Big-D Construction is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead and drive the successful delivery of a commercial ground-up construction project. This individual will serve as the lead, providing direction, accountability, and support to project teams, trade partners, and stakeholders while maintaining a strong focus on safety, quality, budget, and client satisfaction.
Location
This specific role will work on a Temple project for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Des Moines, IA. This role will have some travel expectations and will be offered per-diem.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leads their teams in such a way to maximize the contributions of each team member
- Exhibits strong commitment to customer service, both internal and external
- Reviews (and fully understands) prime contract with Project Director and provides red line changes
- Provide detailed contractual interpretations to team regarding prime contracts and subcontract agreements
- Experience managing projects in various construction delivery methods to include Design Build, Construction Manager/General Contractor (CMGC) and Hard bid formats
- Full understanding of design process and able to provide quality control review of plans/specifications
- Develops solutions to ensure issues never become problems
- Build strong relationships with other departments within Big-D
- Oversees and provides input regarding all issues that require risk management
- Develops contingency plans to mitigate potential risks to projects
- Ability to recognize project issues and timely acquire/coordinate company resources to support project as required
- Supervises project team's overall administration and technical direction to single or multiple projects simultaneously
- Proactively monitor the progress of the CPM schedule through updated schedules
- Oversight of project safety
- Holds team members accountable during all aspects of the project
- Ensures project team is performing all tasks in a streamlined fashion and makes adjustments as necessary
- Directs, guides, assists, plans and supports the design team as required
- Clearly, concisely and timely documents all changes or deviations from the contract documents including notifying the Owner of potential issues
- Technical writing for proposals
- Assist in developing prequalified subcontractor bidders list, review qualifications, and award contracts
- Coordinate construction activities of owners, public agencies, facility operations, tenants and utility companies in order to assure the desired project schedule, budget and quality are achieved
- Negotiates subcontract modifications with subcontractors to manage risk
- Ensures prime and subcontractor contractual requirements are met prior to performing work
- Responsible to provide technical and procedural construction direction to internal and external shareholders
- Provide prompt and accurate reporting of all required costs, changes, schedules and insurance data
- Responsible for review/approval of change order requests and onsite change orders
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in construction management or similar
- 7+ years of related experience working on large ground-up commercial projects
- Religious building ground-up experience is preferred
- Must be open to a traveling role
Benefits:
- Free Medical & Dental Insurance premiums
- HSA (Health Savings Account) with employer contribution
- 401k with Match
- Long-Term & Short-Term Disability
- Life Insurance
- Supplemental Benefits
- PTO & Holidays
- Vehicle Allowance
Additional Job Information
Interested applicants must submit their resume for consideration using our applicant tracking system. Due to the high volume of applications received, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies, or similar, will not be paid a fee and become the property of Big-D Construction. #LI-Onsite