Construction Project Manager

Who We Are

At WSP, we are driven by inspiring future-ready pioneers to innovate. We’re looking to grow our teams with people who are ready to collaborate in building communities and expanding our skylines. To do this, we hire candidates of all experiences, skillsets, backgrounds and walks of life. We actively foster a work environment and culture where inclusion and diversity is part of our fundamental structure. This is delivered behaviorally, through our policies, trainings, local partnerships with professional diverse organizations, internal networks and most importantly with the support and sponsorship of our leaders who help drive our commitment to an inclusive, diverse, welcoming and equitable work environment. Anything is within our reach and yours as a WSP employee. Come join us and help shape the future!

This Opportunity

WSP currently has a Construction Project Manager career opportunity to support our Program/Construction Management (PM/CM) Practice. This full-time position can be located anywhere in the United States.

The full-time Construction Project Manager will work closely with PM/CM resources to execute projects primarily focused on environmental, sustainable, and remediation efforts. This position requires familiarity with various delivery models, such as engineering-procurement-construction-management (EPCM), engineering-procurement-construction (EPC), design-build, and design-bid-build.

Are you looking for an exciting job where you can put your skills and talents to work at a company you can feel proud to be a part of? Do you want a workplace that will challenge you and offer you opportunities to learn and grow? We encourage you to apply for this opportunity. We are dedicated to providing the atmosphere to allow individuals to grow their career. We offer a varied and interesting diversity of clients and projects. We’d love you to join our team of friendly, hard-working, dedicated and collaborative professionals. Our ideal candidate is seeking challenging work and is committed to quality.

Your Impact

• Leading construction management efforts when WSP is an owner’s agent, or during at-risk construction projects where WSP is responsible for executing the work.
• Achieving safety, quality, financial, and schedule targets.
• Leading projects through the entire lifecycle, including pre-proposal/pursuit, design (if applicable), procurement, construction, commissioning, and turnover to operations.
• Planning all construction activities, which will require coordinating with contractors/subcontractors, engineers, architects, and third-party entities such as inspection and testing agencies or local utility providers.
• Working with safety personnel to develop site-specific health and safety plans.
• Working with quality personnel to develop QA/QC plans.
• Developing and maintaining a project-specific risk register and proactively managing issues from kick-off through closeout.
• Developing and maintaining comprehensive project schedules.
• Tracking project expenditures and accurately forecasting estimated costs at completion.
• Reviewing and approving contractor/subcontractor payment applications.
• Working with procurement and contracting personnel to negotiate contract terms.
• Internal project reporting.
• Working closely with clients to build trusting relationships by demonstrating commitment to delivering projects successfully.
• Compliance with full project documentation storage requirements.

Who You Are

• 7 – 10 years of relevant construction project management experience – as an owner or owner’s agent preferred.
• Undergraduate degree in construction management, engineering, or related degree, or equivalent experience in a construction-related position.
• Experience assembling and managing construction teams to complete contract requirements, while ensuring safety, quality, cost, and schedule goals are achieved.
• Experience with construction plans and specifications and relating that to project scope, schedule, and cost.
• Experience being responsible for project financial performance and tracking and reporting on expenditures as well as forecasting estimated costs to complete.
• Commitment to safety. OSHA 30-hour training preferred.
• Excellent verbal/written communication, problem solving, conflict resolution and decision-making skills.
• Ability to liaise between designers, owners, contractors, and end-users.
• Certifications preferred (PE, PMP, CCM, etc.).
• Must pass background check and must have a satisfactory driving record in accordance with the Company's driving (MVR) policy.

Additional Requirements

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

Additional Details

• Travel Required: 20%
• Job Status: Regular
• Employee Type: Full
• Primary Location: SAVANNAH - BUS CENTER DR
• All locations: US-GA-Savannah

About WSP

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper. www.wsp.com

WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.

At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?

WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.

The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.