Overview

We’re looking for a Senior Construction Project Manager to join our dynamic team in our Melbourne office. Home to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, the “The Space Coast” boasts multiple rocket launches each month as well as one of the nation’s busiest cruise ports. Beautiful beaches, quaint downtown shopping, dining and nightlife, and A-rated schools make Melbourne one of the top-rated cities to live in the United States.

BRPH is a technically focused, creative architecture, design, engineering, construction services, and mission solutions firm providing innovative solutions to mission-driven clients in the aerospace, defense, education, manufacturing, commercial, entertainment, and hospitality market sectors. Founded in 1964, BRPH is consistently ranked among the nation’s top firms and has completed a wide range of projects across the United States and throughout the world.

The Senior Construction Project Manager is responsible for leading the successful execution of assigned projects and the achievement of the project’s scope, schedule, and financial requirements and metrics. Their primary responsibilities are to build and lead the project team and to plan, direct, coordinate, and budget activities concerned with specific construction projects. The Senior Construction Project Manager is also responsible for ensuring compliance with corporate Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) and Construction Quality Control policy for all assigned projects.

The Senior Construction Project Manager shall have experience managing at-risk construction projects ranging from $15M to $50M or more in size. Willingness to travel for project assignments is a plus. Experience in aerospace, defense, and manufacturing design and construction a plus.

Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead construction and design/build proposals to include planning, estimating, scheduling, subcontracting, detailing technical and management approach, past performance, and HSE and quality compliance.
• Build client relationships, expand opportunities with new and existing clients, and develop trusted advisor position to grow opportunities.
• Lead opportunities with existing clients and oversee pre-construction activities to procure new projects.
• Prepare baseline performance plans and develop metrics for assigned projects to include baseline costs and planned gross margin, baseline schedule and milestone dates, and projected cash flow.
• Financial performance and reporting of assigned projects including monthly forecasting, managing commitments, and monitoring costs incurred. Responsible for delivering the project for as-bid gross profit or more.
• Safety performance to ensure compliance with corporate policy and site-specific health and safety plan, incident reporting, and implementing corrective actions as necessary. Responsible for endorsing a zero-tolerance environment on site.
• Quality performance to ensure compliance with BRPH CS Construction Quality Management policy, roles and responsibilities are understood, contract documents are adhered to, and the delivered project meets the contractual and design requirements.
• Client Management to ensure the owner is always informed and current on the project status and open issues are resolved promptly. Responsible for owner satisfaction with product leading to repeat work and exceptional project references.
• Lead the project team with the pre-qualification, selection, and contracting of design professionals and directing the A/E firms in the design process, and monitor their progress in terms of design appropriateness, design to budgets, and schedule to meet the needs of the project.
• For BRPH integrated services projects lead the collaboration and planning efforts with BRPH AE and provide guidance and leadership throughout the design process to ensure construction budgets are met and the design achieves design to cost requirements.

Qualifications

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, or architecture.
• Minimum of 15 years experience, with 10 years or more as a Project Manager or Construction Project Manager.
• Strong leadership skills that demonstrate the ability to lead a team of individuals to accomplish the project vision, goals, and objectives.
• Strong communication skills, and the ability to work well with clients.
• Knowledge of the built environment infrastructure, including buildings and infrastructure.
• Experience as a Construction Project Manager, which should encompass all aspects of a project or program life cycle, from planning and design management, procurement, construction management, commissioning, and closeout.
• Understanding of critical path method scheduling, and ability to direct a planner/scheduler in constructing a CPM schedule.
• Understanding of Earned Value management procedures.
• Well versed in managing cash flows, and budgets.
• Management of Project Controls (Cost, schedule, budget, procurement, document control).
• Experience in managing general contractors and trade subcontractors.
• Certified Construction Manager (CCM) from CMAA is a plus.
• A certificate as a Project Management Professional (PMP) is a plus.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This job description may be changed to include new responsibilities and tasks or change existing ones as management deems necessary.

EOE/AA/MFDV

If you’re looking to take your career to the next level, work with a talented team of professionals who love what they do, enjoy a flexible work schedule, and share in the profits of our 100 percent employee-owned firm, BRPH might be a great fit for you!

For a complete job description, please visit BRPH.com and submit your resume.