The Project Manager leads the project team and works in partnership with our Field Management to build a safe, high-quality, profitable project while beating the estimated budgets and improving the total Operating Profit margin over the original bid. The Project Manager role is key to fostering great client relations and developing our employees. This position is responsible for safe work plans, client negotiations, risk management, cost estimation, contract management, and execution strategy. In addition, the PM is responsible for the business side of the project. This position is based in New Jersey.

Responsibilities

• Passionately builds the team by attracting, interviewing, assessing, mentoring and retaining Top Performers.
• Leads and enforces the safety policies and procedures and addresses non-compliance among all employees, subcontractors and vendors.
• Utilizes daily huddles to promote communication, resolve issues and share ideas, so the projects are expeditiously and profitably constructed.
• Leads the development of the project schedule with the Superintendent and ensures the team is executing to the plan.
• Maximizes cash flow by aggressively adhering to the project invoicing schedule and ensures the team accurately documents and submits all receivables, quantity as-builts, change orders and claims.
• Works to beat the labor and other cost budgets.
• Produces complete subcontracts and ensures all subcontractors execute to the agreement and the company s standards. Ensures the required documentation is received in a timely manner.
• Estimates, prices and negotiates owner initiated extra work, change of scope items, and contract deletions to maximize profits.
• Actively develops client relations to generate opportunities for new work.
• Actively participates in Marketing and Estimating department activities to develop capture plans, teaming strategies, technical approach and bid strategies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor s Degree in Engineering/ Construction Management or equivalent work experience
• 7 years of relevant experience (Self perform- Heavy Civil Construction experience is required)
• Demonstrated success managing subcontractors and developing and executing innovative project changes.
• Demonstrated success in developing cost to complete, costing and pricing Change Orders, and maximizing profits.
• Background in project start-up meetings, subcontractor and vendor buyouts, owner estimates, sub/vendor requisitions, and cost to complete.
• Working Knowledge of MS Word, Excel

What you need to know

• Competitive Wages
• Benefit package
• Growth Opportunities

Conti is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants who receive a conditional offer of employment must take a pre-employment drug test and receive a negative result as a condition