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Project Manager

  • Management (incl. project, product management & human resources)

Description

- Ensure that construction activities move according to a predetermined schedule, mitigating and reporting all potential delays by monitoring the progress of the construction activities on a regular basis and holding weekly status meetings with all the team members, subcontractors and clients, and their consultants.

- Coordinate the efforts of all parties involved in the project, which include clients, architects, consultants, subcontractors, and laborers.

 Maintain strict adherence to the budgetary guidelines, quality and safety standards.

- Daily inspection of the construction site to monitor compliance with building and safety codes, and other applicable regulations.

- Study job specifications to determine appropriate construction methods.

- Identify the elements of project design and construction likely to produce constructability issues and plan coordination problems prior to beginning construction of the project.

- Interpret and explain plans and contract terms to administrative staff, subcontractors, and clients.

- Select, contract, and oversee workers who complete specific scopes of the project, such as painting or plumbing.

 - Prepare subcontracts and negotiate revisions, changes, and additions to contractual agreements. 

- Manage the budget, track project expenses, and minimize exposure and risk in the project.

- Collect, review and approve progress payments submitted by all subcontractors and vendors.

- Ensure project documentation and reports are complete.

- Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.

- Serve as a key link with the clients and review the deliverable prepared by the team before passing onto client.

Responsibilities

- Excellent communication skills.

- Good understanding of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing building systems.

- Advance knowledge of construction management processes, means, and methods.

- Thorough knowledge of legal issues and safety standards is essential.

- Ability to plan and organize a team effort.

- Good client management and goodwill building ability. 

- Capacity to motivate, lead and boost the morale of the teams.

- Competent in conflict and crisis management. 

- Effective time management and logical decision-making ability.

- Capacity to handle pressure.

- Willingness to travel extensively across the construction sites.

- Physical and mental fitness is a given.

- Strong focus on quality.

- Recent working knowledge and competence of Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Excel, Word, and MS Project.

- Knowledge and experience in Prolog or similar Project Management Software is a plus.

- Maintain company confidentiality.

- Bilingual in Spanish is a plus.

Hard Skills

  • Microsoft Office
  • Word processing
  • Outlook Express
  • Advanced Excel Skills (queries, pivot tables, formulas, macros)
  • Relationship building
  • Client management
  • Timelines
  • Deliverable management
  • Scheduling
  • Accountability
  • Ability to use project management software

Soft Skills

  • Communication
  • Decision maker
  • Time management
  • Conflict resolution

We offer

  • Competitive base salary (DOE)
  • Strong bonus structure
  • Benefits
  • Gas and Cell Allowance
  • PTO
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Salary $100,000 - $120,000 per year