Project Manager - Commercial - Columbia, SC

Project Manager

Harper General Contractors has a proud 75-year legacy of building trust and community across the Southeast and we are expanding our office in Columbia, SC. We are actively seeking a Project Manager to join our growing Columbia team as long-term colleague, committed to building our presence in the region. This is a unique opportunity to become a cornerstone of our team, helping shape its culture, growth, and reputation from the ground up.

With a strong pipeline of local, secured work and a focus on delivering meaningful, high-quality projects of all sizes, we're looking for individuals passionate about construction and community impact who want to help build something that lasts.

Company Mission Statement:
To build up our communities, our clients and each other by building trust in everything we do.

Summary/Objective:
Promotes the company mission statement by joining the Superintendent to form a team who work together to create a safe work environment, build a quality project, and keep projects on schedule while earning a fair and reasonable profit.

Essential Functions:

• Serve as the main point of contact for the Owner, Engineer, and Architect.
• Oversee the project to make all critical project decisions.
• Estimating and Preconstruction:
  • Effectively assist in Harper's efforts regarding estimating, scheduling and interviewing trade partners, etc.
  • Responsible for the project preconstruction deliverables and estimates while working alongside Estimating. This includes:
    • Executive Summary.
    • Schedule of Values.
    • Qualifications and Clarifications.
    • Allowances.
    • Project Schedule.
    • General Conditions.
    • Three quotes on each scope.
    • Value Engineering.
• Produce, collect and process all pay applications and invoices for the project, for trade partners, vendors and Owners.
  • Includes collections and payments.
• Ensure the creation, approval, and management of:
  • Owner contracts.
  • Subcontracts, POs, and FSAs.
  • Cost controls/project financials.
  • Project engineering – submittals, RFI's, document management, etc.
• Ensure proper project decisions with Superintendent to ensure timely and appropriate decisions related to the field.
  • These involve the following:
    • Schedule.
    • Deliveries.
    • Logistics, staging and phasing.
    • Quality control.
    • Employee staffing levels.
• Responsible for communication with Owner and Architect/Engineer related to office and field issues.
  • This includes:
    • Understanding issues and assisting in resolving issues.
    • Knowing the proper time to involve Owners and Arch/Engineers.
• Leadership regarding BIG 6:
  • Safety/SOAR.
  • Core.
  • Procurement/scheduling.
  • Pre-Install meetings.
  • Exterior skin systems meetings.
  • No strike utility plan.
• Oversee the project safety requirements along-side the Superintendent.
  • Ensure Harper safety requirements are explained, implemented, and demonstrated.
    • Project specific safety pre-planning.
    • Development of project site-specific SOAR orientation document.
    • SOAR implementation (if allowing other Harper staff to conduct orientations ensure proper message and execution of the document.)
    • OSHA standards are understood and followed.
    • Weekly Toolbox Talks with all active trades.
    • Safety stand down training as necessary.
    • Participate in the timely and effective investigations of all incidents including injuries, property damage, behavioral issues and near misses.
    • Weekly site safety inspections in Procore.
• Ensure and is responsible for creating and updating Schedules along-side Superintendent.
• Ensure and is responsible along-side the Superintendent to determine the sequencing of the work.
• Develop and manage – takes the lead – on project QAQC (has passion).
  • QA example:
    • Pre-installation meetings.
  • QC example:
    • Visual and documents inspections of work in place.
• Support Superintendent in the coordination of all trade partner's scopes of work.
  • These involve the following:
    • Project site specific logistics/use including associated rules.
    • Scheduling of each trade (who goes where and when to start).
    • Developing and implementing recovery strategies to maintain project schedule.
    • Clarifications of design versus installation (RFI's).
    • Schedule for the trades (durations and commitments of durations).
• Manage office personnel to ensure staff development.
  • This includes Assistant PMs, Project…