SUMMARY: A project manager plans, directs, and coordinates a wide variety of construction projects. A project manager schedules and coordinates all design and construction processes, including the selection, hiring, and oversight of trade contractors.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Oversee the construction project from start to finish.
• Perform a key role in project planning, budgeting, and identification of resources needed.
• Create the teams, develop the objectives/goals of each and assign individual responsibilities.
• Project accounting functions including managing the budget, tracking if team expenses and minimizing exposure and risk in the project.
• Ensure that construction activities move according to pre-determined schedule.
• Devise the project work plans and make revisions as and when need arises.
• Communicate effectively with the contractors responsible for completing various phases of the Project.
• Co-ordinate the efforts of all parties involved in the project, which include the architects, consultants, contractors, sub-contractors and laborers.
• Monitor the progress of the construction activities on a regular basis and hold regular status meetings with all the sub-teams.
• Maintain strict adherence to the budgetary guidelines, quality and safety.
• Periodic inspection of construction sites.
• Ensure project documents are complete.
• Identify the elements of project design and construction likely to give rise to disputes and claims.
• Serve as a key link with the clients and review the deliverable prepared by the team before passing onto client.
• Coordinates with local building department on construction projects/issues.
• Performs all other duties assigned.

SUPERVISORY EXPERIENCE: None

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: A construction project manager must have a

bachelor's degree in construction science, construction management, building science, or civil engineering, plus work experience.

EXPERIENCE: Minimum of five years practical construction experience, whether gained through an internship, a cooperative education program, a job in the construction trades, or another job in the industry.

Strong and effective communication skills are key

to this role. Must have a thorough knowledge of legal issues and safety standard is essential.

OTHER QUALITIES : Ability to plan and organize a team effort. Good client management and goodwill ability. Capacity to motivate, lead and boost morale of the teams.

Effective time management and logical decision­ making ability. Ability to work under time sensitive deadlines. Strong focus on quality and detail.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described

here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually equivalent to a construction building site. It is occasionally a general office environment or out doors.