Construction Senior Project Manager

Job Description

The Senior Project Manager (SPM) is a senior construction leader responsible for total project execution. The SPM sets the standard for excellence on site and does not tolerate mediocrity.

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for the following tasks, listed in order of priority: 

1. Jobsite Ownership & Team Leadership - Own the job site. Lead project managers, superintendent(s) and subcontractors to deliver work that meets Post Brothers’ standards for quality, schedule adherence, and budget performance. Establish clear expectations, enforce accountability, and remove underperforming team members when standards are not met. Be the primary decision-maker on day-to-day subcontractor activities
2. Critical Path Execution - Maintain full ownership of the project schedule. Ensure subcontractors, inspections, materials, and deliveries are coordinated, sequenced, and executed to protect the critical path and meet milestone deadlines.
3. Scheduling & Planning - Manage and continuously refine both macro (master) schedules and detailed micro (look-ahead) schedules to anticipate constraints, resolve conflicts early, and maintain forward momentum. Schedule must prioritize client goals over ease of construction and reflect Post’s vertically integrated approach. Proactively manage all schedule prerequisites such as long-lead procurement items, shop drawing and submittal reviews, special inspections, and permitting milestones to ensure work is always positioned to proceed without delay.
4. Change Order Defense & Cost Control- Aggressively defend the project against unjustified change orders and schedule claims:
   1. Rigorously analyze scope, unit costs, quantities, productivity assumptions, and schedule impacts
   2. Push back forcefully on unsupported claims
   3. Maintain real-time command of project metrics and be able to defend decisions in writing with numbers
   4. Address issues live in the field when mistakes or inefficiencies are identified. Do not allow preventable problems to compound with the intent of “charging later.”
   5. Respond in writing to all change order requests within 30 days.
5. Payables Documentation
   1. Ensure all potential change orders (PCOs), including those pending approval, are transmitted to Accounting in real time. 
   2. Ownership must never be surprised by backlogged or undocumented subcontractor requests. 
   3. Ensure all subcontractor invoices are received, reviewed, processed, and paid in accordance with contract terms. 
   4. Review project budgets monthly in coordination with the Construction Controller and proactively address variances.
6. Reporting - Provide weekly written updates to ownership and key stakeholders that include schedule status, progress photos, upcoming milestones, risks, and required decisions.
7. Document Control & Drawing Management - Maintain accurate, up-to-date construction documentation, including drawings, revisions, RFIs, and shop drawings. Ensure all field teams are always working from the latest approved information, e.g. ensure RFIs are processed promptly and correctly so no party can claim delays due to administrative failures.
8. General Conditions & Site Excellence - Ensure general conditions are executed at an exceptional level. Maintain a clean, organized, professional job site that reflects high standards of safety and Post's brand presentation. General conditions at Post Brothers exceed standard GC expectations and are non-negotiable, regardless of cost or convenience.
9. Regulatory Compliance, Inspections & Permitting - Schedule and lead required site meetings, utility inspections, environmental inspections, and local building and regulatory inspections. Manage all site logistics permitting such as crane, street closure, etc. Manage Project Engineers and consultants to perform all required special inspections.
10. Safety Oversight - Partner with the Safety Director to oversee site safety. Enforce safety protocols, proactively identify and mitigate risks, and ensure full compliance with all company and regulatory safety requirements. Coordinate closely with site security personnel to maintain secure, controlled, and well-managed job sites at all times.

Critical Traits 

• Worships at the Altar of Cost: an unapologetically cost-first thinker. Sees pricing as a solvable problem, not a fixed reality. Willing to challenge peers, subs, and internal teams to ensure Post never overpays due to inertia, familiarity, or convenience. Comfort or familiarity is never prioritized over value.
• Patient with small subcontractors: Supports smaller subs and vendors when needed (including helping with AIA formats or RFI submissions) without condescension, while still holding them to performance and quality standards.
• Relentlessly rigorous in resolving issues with documentation on paper: Demands facts, metrics, and accountability. Does not accept vague explanations, poor product, or half-answers.
• Maintains strategic clarity amid complexity: Possesses a strong strategic awareness and maintains a clear focus on overarching goals while effectively managing detailed tasks. Prioritizes actions that drive broader success. Does not get trapped in minor distractions.
• Efficient communicator: Ability to interact with and present information to company principals clearly, succinctly, and directly.
• Committed to non-avoidant success: Addresses performance issues decisively and without hesitation. Willing and able to cull or replace low-performing staff, consultants, or subcontractors to protect project outcomes.
• Owner-mentality: Approaches challenges with an ownership mindset. Aggressively solves problems, proposes creative solutions, and pushes beyond conventional GC or subcontractor norms to protect the company’s interests and achieve superior results.

Requirements:

• Valid Driver's License and reliable transportation required.
• Ability to perform heavy lifting (at least 60 lbs), climb ladders up to 24 ft, stand and walk for 8 hours, and perform other physically demanding duties as directed.

 Post Brothers provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Post Brothers complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.