Construction Project Manager

Who We Are:

We are an athletic surfacing company that supplies and installs artificial turf fields and rubber running tracks throughout the southeast, primarily in North Carolina and South Carolina.

Job Summary
The Project Manager (PM) is a member of the Operations Department and is involved in all aspects of current projects and estimating. The role covers all areas of project management including project planning, cost management, time management, quality management and contract administration.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Coordinate buy outs for projects. Complete take offs of projects and gather estimates from suppliers. Prepare buy out forms and submit to manager for approval.
• Develop a cost-effective project plan and schedule to complete the project on time and within budget. Manage revisions to the plan as required.
• Work closely with the Project Coordinator to ensure material purchases are executed within schedule and budget constraints and that material is delivered on time.
• Coordinate work of installers and subcontractors working on various phases of a project. Ensure they understand work scope, schedules and budgets.
• Conduct routine site visits and obtain survey information using total stations.
• Support other Project Managers and Estimators as needed.
• Review architectural and engineering drawings, plans and specs to ensure specifications and regulations are followed and appropriate construction methods are applied.
• Report to owners and GCs on installation progress, issues and any necessary project modifications required or requested.
• Negotiate revisions, changes, and additions to contractual agreements with architects, consultants, clients, suppliers and subcontractors.
• Work with Estimators to ensure opportunity estimates and quotes meet customer expectation with as optimal a cost as possible
• Ensue crew member hours are submitted to Accounting and expense reports (with receipts) are both submitted weekly. Ensure crew member performance reviews are conducted as scheduled.
• Responsible for managing job budgets, tracking project expenses, and minimizing risk to cost overrun. Take a lead role in reviewing job cost actuals versus budget in monthly job cost review meetings and attacking sources of cost leakage.
• In partnership with superintendents, foster an atmosphere of continuous cost, schedule and quality improvement amongst crew members. Identify and implement cost reduction initiatives on an on-going bases. Evaluate use of bonuses to motivate performance.
• Confer with superintendents, owners, general contractors and subcontractors to discuss and resolve matters such as work procedures, complaints and installation problems.
• Conduct periodic safety inspections of construction sites.
• Continually evaluate open backlog for future labor and equipment requirements. Take appropriate action to ensure skilled resources are available when required. Consider alternate approaches to satisfying resources needs (i.e., use of subcontractors).
• Lead by example in quality, hard work, safety, organization, attitude and adherence to company policies and procedures. Be the face of GeoSurfaces while in the field.

Skills and Qualifications

• Able to generate and follow a project plan/schedule and make adjustments as required to achieve job completion target dates. Able to schedule and multi-task.
• Working knowledge of the artificial turf industry and/or grading, flooring and general construction.
• Able to read plans and specs and lay out a field or room from job drawings and specs.
• Able to plan and organize a team effort. Passion to motivate, lead and boost team morale.
• Strong focus on cost productivity, installation quality and safety.
• Experience with Submittals
• Excellent client relationship management skills
• Capacity to handle the pressure of managing multiple project simultaneously.
• Enjoy serving as a trainer, coach and mentor to job superintendents, project coordinators, estimators and installation crew.
• Excellent reasoning, problem solving and math skills.
Excellent communication skills
• - written & oral.
• Effective time management and logical decision-making ability.
• Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook; AutoCAD; Google Earth and various internet search tools.
• Working knowledge of surveying and total station
• Out of town travel to job sites is required.

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Compensation package:

• Bonus opportunities