Deputy Construction Manager at Dragados USA in Virginia Beach, Virginia

Job Description:

Principal/Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Coordinate with professional staff responsible for project construction.


• Manage all field operations and work sequence in conjunction with the Project Manager


• Direct and coordinate activities of project personnel to ensure project progresses on schedule and within prescribed budget


• Assist subordinate supervisors in maintaining production on budget and schedule


• Review project estimate or plan to determine schedule, estimated job cost, procedures for accomplishing project, staffing requirements, and allotment of available resources to various phases of project


• Understand project documents ie: completeness or inadequacies.


• Anticipate project needs with sufficient lead-time to avoid delay of production


• Establishes work plan and staffing for each phase of project, work closely with Human Resources in recruitment efforts as necessary


• Oversees coordination with project staff to outline work plans, assign duties, responsibilities, and scope of authority


• Review status and modify schedules or plans as required and prepares project reports for management, owners, and subcontractors


• Follow-up on directives to be continuously on the alert for situations that are not progressing productively and for opportunities to improve project performance


• Confer with project personnel to provide technical advice and to resolve problems


• Work closely with Company employees, project supervisors, owners, external teams and support people to get commitments regarding PM's managerial and supervisory requests


• Provide positive safety leadership to the project


• Review field operation and ensure that the project provides a safe workplace


• Coordinate the preparation and updating of the formal project construction schedule as required by the contract documents


• Coordinate resource use with project superintendent; for example, craft assignment, crew sizes and project layout for offices, traffic flow, and material storage


• Responsible for claims documentation


• Coordinate material purchases, assure that subcontractor agreements are prepared and change orders are


• accurate and issued to owners, subcontractors and suppliers


• Develop, maintain business relationships and manage subcontractor, client/owner, engineers, JV partner(s) and unions if applicable


• Maintain relationships with contracting and regulatory agencies & executive management


• Participate in project presentations to elected officials, general public and other stake holders


• Responsible for project closeout. Secure loose ends by finishing paperwork, obtaining retainages, supporting supervisors and expediting claims


• Debriefing of project to review all positive and negative aspects after completion


• Able to confidently negotiate any & all matters on behalf of the Company as they relate to cost, schedule & contract matters with Owner/Sub suppliers
  
  
  
  Knowledge, Skills and Abilities, Competencies
  
  
  
  
  
  • Knowledge and experience with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
  
  
  • Knowledge with Primavera P6 Scheduling Software is a plus
  
  
  • Knowledge of the DOT Standard Specifications
  
  
  • Communication - excellent oral presentation and written skills
  
  
  • Goal oriented - able to set goals and achieve them
  
  
  • Interpersonal - able to work well and persuade people at all organization levels
  
  
  • Organizational ability - able to plan, prioritize, organize and monitor activities and projects. Able to work well in a group environment and foster a team approach