Construction Project Manager

Construction Manager

Location: Houston, TX

Description

Responsible for overall project management, pre-construction study /planning /cost estimate /subcontractor sourcing /vendor sourcing, change order management … etc. Responsible for all field activities of the project construction team. Required to organize, plan, motivate, coordinate, and direct all aspects of the construction effort. Act as the company official representative in dealing with client, engineering, labor representatives, contractors, vendors. Overall administration of the project’s safety, technical details, schedules, and budgetary performance.

Duties / Responsibilities

• During the bidding stage, to collaborate with the client, lead the internal team for cost estimating, scheduling and developing the project proposal.
• Ensure subcontractors are qualified and safely maintain productivity within the project budget.
• Setting project and construction execution basis, monitoring the execution, and updating detailed work schedules.
• Coordinating the utilization of resources to meet the project schedule and budget.
• Supervise, monitor, and document the execution of all subcontractors to ensure that all contract items and conditions are fulfilled.
• Ensure the installation of work is in accordance with plans, specifications, and good practices.
• Ensure all changes to the scope of work are reviewed and approved prior to the actions being taken.
• Ensure the change order process is in place, functional, documented, followed, and reported in the project monthly report.
• Keep a daily logbook of any and all events that are of a pertinent nature to the project.
• Ensure all direct reports, superintendents and subcontractor coordinators are maintaining a daily logbook appropriately documenting their project activity, direction made or received affecting the contract and/or scope of work.
• Maintaining a positive relationship with the Client Representative assigned to the project.
• Assure that all personnel assigned to the project are aware of company policies and procedures and abide by them.
• Prepare the weekly report of project status, schedule, cost, QA/QC, safety, Change Order log and other contract required information to the client.
• Prepare a monthly report which will include a general overview of the project progress for the month.
• Safety status and statistics, schedule status, cost status, change order status, training status, field staff personnel summary, number of staff employees for the month, average number of subcontractor employees (indirect & direct) on the project for the month, staff personnel mobilization schedule, new personnel requirements, and a general summary of the status of our relationship with the client in the field.
• Supervise and/or coordinate all staff employees assigned to the project.
• Assume leadership role of Safety Focused planning efforts upon mobilization of project.
• Ensure a safe working environment.
• Ensure quality work.
• Comply with all Company and HSE procedures and policies.
• Perform other work-related duties as assigned.

Education / Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Engineering or Construction Management.
• Experience in working on Commercial/Industrial projects in a multi-cultural environment.
• Minimum 10 years of construction management experience.
• Experience in Lump Sum and or Guarantee Maximum Price contracts.

Required Skills

• Proficient in Microsoft Suite. Word, Excel, etc.
• Interpersonal skills for customer and subcontract relations.
• Project cost estimation.
• Manage to Execution of Approved Plans for the respective areas of responsibility, support the success of the overall Program.
• With knowledge of Building Permits and inspections.
• Contract Management knowledge.
• Competency in construction of CSA and MEP trades.
• Competency in Change Management.