Alexander Rose International has partnered with a top regionally ranked ENR general contractor to find a Senior Project Manager in Austin. We are looking for someone who has 10+ years of commercial construction experience with expertise in K-12, medical and hotel market sectors and has overseen multiple projects valued at over $30 million.
Overview
As a Senior Project Manager, you will play a key leadership role in delivering exceptional service to our clients by overseeing the daily management of projects. You will develop a comprehensive project plan detailing tasks, timelines, and resources needed to meet the project's objectives. In this role, you will engage with stakeholders, manage risks, and track progress to ensure adherence to the schedule. Ideal candidates are passionate, committed, and focused on achieving successful project outcomes.
What You Will Do
- Lead all activities related to contract administration, change orders, procurement, schedule, and financial reporting
- Ensure regular feedback is shared with staff including timely completion of employee performance appraisals.
- Provide leadership in motivating the project team and maintain a positive work environment.
- Communicate with owners, architects, and subcontractors as it relates to project risk, timetables, costs/budgets, and change management.
- Determines project staffing requirements and establishes a work plan and schedules for each project phase.
- Prepare project manuals, work category descriptions and other necessary components for a bid package. Manage the CM bid process to also include post-bid reviews.
- Serve as a team member on hard bid teams as needed.
- Establish and clarify project-specific goals related to schedule, safety, accounting, labor relations, EEO, and data processing/reporting.
- Assess and maintain client relationships to understand construction leadership, facility maintenance, and other business needs that may have facility-related implications from the beginning of the contract through the project warranty period.
- Manage owner communications related to project risks, schedules, budgets, and logistics.
- Coordinate development and delivery of project planning services (e.g., estimating, scheduling, value engineering, reporting) with the Project Planning Leader.
- Review assessment of client needs to contractual obligations and delivery of project professional management services by the team and all contracted trades, vendors, consultants, and suppliers to ensure that proper service is provided to the client.
- Establish subcontract agreements and work scopes for all trade contractors; communicating expectations and responsibilities related to project planning, coordination with other trades, safety, and definition of work quality.
- Clarify expectations and performance requirements in both written project documents and through presentations and discussions at pre-bid conferences, post-bid meetings, pre-installation meetings, and other interactions.
- Lead trade contractor relations.
- Coordinate information, access, and share across the project team to keep team members informed of current project status.
- Drive safety awareness at all times.
Requirements
To perform the job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each previously stated duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and ability necessary to succeed in this role.
- Education: industry-related college degree is required; an equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.
- Experience: At least 10 years’ of commercial construction experience is required. Candidate should have experience managing others with a proven history of leading, teaching, developing and mentoring successfully. Experience in a fast-paced business environment is helpful.
- K-12 project experience in required.
- Skills: Business acumen, judgment, communication, solid leadership, client relations, negotiation, project management, solid construction knowledge, decision-making, conflict resolution, tact, adaptable and analytical abilities are all necessary skills for a Project Manager.
- Technology: Candidate should have experience with or be able to learn specific project management and scheduling software (ex: JDE, Procore, Bluebeam, Asta). Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite is required. Training will be provided on company standards.
