Project Manager at Dragados USA in Selma, California

Job Description:

Principal/Essential Duties & Responsibilities



• Manage professional staff responsible for project construction
• Plan, direct and oversee all field operations, including self-perform work and subcontracted work.
• 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. Chair the weekly schedule and productivity review meetings with subordinate supervisors.
• 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 management and documentation
• Coordinate material purchases, assure that subcontractor agreements are prepared and change orders are accurate and issued to owners, subcontractors and suppliers



Qualifications
Required Preferred
• Bachelor's Degree in a related field from an accredited four-year college or university, Civil Engineering or Construction Management preferred
• Fifteen plus (15+) years of related construction and management experienced required
• Management experience in large heavy civil infrastructure projects ($100M+)
• Federal, state and local knowledge and experience
• Knowledge and experience with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Knowledge of the NCDOT Standard Specifications
• Goal oriented - able to set goals and achieve them
• Interpersonal - able to work well and persuade people at all organization levels
• Experience in airport or transportations projects is a plus.
• Experience in projects with a PLA (Project Labor Agreement) in place is a plus



Knowledge, Skills and Abilities, Competencies

• Communication - excellent oral presentation and written skills
• 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