements
Strong communication and collaboration skills with owners, consultants, inspectors, and regulators
Demonstrated safety leadership appropriate for remediation and high-risk construction environments
Excellent business judgment demonstrated by consistently achieving profitability objectives and strong project close-outs with client and subcontractor relationships in good standing
Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail evidenced by a strong command of all applicable contract and legal provisions
Ability to consistently analyze and execute financial trade-offs which frequently involve dealing with incomplete data and ambiguity
Ability to constantly multi-task and handle competing priorities between Suffolk business needs, organizational issues, and sound customer relations
Possess judgment to know when to appropriately escalate issues up the chain of command
A strong sense of urgency and initiative
Able to quickly study and react to complex issues
Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to confidently and decisively take action
Team leader with excellent diplomatic and communication skills, able to handle and resolve conflicts effectively in a firm but fair manner
The ability to manage and embrace change. Respond and adapt to new processes and new ways of looking at old problems
Candidate must possess Suffolk’s Core Values: Passion, Integrity, Hard Work, Professionalism, and Caring

Nice To Haves

PMP or AIC certification

Responsibilities

Produce thorough forecast of Cost-to-Complete which drills down to identify potential exposures
Coordinate the use of Oracle with Expedition to readily identify exposures
Require the project team to track costs of field directives and back charges for forecasting purposes
Create detailed analysis of line-item exposures, particularly unit price contracts
Follow the Forecasting Calendar for on-time completion of forecasts
Teach the Standard Operating Procedures for budget updating to others
Require the project team to fully utilize Expedition to track all Proposed Change Order (PCO) items including in-scope and out-of-scope
Provide the Owner with up-to-date status reports relating to Changes
Require the project team to produce a monthly Owner Change Order (OCO) to prevent aging of PCO issues which further allows for timely closure of Changes with Subcontractors
Work to recover all legitimate GC costs relating to Owner Changes
Track the status of all Contract Allowances in Expedition and submits Change Order Requests (COR) when an over-run is likely
Require the project team to track all field directives and back charges in Expedition for timely processing on a monthly basis, i.e. composite clean-up, hoisting time, etc.
Establish an effective Close-out Plan early in the project which includes the early collection, review, and packaging of Contract close-out documents
Implement the use of the Noncompliance Reporting System
Require the team to utilize the Work list System to organize and manage the completion of phases of the work
Utilize the Completion-Compliance-Quality Form (CCQ) process for close-out
Teach close out process to other SCCI employees
Require the project team to have the completed pay requisitions approved by the Owner no later than the 1st of each month
Produce an effective Schedule of Values
Establish a regimented process for the collection of payments no later than 30 days and subsequent efficient system for the payment to Subcontractors
Review the Hold Reports before payment is due to allow for timely handling of deficiency issues and payment to Subcontractors/Vendors
Consistently manage the cash flow of the Project to maintain a fiscally responsible position for SCCI
Produce an effective Schedule of Values which supports a strong cash flow position
Review each Subcontractors initial Schedule of Values to prevent overpayment
Review Sub/Vendor requisitions to prevent payment of unsigned or unfunded Change Orders
Produce and update the cash model for the Owner to prevent surprises
Produce an accurate percent complete projection to support the SCCI financial management process
Establishes a meeting regiment for the Project Team which provides for effective communication and problem solving
Follow the SOP for focused meetings such as PM/PE, OAC's, subcontractor meetings, coordination meetings, Precon Sessions, etc.
Manage all meetings by agenda and work to time limits
Require the Project Team to assemble and maintain the Project Logs (Cash Management, Change Management, Noncompliance, Buy-Schedule, Contracts, Procurement, Submittals, RFI's, Safety, Hold Reports, Construction Schedule, Work lists) and periodically review for accuracy
Conduct focus meetings once per month to review the maintenance of those logs and drills down to identify potential exposures and issues
Establish a "Firm but Fair" approach to building relationships with Subcontractors
Promote an environment of organization and professionalism with Subcontractors
Address issues immediately with a non-performing Subcontractor to protect SCCI from resulting delay and potential impact
Work with the Project Team, including Superintendents and Estimators, to consistently produce clear, thorough, and accurate Scopes of Work based on drilled down review of documents
Organize and administer a well-planned purchasing process to prevent the "Just in time" purchase of materials
Understand the priority of timely buy-out and gather the resources to meet the buy schedule
Provide leadership with the Superintendent to produce a clear, thorough, and accurate baseline Contract Schedule which rarely requires changes to the original logic
Track events, impacts, and changes in the schedule to allow for the management and prevention of delays
Lead the Project Team to focus on critical path matters to prevent non-excusable delays
Manage and distribute organized and efficient Monthly Updating Process in accordance with the SCCI SOP
Provide the Owner with written monthly updates of the Contract Schedule in accordance with the requirements of the Contract
Take decisive action with subcontractors that are impacting the schedule
Produce buy-out and procurement schedule and assist with writing monthly schedule narrative in conjunction with the Scheduling team
Complete the buy-out process in a manner which permits the timely flow of work, prevents budget issues, contract executions, bonds, insurance, etc.
Write timely notices to Owner and Subcontractors
Secure CCD authorizations before proceeding with Changes
Take immediate action when a non-performing Subcontractor is likely to cause impact to the Project
Work to complete the submittal and coordination process no later than 180 days
Teaches a risk management regiment to others on the project team
Work to establish a trusting and professional relationship with the Owner
Focus on keeping the Owner well informed of important matters to prevent surprises
Work to secure a strong letter of recommendation from the Owner for SCCI
Provide leadership in the utilization of the Quality Management Program on the project, which outlines quality expectations
Participate with the project team to institute the use of First Delivery and Quality Benchmark Inspections as the work progresses
Implement the use of the Nonconformance Reporting System to track and manage deficiencies in the work
Require the use of mock-ups to establish the quality expectations as defined in the Quality Management Program
Strive to create synergy and a teamwork atmosphere on the project
Lead by example by establishing the work ethic guidelines for the entire team and therefore establishes the boundaries and expectations
Organize periodic team events and training sessions to advance the SCCI strategy of "Train & Develop Our People
Act immediately when personal conflicts emerge among the team
Oversee career and educational development of team personnel
Require the adherence of standard operation procedures and actively teach each process