Construction Project Manager Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• 8+ years experience within the construction and design industry including specific experience in making independent decisions on engineering problems and methods
• B.S. degree in Civil Engineering or related field
• Oklahoma Professional Engineer Registration.
• Understanding of Alternate Project Delivery Methods

Nice To Haves

• ODOT/OTA Resident Engineer experience for Transportation Projects
• Certified Construction Manager Certification

Responsibilities

• Provide supervision to inspectors and other construction managers assigned to projects.
• Coordinate assigned work to ensure continuity, consistency, and quality.
• Collaborate with design teams to facilitate responses to RFIs and submittals and/or construction issues.
• Supervise the observation and inspection of ongoing construction work including material sampling and testing as well as measuring qualities and communicate with contractor about non-conforming work.
• Review contractor’s work for compliance with contract documents and clarify contract documents for the contractor.
• Oversee the development and management of change/field orders, updates to construction schedule, submittals, request for information (RFI), claims, pay requests, construction meetings, and construction closeout process.
• Define tasks to be conducted by others, and provide general supervision, review, and approval.
• Responsible for collecting, correlating, and preparing recommendations and conclusions for final reports.
• Determine and schedule required project.
• Evaluate and analyze project decisions to ensure objectivity, soundness of design, and impact of those decisions on schedule, budget, and needs.
• Maintain established schedule.
• Keep the Group Manager and/or Project Manager aware of all project activities, responding promptly to needs, problems, or requests associated with project design.
• Prepare for and facilitate construction meetings including agendas and minutes.
• Read plans and specifications to be able to ensure construction is in accordance with plans and specifications.
• Remain state-of-the-art on existing and pending regulations and related technological advancements.
• May serve as Project Manager for large complex projects requiring intergroup skills and consultants.
• Communicate with owner to understand owner’s needs and clarify owner’s objectives and relay information to Freese and Nichols and contractor.
• Conduct pre-construction conferences.
• Support the design phase process and risk management efforts for projects as assigned (constructability reviews, advisor, etc…)
• Participate in the administration, interpretation, and implementation of contracts.
• Extensive contact with the client, client’s staff, regulatory agencies, other engineering firms and contractors/subconsultants.
• Responsible for tasks related to sales and marketing including supporting business development efforts.

Benefits

• paid overtime for salaried employees
• an annual bonus
• access to company cabins in Red River, New Mexico and Banner Elk, North Carolina.