Project Manager, (Construction)

Project Manager (Construction)

Job Description: Project Manager, (Construction)

Oversee the day-to-day operations of our flooring and furniture projects from start through completion, inspection, and occupancy by ensuring that projects follow all documents, plans, codes, project budget, and schedule.

Minimum Education:

• Associate's degree and relevant experience

Minimum Experience/Training:

• 5 years of experience in construction management or a related field.
• An equivalent combination of experience and education may be considered.

Essential Functions:

• Daily -30%: Monitors, evaluates, and maintains our projects and will report back to management daily.
• Daily -5%: Provides administrative support to the professional with construction documents.
• Daily -5%: Reviews and evaluates projects in progress regarding budget, schedule, contract, compliance, and quality control. Informs and makes recommendations to management
• Daily -10%: Coordinates verbal and written correspondence with the architects, engineers, construction managers, construction code officials, and other outside agencies. Presents information as needed.
• Daily -10%: Works closely with architects, engineers, consultants, building code officials, and construction managers to ensure contractual obligations are fulfilled; coordinates construction activities with other college trades.
• Daily -10%: Reviews and recommends approval of construction submittals, change orders, substitution of materials requests, equipment and workmanship.
• Weekly- 5%: Develops and/or assists staff in writing project scopes and specifications. Ensures compliance with project timelines.
• Weekly -5%: Provides various reports, information, advice and recommends on the approval of change orders and specific additional services to be performed by architects, engineers, consultants, and construction managers. Provides reporting documentation for administrative use.
• Weekly -10%: Participates in the takeoffs and specification checks.  
• Daily -10%: Performs related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of planning and organization of construction projects and activities. In addition to methods, materials, tools, and terminology used in construction.
• Knowledge of applicable laws, codes, ordinances, regulations, and policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of the operation of a computer and familiarity with software programs for word processing, spreadsheets, job costing, online collaboration, scheduling, estimating, and internet search engines.
• Ability to give presentations/training to a group.
• Ability to understand, prepare, and review requests for proposals (RFP), requests for qualifications (RFQ), contracts, plans, and specifications.
• Ability to work well under pressure, particularly when faced with unexpected occurrences or delays. Flexible to adapt to changing priorities and perform basic task work.
• Strong supervisory and team-building skills
• Ability to influence others of the benefits/importance of an idea or plan of action and to gain their support or commitment
• Strong negotiation skills and ability to reach mutual points of agreement and benefit among peers and colleagues.