Senior Project Manager; Construction, Midwest US- Austin Industrial

Austin Industries is one of the nation’s largest, most diversified U.S.

-based construction companies. With more than 5,700 employee-owners, Austin Industries provides nearly every type of civil, commercial and industrial construction services through the expertise of our operating companies:
Austin Bridge & Road, Austin Commercial and Austin Industrial.

Austin Industrial, Inc. delivers premier maintenance, construction, and soft craft services to the nation’s leading producers of oil, gas & chemicals; energy; and manufactured goods. As a merit shop, employee-owned company that self-performs more than 95% of a typical project scope, we pride ourselves on helping our customers maximize their return on investment.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Read the prime contract and ensure all reporting obligations and deliverables are identified and complied with.
• Hold customers, subcontractors, and vendors accountable for the performance of the agreements.
• Develop a plan to ensure proper allocation of materials and resources.
• Setup and manage document control system including drawings and specifications, submittals, RFIs, correspondence, meeting notes, etc. Coordinate with ATS to establish project DFS folders and access rights.
• Review submittals for proper coordination and adherence to the plans and specifications.
• Prepare project correspondence.
• Lead progress, planning, and safety meetings.
• Responsible for mobilization activities on the project; work with the superintendent on matters such as site security, temporary power, utility connections, placement of office trailers, locations for stored materials, efficient ingress and egress plans, etc.
• Perform a detailed review of subcontractor bids and issue agreements when negotiations have been concluded. Ensure that subcontractors have all the required bonds and insurance policies in place before allowing work to begin. Engage the Risk Management Department when negotiations result in non-pre approved revisions to the boilerplate agreement.
• Administer tasks associated with completion of a project, including closeout documentation, completion reports, collection of final monies due, etc.
• Review and evaluate subcontractor pay applications, approve and code invoices and sign pay requests. Ensure that all subcontractor closeout documentation is submitted and punch list items are satisfactorily resolved before authorizing final release of retainage.
• Monitor subcontractors and vendors for adherence to performance and payment obligations under the agreement and make timely notifications to the Risk Management Department or the surety as required.
• Prepare closeout documents.
• Prepare and submit customer pay requests, ensuring that billings are processed in an accurate, timely manner. If delays in payment are encountered, the Project Manager identifies and corrects the cause of the delay in order to expedite payment.
• Distribute change requests for pricing and schedule impact.
• Prepare proposed change pricing inclusive of cost and schedule evaluations. Maintain proposed changes in the project change order log. Submit and negotiate proposed changes, ensuring that necessary customer approvals have been obtained in writing before construction work begins.
• Provide preconstruction services (technical, value engineering, constructability, schedule, preliminary budget) to assist customers in project evaluation and development.

• Analyze and be responsible for budget and quantity updates for job cost reporting.
• Ensure daily time and quantity reporting is completed timely and accurately.
• Establish and maintain job cost reporting in accordance with company policy.
• Develop innovative methods for increasing efficiency, productivity, and profitability on the project.
• Review productivity reports with the project team at regular intervals and ensure that management is kept up-to-date on unit costs and schedule attainment for the work and how it compares with the budget. Take appropriate measures to ensure productivity is equal to or better than estimated productivity.
• Review and approve Work Plans.
• Manage the change order process to assure…