Senior Construction Project Manager
Job Description
Senior Project Manager (Construction)
Daytona Beach, FL
Highlights:
- Lead a major campus development – Manage a $100M+ large-scale university project with complex mixed-use components and long-term impact.
- High-visibility leadership role – Drive project strategy, client relationships, and team performance while overseeing major construction initiatives across Central Florida.
- Top-tier builder with strong compensation – Join nationally recognized team with a standout culture, competitive pay, 13% bonus potential, and a $12K vehicle stipend.
Responsibilities:
- As a Senior Project Manager, you’ll serve as the driving force behind project planning, procurement, field execution, cost management, and team leadership.
- You’ll set the tone for safety and quality on site, build strong relationships with owners and design partners, and mentor project teams while navigating the unique demands of higher education construction.
- This is a chance to join a collaborative, forward‑thinking team that delivers innovative campus solutions and is trusted by colleges and universities nationwide.
What you will do:
- Procurement:
- Develop bidders list, including ability to analyze information in CPS and be aware of local market capabilities
- Develop overall bidding strategy for project
- Manage distribution of bidding documents and tracking of bidders, including solicitation of bidders and management of data within CPS
- Organize and conduct pre-bid meetings
- Manage bidder question process
- Manage development of work scopes and mentor others on their creation
- Develop front end documents for bidding based on project needs and requirements of owner contract
- Receive/evaluate bids and conduct post-bid reviews
- Write subcontracts, both standard subcontract orders and more complex types such as professional services or design-assist
- Planning:
- Initiate setup of a complex project schedule and creation of activities and logic, with no/little assistance on durations and schedule flow.
- Develop site logistics plans in conjunction with superintendent
- Set up a multi-element cash flow and manpower projection analysis at varying stages of the project
- Prepare constructability reviews to determine completeness of documents
- Review estimates prepared by preconstruction group for potential scope holes
- Initiate set up of jobsite, including mobilization of trailer and setup of jobsite staff
- Field Operations:
- Establish and oversee the safety plan at the jobsite; set safety culture at jobsite
- Ensure punchlist process is completed in a timely manner
- Assist with management of labor relations with field personnel, including interactions with unions
- Implement emergency crisis procedures and ensure staff is appropriately trained
- Manage owner equipment coordination process
- Facilitate Mechanical/Electrical overhead coordination or BIM process
- Cost Management:
- Create and manage general conditions budget. Monitor and update projections monthly
- Establish non-reimbursables based on interpretation of contract; work to minimize their usage
- Set up trade budget structure and log into Prolog
- Review budget entries of others and evaluate reports for accuracy
- Regularly monitor project costs and effectiveness of change management process
- Oversee creation of cost items in prolog and issuance to contractors
- Assist with processing changes to owner agreement
- Support job-site cash management, including monitoring of job profitability and timeliness of payment
- Management:
- Facilitate meetings with the project team
- Supervise and mentor project, jobsite staff
- Ensure RFIs and submittals are being appropriately processed by the engineering staff
- Ensure office procedures are implemented, including filing system, correspondence formats, start-up documents, closeout documents, and archiving
- Manage ultimate agency acceptance of the project, including serving as an interface to code officials
- Involvement in seeking repeat and new business sales
- Assist with response to RFPs and preparation of presentations for new projects
- Manage job relations and communication needs with the Architect/Engineer
What you will need:
- Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, Construction Management or a related discipline
- 8 + years’ experience in GC/CM Construction Management
- Strong verbal and written communication skills