Field Project Manager

About Paragon Professional Services

Paragon offers a wide range of environmental investigation, consulting, compliance, and remediation services as well as IT solutions, Facility O&M, Materiel Support, Supply and Security to both private- and public-sector clients throughout Alaska and the Continental U.S. Paragon’s experienced professional staff is dedicated to producing high-quality documentation and providing safe field execution to support its clients’ projects in line with local, state and federal guidelines and regulations.

About this position: Field Project Manager      Location – Anchorage, AK

The Essential Duties and Responsibilities are intended to present a descriptive list of the range of duties performed for this position and are not intended to reflect all duties performed within the job. Other duties may be assigned. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each essential duty. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.

Applicants will be notified via phone or email within ten (10) business days of submittal.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Ability to lead by example to ensure management of assigned projects by following corporate policies, procedures and core values
• Ensure contract compliance with the plans and specifications, quality control plan, and work plans, for all internal crews and subcontractors.
• Establish and maintain site quality control programs in compliance with client and corporate requirements, including supervision of the project quality control team.
• Develop and manage schedules and budgets
• Facilitate Modification Management processes, to include the development of cost proposals and submitting medication and requests for equitable adjustments to the client.
• Manage the submittal process, to include the development of the submittal register and key submittals, RFIs, and the review and approval of submittals prepared by others
• Assist the Safety Manager and Site Safety and Health Officer to establish a culture of safety on project sites
• Review safety procedures and processes with Safety Manager and on-site Site Safety and Health Officers, including the development of Activity Hazard Analysis and corporate & agency safety reporting.
• Comply with all OSHA and EM-385 requirements
• Review Daily Reports and develop monthly project status reports
• Conduct coordination meetings with subcontractors and clients
• Track and document inspections, regularly audit quality control reports for accuracy and compliance.
• Attend daily/weekly and monthly meetings as required
• Assist with writing/reviewing/submitting plan documents for Government approval
• On-site assignments to project required, with up to 6 week deployments regularly scheduled.
• Communicate with customers, subcontractors, and senior management to provide project updates

•         Education Requirements: High School Diploma Required

•         Level of Experience Requirements: Ten+ Years Experience in-field or on-site construction and environmental project management as a superintendent or project manager

•         Valid Alaska Drivers License and Clean Driving Record

•         Required Certifications:

o   Quality Management for Contractors Certification (USACE)

• • EM385 1-1 40 hour Certification
  • OSHA 30-hour Certification
  • HAZWOPER Supervisor Certification
  • Certified Erosion and Sediment Control Lead
  • First Aid and CPR Training
  • Training and Experience as a competent person for Fall Protection, Confined Space and Excavation Safety

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other Characteristics

• Familiarity with the Microsoft Suite (Teams, Sharepoint, Word, Excel)
• Familiarity with Deltek applications (Costpoint, etc)
• Shows respect and sensitivity for cultural differences; Educates others on the value of diversity; Promotes a harassment-free environment; Builds a diverse workforce.
• Treats people with respect; Keeps commitments; Inspires the trust of others; Works with integrity and ethically; Upholds organizational values.
• Recognizes and promotes a culture of safety

Preferred

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture or Construction Management
• P6 Scheduling Experience
• Survey Experience
• Commercial Driver’s License

Supervisory Responsibilities

•         This position will have supervisory responsibilities.

DOT Covered/Safety-Sensitive Role Requirements

•         This position is not subject to federal requirements regarding Department of Transportation “safety-sensitive” functions. You may delete this line if it does not apply to the job.    

Necessary Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this role. Employees must always maintain a constant state of mental alertness. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk; use hands to finger or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is regularly required to stand, climb, or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

Work Environment

The work environmental characteristics described here are representative of those that must be borne by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the role. Employees must always maintain a constant state of situational awareness. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Setting: The employee will work in a temperature-controlled office environment, as well as on construction and environmental project sites. Project sites may be outdoors or indoors. During assignments to construction and environmental job sites, the individual may be exposed to: extreme cold or hot weather conditions, hazardous noise, fall hazards, heights in excess of 10 feet, confined spaces, excavations, live traffic, fumes, or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, hazardous materials, unexploded ordinance, and dimly lit areas.

Schedule and Flexibility: Core functions will be performed on 5 days per week, 8 hours per day work schedule.  Field work will require longer shifts depending on the project schedule and location.

Additional Qualifying Factors

As a condition of employment, you will be required to pass a pre-employment drug screening and have acceptable background check results. If applicable to the contract, you must also obtain and maintain the appropriate clearance levels required and must also be able to obtain access to military installations.

This position will likely require deployment to remote Alaska project sites.  Candidate must be available to deploy to project sites for extended periods of time.

Shareholder Preference

BSNC gives hiring, promotion, training, and retention preference to BSNC shareholders, shareholder descendants and shareholder spouses who meet the minimum qualifications for the job.

Bering Straits Native Corporation is an equal opportunity employer.  All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any status protected by state or federal law, or any other basis prohibited by law.