The Project Manager provides leadership for the overall operating performance of a water / wastewater construction project and is responsible for the overall safety, quality, completion, and financial outcome of a project, from the set-up of the initial budget through project closeout. Among many important responsibilities are ensuring that projects are executed safely, on time, and within budget. Other responsibilities include developing and maintaining positive relationships with the owner, design engineer, subcontractors, and vendors, and ensuring compliance with company policies and procedures and protection of the company's interest.Job Duties
- Ensure a Safety First attitude throughout the project duration from all levels of management and field operations, including all subcontractors.
- Manage project costs through ongoing evaluation of labor, material, subcontracts, and equipment, and forecast and analyze construction costs, risks, and opportunities through project completion.
- Analyze weekly labor production. Ensure that weekly quantities are reported accurately. Search for ways to improve production.
- Lead subcontractor and material buyout and negotiate subcontract and purchase order agreements.
- Lead initial project planning and P6 scheduling and provide monthly updates. Generate solutions to stay ahead of schedule.
- Lead weekly meetings with the project team to discuss the four-week look-ahead schedule, labor production, submittals and material deliveries, RFIs, and quality issues.
- Prepare monthly owner billings and monitor collections.
- Prepare the project start-up and commissioning plan.
- Perform project close-out.
- Manage conflict resolution. Anticipate conflicts, communicate preventative action plans, and implement solutions to avoid issues.
Leadership
- Build relationships, motivate others, provide clear direction, foster teamwork.
- Communicate effectively, both in writing and verbally.
- Train and mentor less experienced personnel.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in construction management, civil engineering, or another related curriculum.
- 5+ years of experience in water/wastewater construction.
- Must possess superior construction knowledge, excellent personnel management skills, scheduling expertise, good knowledge and use of cost control procedures.
- Moderate to high level of proficiency operating MS Excel, MS Outlook, MS Word, and MS PowerPoint
The Statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and levels of work performed by employees, but are not a complete list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the employer.We offer excellent benefits including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, and a matching 401K plan. We are proud to be a 100% Employee Owned Company (ESOP)! To learn more about Austin, please go to About Austin Bridge and RoadA leader in the heavy highway and transportation infrastructure industry for more than 100 years, Austin Bridge & Road has built landmark projects from Arizona to North Carolina, including complex urban highway interchanges, tollways, runways, port facilities, border crossings, automated people mover guide-ways and specialty bridges. In 2018, Austin Bridge & Road expanded into the water & wastewater market. Austin Bridge & Road is excited about the opportunities in the water sector and is committed to growing the Water Division, focusing on projects located in North Texas, primarily Dallas - Fort Worth.It is the policy of Austin Bridge & Road, L.P. to assure that applicants are employed and that employees are treated during employment without regards to their race, religion, sex, color or national origin, age, disability, or any other legally protected characteristics or status. Such action shall include: employment, upgrading, demotion, or transfer; recruitment or recruitment advertising; layoff or termination; rates of pay or other forms of compensation; and selection for training, including apprenticeship, pre-apprenticeship, and/or on-the-job training.No agency inquiries please.Austin Industries and all operating divisions (Austin Bridge & Road, Austin Commercial, and Austin Industrial) do not accept unsolicited resumes, candidates' names or summaries from staffing agencies, search firms, or third-party recruiters. Any unsolicited resumes, candidates' names or summaries submitted to Austin Industries, or any of its employee-owners, become the property of Austin Industries and Austin Industries will not pay.Austin Bridge & Road is an Equal Opportunity Employer.See the Know Your Rights poster available in English and Spanish.See the Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision poster available in English and Spanish.