Project Manager​/Estimator

POSITION SUMMARY

Tahoma Construction Services (TCS), a general contracting subsidiary of Puyallup Tribal Enterprises (PTE), is seeking a skilled Project Manager/Estimator to serve as a project leader to accomplish a full range of PM duties from project inception to project conclusion. As a general contractor backed by one of the largest Indian tribes in the Pacific Northwest, TCS is grounded with a substantial pipeline of Tribe owned projects and plans to gain regional market share as a tribal owned company.

The Project Manager/Estimator hire will be a company leader and contribute to the policies and culture of the company. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in estimating, project coordination, construction management, and possess excellent time management skills. The Project Manager/Estimator should have a diverse background with experience in commercial, multi-family, and residential projects. The position consults with clients, company representatives, and subcontractors to direct successful project development.

Prior experience with Tribal or government projects is a plus.

• Develop strong relationships with industry consultants, owners, subcontractors, and organizations; proactively pursue project opportunities to grow business and improve efficiencies.
• Prepare and present written and oral proposals of all types.

• Able to utilize industry estimating software for take-off quantities, compile estimate content, and generate complete estimates including concept level estimates, DD level estimates, and GMP estimates.
• Use design decision log to track impact of owner changes on estimates between phases: conceptual, DD, and GMP.
• Develop appropriate value-oriented options for cost reduction or to make a project more constructible.
• Responsible for approval of estimates, whether constructed by PM or others.
• Support subcontractor prequalification process and approve subcontractor selections.
• Drive an accurate/competitive subcontractor bidding process.

• Organize team for success and clarity around tasks and accountability.
• Understand prime contract / participates in drafting scopes or clarifications.
• Draft subcontracts in a timely and thorough manner.
• Cleans up all preliminary change orders monthly and converts to owner change order.
• Issues all subcontract change orders within a month of getting approved owner change order.
• Verify all subs are prequalified, sufficiently skilled, and can meet all project deliverables on time.
• Confirm plans and specifications are adequate to construct project.
• Monitor subcontractors and effectively correct subcontractors' non-compliance with contract.
• Coaches subcontractors to great performance.
• Effectively review and negotiate proposed CO's.

• Ensure project is well planned and coordinated; oversee proper pre-project set up and trade prep meeting; conduct effective close out process; debrief lessons learned on each project.
• Approve, update, manage, and report all schedules and budgets timely.
• Promptly notify key stakeholders of any significant impacts to project, proactively create, and monitor solutions to eliminate/minimize project delays to ensure projects completed on time and at/under budget.
• Understands constraints and durations of schedule activities, confirm subcontractors have reviewed and bought in, and tie contracts to realistic schedules.
• Capable of using all Procore software elements (or similar software) to ensure productive job outcomes.
• Lead/supervise project OAC and sub meetings.
• Assess and communicate personnel performance on projects.
• Ensure staff are effectively managing resources and handling variable costs such as clean up, dumpsters, hoisting, etc.
• Document and correct all QC related issues.
• Understand safety rules and promote a safe workplace.
• Manage timely procurement and submittal process.
• Manage timely resolution of RFI's, ASI's, and CCD's.
• Control cash flow, issue accurate owner billings, pursue prompt payments, and process invoices accurately and timely.
• Prompt responses to action items, owner and consultant issues, and manages priorities.
• Obtain knowledge about client operations and leverage knowledge to promote great outcomes TCS and client.

• Identify opportunities for improvements, identify potential areas of risk, and share information with key stakeholders to maximize results throughout TCS.
• Focus on delivering company initiatives, especially regarding Tribal jobs programs and Tribal Member training and development.
• Use all company resources efficiently to promote maximum financial results for TCS; maintain TCS equipment and assets to maximize return on investment.
• Establish and maintain effective business relationships with all employees, vendors, business partners, government/regulatory entities, and communities in which we operate.
• Strictly follow workplace safety measures; safeguard the welfare of all employees,…