What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Manager position at Wheaton College (IL)?
Project Manager
Job Overview
The Facilities Project Manager is responsible for planning, estimating, bidding constructions services work as well as managing all aspects of a construction or remodeling project. The Manager must be familiar with drafting, reviewing and enforcing contracts according to appropriate engineering standards. Reports to Assistant Director of Construction Services.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Work with the Assistant Director of Construction Services to prepare front end documents and review all bidding documents for completeness and constructability.
- Review Construction Documents to ensure College Specifications are being met.
- Develop deficiency lists for the College Architect.
- Work with Risk Management & Facilities Management to confirm drawings meet College Standards.
- Develop conceptual estimates using R.S. Means and other estimating software.
- Work with the Director of Construction and College Architect on the development of project scope and schedules.
- Bid, negotiate and award projects.
- Manage the General Contractor and communication between the owner, architect and engineers.
- Organize and lead project meetings.
- Coordinate contracts and submittal administration.
- Coordinate all aspects of project close out.
- Manage the project budget & schedule to ensure cost & deadlines are maintained.
- Ensure compliance by the contractor with plans, specifications, and contractual provisions of the project.
- Monitor and, as appropriate, ensure that the project progresses according to the schedule. When it cannot, management must be kept aware of reasons for the delay.
- Coordination and monitoring of reviews, approvals, and tests as required by the specifications and contract.
- Interpret contract drawings and specifications, and where disputes occur, document them and arrange solutions.
- Reject work that is not within contractual quality or that fails to meet contract standards.
- Stop work and progress when safety concerns over-ride basic contractual commitments or when continuation will result in the inclusion of substandard work.
- Approve contractor estimates of progress or revision so they can be approved for progress payments.
- Approve shop drawings, materials, samples, and other approval items submitted by the contractor with approval contingent on either the inspection reports or the reports of appropriate laboratories or consultants.
- Upon completion of a project, Project Manager and Campus Planning inspect new facility and perform punch list for contractor.
- Confirm contractor completion of punch list.
- Move department into new facility.
This job description is intended to represent key areas of responsibilities; specific assignments may vary from time to time, and other duties may be assigned.
Qualifications
- Undergraduate Degree in Construction Management or Construction Engineering.
- Three or more years of managing construction and/or remodeling projects.
- Must have three to four years of experience in the construction trades and be able to evaluate what he/she inspects.
- Must be able to read and understand the specifications involved with Project management.
- Must have good computer skills, including proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Access. This includes the creative design and use of these programs in support of office, planning, and construction processes.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Must have and maintain a valid Illinois driver’s license.
Physical Requirements
The employee is regularly required to sit, talk, or hear; frequently required to use repetitive hand motion, handle or feel, and to stand, walk, reach, bend, climb or lift up to 50 pounds.
FLSA Status - Exempt
As a Christ-centered community, Wheaton College faculty and staff must affirm the College’s Statement of Faith as expressing their own theological convictions and agree to live by the moral standards in Wheaton’s Community Covenant, modeling these commitments for the Christian formation of our students. Wheaton College faculty and staff also support the Christ-Centered Diversity Commitment which highlights our desire to treat all individuals as equal image-bearers of Jesus Christ through diversity, inclusion, justice and unity.
Updated (10/2020)
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