Project Manager
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain, and update the project’s baseline schedule, ensuring alignment with contract milestones, DSA requirements, and field production realities.
- Coordinate with superintendents, subcontractors, and inspectors to track progress, identify delays, and implement recovery strategies.
- Monitor critical path activities and proactively communicate schedule impacts to internal and external stakeholders.
- Create, track, and manage all change events, change orders, and back charges with a high level of accuracy and documentation.
- Lead PCO (Potential Change Order) meetings, ensuring clear communication, timely pricing, and proper documentation for owner review.
- Prepare and issue formal notices to owners regarding time impacts, cost impacts, unforeseen conditions, or contractual obligations.
- Maintain the project’s schedule of values and ensure alignment with contract billing requirements.
- Prepare detailed and professional owner meeting minutes, capturing decisions, action items, and accountability.
- Serve as a primary point of contact for owners, architects, consultants, and DSA representatives, ensuring timely responses and transparent communication.
- Support DSA compliance efforts by coordinating with inspectors, managing required documentation, and ensuring adherence to approved plans and specifications.
- Organize and lead internal project team meetings, ensuring alignment between project management, field operations, and subcontractor partners.
- Review subcontractor scopes of work, identify gaps or overlaps, and ensure contractual clarity.
- Oversee subcontractor billing, verify progress, and ensure accurate and timely payment applications.
- Identify, track, and manage time and cost impact notices, ensuring timely submission and proper contractual handling.
- Support conflict resolution by applying strong project engineering principles and maintaining a solutions‑oriented mindset.
- Maintain rigorous project documentation to protect the company’s contractual and financial interests.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, Business, or a related field (highly preferred).
- Minimum of 5 years of experience as a Project Manager in commercial construction, ideally with public works and/or DSA project experience.
- Proficiency with Procore and Microsoft 365; strong digital organization and documentation skills.
- Solid understanding of project engineering fundamentals, construction means and methods, and contract administration.
- Demonstrated ability to lead teams, manage conflict, and maintain strong relationships with owners, design teams, inspectors, and subcontractors.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce clear, professional documentation.