Senior Project Manager

Suffolk Construction•New York, NY

24d

About The Position

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for project administration, including contractual requirements, trade partner agreements, purchase orders, and risk management. The role manages overall work performance and quality, as well as team progress against the project plan. The Senior Project Manager leads project budgeting and forecasting, change order management, closeout, requisitions, cash management, meetings, contract logs, subcontractor relationships, purchasing, schedule management, quality management, and team development. The role also maintains strong relationships with Owners and subcontractors, proactively addresses project risks and delays, and ensures adherence to Suffolk’s standard operating procedures and core values. The position involves work in an office environment with a quiet to moderate noise level, as well as walking at a job site. Employees regularly sit for long periods and use a keyboard, telephone, or writing materials; they also frequently stand, walk, and reach with their arms or hands.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in an applicable discipline.
At least 10 years of experience relative to project size and scope.
Strong business judgment and a demonstrated ability to achieve profitability objectives and successful project closeouts while maintaining good client and subcontractor relationships.
Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail, including command of applicable contract and legal provisions.
Ability to analyze and execute financial trade-offs with incomplete information and ambiguity.
Ability to multitask and manage competing business, organizational, and customer-relations priorities.
Sound judgment in determining when to escalate issues through the chain of command.
Ability to manage and embrace change and adapt to new processes and approaches.
Strong sense of urgency and initiative; ability to quickly assess and respond to complex issues.
Excellent problem-solving skills and confidence in making decisive decisions.
Team leadership, diplomatic and communication skills, and ability to handle and resolve conflicts firmly and fairly.
Possess Suffolk’s core values: Passion, Integrity, Hard Work, Professionalism, and Caring.

Responsibilities

Produce detailed Cost-to-Complete forecasts, identify potential exposures, and ensure forecasts are completed on time.
Use Oracle and Expedition to identify exposures and track costs, proposed changes, field directives, back charges, allowances, and change orders.
Provide Owners with current change status reports and pursue timely resolution of changes with subcontractors.
Establish and implement a project closeout plan, manage closeout documentation and work lists, use quality and compliance systems, and teach closeout processes to others.
Ensure Owner pay requisitions are approved by the first of each month; establish schedules of values and processes for collecting payments and paying subcontractors and vendors.
Manage project cash flow, review schedules of values and requisitions, update the Owner cash model, and produce accurate percent-complete projections.
Establish an effective project meeting cadence, follow procedures for focused meetings, and manage meetings using agendas and time limits.
Maintain and periodically review project logs, hold monthly focus meetings to identify potential exposures and issues.
Build firm but fair relationships with subcontractors, promote professionalism, and promptly address nonperformance.
Work with the project team to develop accurate scopes of work and administer a well-planned purchasing process that supports timely buyout and procurement.
Lead schedule development with the Superintendent, monitor schedule impacts and critical-path work, manage monthly schedule updates, provide written updates to the Owner, and address subcontractor impacts.
Manage project risks through timely buyout, contract execution, bonds and insurance, notices, change authorizations, and prompt action on subcontractor performance issues.
Complete submittal and coordination processes within 180 days and teach risk management practices to the project team.
Build a trusting, professional relationship with the Owner and keep the Owner informed of important matters.
Lead project quality management, including first-delivery and benchmark inspections, nonconformance tracking, and mock-ups.
Promote teamwork, establish work ethic expectations, organize team events and training, and address interpersonal conflicts promptly.
Oversee team members’ career and educational development and teach and reinforce standard operating procedures.