Clayco is a full-service, turnkey real estate development, master planning, architecture, engineering and construction firm that safely delivers clients across North America the highest quality solutions on time, on budget, and above and beyond expectations. With $5.8 billion in revenue for 2023, Clayco specializes in the "art and science of building," providing fast track, efficient solutions for industrial, commercial, institutional and residential related building projects.
Why Clayco?
Best Places to Work - St. Louis Business Journal, Los Angeles Business Journal, Phoenix Business Journal
ENR - Top Midwest Contractors (#1), Top Design Build Contractors (#4), Top 400 Contractors (#20), ENR - Top Green Builders (#5)
The Role We're Looking For:
This position serves as the overall Project Leader for the jobs in which they are involved. Responsibilities range from project set up, project buy out, contract execution and compliance, material procurement, progress tracking, material invoice approval, responsible for project sequencing and scheduling, maintaining and updating schedules, coordination and communication with General Contractor, change order distribution/tracking, coordination with Estimators, cost report job forecasting, overall project fiscal responsibility.
The Specifics of the Role:
Serve as primary contact to customers on projects
Establish and maintain schedules with regard to both drawings and delivery. Work with suppliers to ensure that internal schedule is consistent with job schedule and manage schedule changes internally
Work closely with accounting to establish and manage a schedule of values for progress billing
Coordinate with subcontractors
Maintain project budget throughout each project, with profit and loss accountability
Identify opportunities for change orders and establish cost where applicable.
Prepare, issue and track change order status for material above and beyond the original contract.
Review purchase orders and specifications on new jobs to ensure the scope of work is consistent with the estimate.
Minimize job site and schedule problems wherever possible and minimize cost impact of potential back charges.
Ensure department achieves goals through management and leadership mentality.
Coordination with GC/Owner
Mentoring Project Coordinators
Requirements:
Communicates well both verbally and in writing, creates accurate reports, delivers presentations, shares
information and ideas with others, has good listening skills
Ability to identify, assimilate and comprehend the critical elements of a situation to extract and interpret implications of courses of actions to attend to details of a problem.
Effectiveness in planning and controlling work, motivating and developing subordinates, improving work
methods and results, encouraging and supporting suggestions for work improvements, etc.
Breaks down problems into smaller components, understands underlying issues, can simplify and
process complex issues, understands the difference between critical details and unimportant facts.
Plans for and uses resources efficiently, always looks for ways to reduce costs
Is attentive to detail and accuracy, is committed to excellence, looks for improvements continuously,
monitors quality levels, finds root cause of quality problems, owns/acts on quality problems.
Knows and projects costs to complete accurately. Proactively adjusts budgets and develops solutions to
maximize profits.
Leads through change and adversity, makes the tough call when needed, builds consensus when
appropriate, motivates and encourages others.
Operates within the organization's formal and informal structures, builds allies and relationships across
departments, uses allies to build consensus and create results, is appropriately diplomatic, understands
others' roles and perspectives, can sell projects and ideas across the organization.
Anticipates and resolves conflicts, turns team diversity into an advantage, uses unique team talents,
defines processes and goals, works for consensus.
Establishes project goals, milestones, and procedures, defines roles and responsibilities, acquires
project resources, coordinates projects throughout company, monitors project progress, and manages multiple projects.
Inspires and stimulates the best efforts of subordinates in the accomplishment of identified goals.
Preferred Qualifications:
10+ years of experience
Bachelors degree in Construction management or Engineer recommended.
Highly skilled and strong knowledge of construction principles/practices required
Excellent problem-solving skills, with an adaptable and flexible style in working with all types of individuals
Project set up, budget planning, buy out, and cost reporting experience is a must
Good understanding of critical path scheduling.
Energetic and highly motivated with a strong sense of urgency
Highly entrepreneurial and self-motivated, with the ability to work equally well on own as well as in a team environment.
Knowledge and understanding of building construction combined with steel design concepts presented on architectural and engineering drawings
Ability to understand construction drawings and specifications
Ability to work with Microsoft Office Suite, On-Screen Estimating software and ACC Build