Job Description
We’re looking for a
CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGER to join our dynamic team in our Melbourne office. The Construction Project Manager is responsible for leading and managing the successful execution of assigned projects and the achievement of the project’s scope, schedule, and financial requirements and metrics. The primary responsibilities are to manage the project team and to plan, direct, coordinate, and budget activities concerned with specific construction projects. The Construction Project Manager is also responsible for ensuring compliance with corporate Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) and Construction Quality Control policy for all assigned projects. The Construction Project Manager shall have experience managing at-risk construction projects ranging from $3M to $20M in size. Job requirements may include travel, temporary duty assignments, or relocations. Willingness to travel for project assignments is a must.
Responsibilities
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Manage construction and design/build proposals to include planning, estimating, scheduling, subcontracting, detailing technical and management approach, past performance, and HSE and Quality compliance.
- Prepare baseline performance plans and develop metrics for assigned projects to include baseline costs and planned gross margin, baseline schedule and milestone dates, and projected cash flow.
- Financial performance and reporting of assigned projects including monthly forecasting, managing commitments, and monitoring costs incurred. Responsible for delivering the project for as-bid gross profit or more.
- Safety performance to ensure compliance with corporate policy and site-specific health and safety plan, incident reporting, and implementing corrective actions as necessary. Responsible for endorsing a zero-tolerance environment on site.
- Quality performance to ensure compliance with roles and responsibilities are understood, contract documents are adhered to, and the delivered project meets the contractual and design requirements.
- Client Management to ensure the owner is always informed and current on the project status and open issues are resolved promptly. Responsible for owner satisfaction with the end-product leading to repeat work and exceptional project references.
- Manage the project team with the pre-qualification, selection, and contracting of design professionals and directing the design process, and monitor their progress in terms of design appropriateness, design to budgets, and schedule to meet the needs of the project.
- Manage the project team with the pre-qualification, selection, and subcontracting of construction trade subcontractors and with the procurement of vendor equipment as necessary.
- Manage the development and implementation of a project risk register and change order log to identify, track, and mitigate potential risks to the successful completion of the project.
- Manage efforts to obtain the necessary permits, environmental approvals, and licenses necessary to construct the projects.
- Manage and mentor project team on an ongoing basis. Proactively facilitate in resolving conflicts within the project team.
- Ensure the project team endorses a partnering environment with Owners, supervisory personnel, contractors, and design professionals to discuss and resolve matters such as work procedures, RFIs, change control and management, and any issues that may come upon the projects.
Qualifications
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, or equivalent. Five years of industry experience and a PMP or CCM certification may be substituted for the degree requirement.
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience as a Project Manager or Construction Manager.
- Strong leadership skills that demonstrate the ability to lead a team of individuals to accomplish the project vision, goals, and objectives.
- Strong communication skills, and the ability to work well with clients.
- Knowledge of the built environment infrastructure, including buildings and infrastructure.
- Experience as a Construction Project Manager, which should encompass all aspects of a project or program life-cycle, from planning and design management, procurement, construction management, commissioning, and closeout.
- Understanding of critical path method scheduling, and ability to direct a planner/scheduler in constructing a CPM schedule.
- Understanding of Earned Value management procedures.
- Well versed in managing cash flows, and budgets.
- Management of Project Controls (Cost, schedule, budget, procurement, document control).
- Experience in managing general contractors and trade subcontractors.
- Certified Construction Manager (CCM) from CMAA is a plus.
- A certificate as a Project Management Professional (PMP) is a plus.
Physical Requirements
- Ability to navigate and move around the construction site, which may involve walking, climbing ladders and scaffolding, and standing for extended periods on uneven surfaces.
- Ability to lift to 50 pounds.
- Ability to handle tools, equipment, and perform tasks that require coordination and manual skills.
- Manual dexterity, hearing, mental acuity, typing, reaching, repetitive motion, speaking, talking, and visual acuity.
- Ability to operate a motor vehicle.
- Ability to stand and sit for periods longer than 30 minutes but not to exceed two hours consecutively.
- Ability to print and draw letters, numbers, words, characters, and symbols that are legible and understood by others.
- Ability to learn complex tasks and remember how to complete tasks without assistance once trained.
- Ability to control behavior when encountering stressful situations or short deadlines and to maintain a high level of concentration.
- Quick thinking and decision-making ability to address issues and challenges that may arise during construction.
- Endurance to work in various weather conditions and handle the physical demands of supervising a construction project.
- Strict adherence to safety protocols and the ability to enforce safety standards on the construction site.
- Adherence to personal protective equipment (PPE) requirements when on the construction site, such as hard hats, safety vests, and steel-toed boots.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
This job description may be changed to include new responsibilities and tasks or change existing ones as management deems necessary.
EOE/AA/MFDV
Job Tags
Contract work, Temporary work, For contractors, For subcontractor, Work at office, Relocation,