Senior Project Manager- Northstar Construction

Northstar Construction Services (NCS) is a full-service commercial construction company including Design Build, General Contracting and Construction Management. NCS has experience and specializes in Development, Design-Build, Construction and Remodeling specifically in Restaurants and light Industrial. With offices now in Houston and San Antonio, we are continuing to grow quarter after quarter and looking for key members that will be an asset to our continuing growth.

Are you great at translating big picture goals into specific action steps?

Are you a serious, direct, and analytical person comfortable taking the lead?

Come be a part of one of the fastest growing construction companies in Texas.

NCS offers competitive COMPENSATION & BENEFITS!

NCS Company Culture:

We are proud of our emphasis on fostering a strong sense of Jesus Christ and family through our values EXCELLENCE | GROWTH | CARING | UNITY.

We #BuildTexas. We glorify God through our good works and for the good of others.

What We’re Looking For:

Northstar Construction Services (NCS) is now hiring an experienced Senior Project Manager. Selected candidate would be expected to step right into the administration of Project Operations to provide guidance and support to the team analyzing and interpreting project information in the assembly of budgets, bids, and proposals.

The selected candidate will be expected to provide the necessary framework to ensure that projects remain in-scope and meet budgetary, scheduling, and quality requirements.

The selected candidate will also be expected to implement standard process and deliverables, while approaching all challenges as opportunities to grow and learn to a mutual benefit with NCS.

Position Summary

● Technical Skills: Building Connected, DropBox, Smartsheets, Procore, MS Office, Teams and Zoom

● Maintain and improve relationships with existing clients.

● Provides functional direction over areas of responsibility including construction project schedules, cost control, dispute resolution, contract administration, and quality control

● Reviews and monitors overall administration of contracts for Architects and related consultants

● Present or participate in project estimates and budgets to project Owners and other partners.

● Assist in the development and implementation of estimating and cost modeling with designers, architects and engineers using a model-based process.

● Provide alternative means and methods during the target value design process.

● Collaborate with project teams to ensure all pre-construction requirements are met for individual projects.

● Assist in project planning before a construction project begins and coordinate successful hand-off of project from preconstruction to the operation teams.

● Implement and promote lean practices on our projects.

● Establish profitability goals and strategies to achieve them; manage and control internal cost to ensure profitability.

● Review project specifications and drawings and attend pre-bid meetings to resolve scope of work and required contents of estimate.

● Perform comparisons of scope, quantities, and cost data between projects.

● Manage and administer owner contracts, ensure risks are properly identified and managed on a daily basis.

● Reviews and verifies submitted applications for payment and performs overall fiscal management of multiple construction projects

● Prepare and submit monthly status reports and cost projections, review for accuracy in coding and processing of invoices.

● Ensure regular progress meetings are being held to identify and track action items and deliverables.

● Oversee the change management process; assist owners with development and implementation of design changes and project teams with analysis and recommendations regarding architect and contractor change order requests. Review all change orders before being sent to the owner and other relevant stakeholder.

● Oversee projects through to project close out; development and adherence to pre-construction schedules and construction milestones, accurate and timely tracking of submittals, RFI's and other critical project documentation, weekly and monthly reporting to the owner.

● Reviews change orders from all construction projects and assesses their impact on the Project

● Assist with development and review of all cost estimates; ensure cost estimates are being prepared at appropriate stages of design.

● Oversee the work of project managers and participate in delivering training for other project field staff.

● Resolves complex construction project related issues, disputes, and disagreements

● Develops and recommends internal policies and procedures

● Develop industry relationships and expand professional networks that have potential to generate future sales opportunities.

● Participate in marketing efforts and group sales planning strategies for development of new business. Leverage relationships to identify new opportunities. Assist in pursuit efforts, including presentations, for new opportunities.

Experience:

● Have 5 years commercial construction management experience and multiple years of experience in restaurant finish-out and ground-up as a Superintendent or Project Manager. 7 years of experience working as a Project Manager in Commercial Construction

● Groundup, 1st generation buildouts and renovations

● Candidates should have advanced math skills, ability to visualize in 2D and 3D, and an understanding of risk evaluation

● Proficient in Smartsheets, Procore, MS Office, Teams and Zoom

● Bachelors Degree preferred

● 5 years of experience in managing large programs with projects having construction values in excess of $50 million (not cumulative)

OR

● Possession of a valid Certified Construction Manager (CCM) credential by the Construction Manager Certification Institute (CMCI) may be substituted for the required education

● Strong ability to manage and oversee multiple projects simultaneously, work with different stakeholders and show effective leadership in driving projects forward as required by contract and specifications

● Highly qualified in technical knowledge of groundup and 1st generation build outs for restaurant and light industrial projects.

● Priority management; possess the ability to solve multiple complex issues simultaneously with project managers and other field staff according to the critical nature of the issues, such as disputes and disagreements

● Long range planning skills and a look-ahead attitude to anticipate issues and resolve with urgency

● Demonstrate effective listening skills; providing empathy and support to further team development and team building

● Flexible and ability to adapt to a fast-changing environment