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Construction Project Manager
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What they do
A Construction Project Manager supervises construction projects from beginning to end, ensuring that projects are completed within time and budgetary constraints. Controls the time, cost and quality of construction projects, from residential, commercial and industrial buildings to roads, bridges and schools. Plans and coordinate all aspects of the construction process, including hiring contractors and working with engineers, architects and vendors.
$111,866 / year median in Maryland
+9% projected growth
Job Description
Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain project schedule, and budget to ensure project meets initial estimate. Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports.
- Review, prepare, and acquire fully executed contracts from customers and subcontractors.
- Prepare construction estimates and ensure site surveys for estimating are complete and accurate.
- Update project management system regularly with actual job costs and cost commitments to accurately reflect the financial performance of the project. Accountable for project profit and loss; timely billings and collections from customers to ensure profitability and adnce to project accounting guidelines.
- Prepare Performance Metric reports with the analysis of monthly labor hours against forecast; subcontractor analysis (schedule of values) for all projects.
- Responsible for month-end financial reviews, including revenue recognition and job cost review, equipment cost review, project cost management, billing preparation, and operational expense review.
- Administer project meetings with Superintendent, Field Engineer, and appropriate subcontractors to make necessary changes to finalize work schedule.
- Secure project submittals and critical project documents required by the specifications and/or client.
Qualifications:
- BS degree in Construction Management or Engineering preferred
- Water or wastewater construction or field management construction experience preferred, with hands-on experience in construction or engineering.
- Experience with infrastructure related construction, specifically CIPP construction projects, and government funded projects preferred.
- DBIA certification or experience with collaborative project delivery methods, including design-build, CMAR, or progressive design-build, preferred.
- Clear understanding of managerial financial information, plus familiarity with "percent of cost" accounting systems.
- Experience with project scheduling utilizing Microsoft Project or other project management systems.