Senior Construction Manager

Responsibilities

This is advanced professional and administrative work with supervisory responsibility managing building, roadway infrastructure, or drainage construction projects for the city. Employees in this class are responsible for planning, assigning, and reviewing the work of a professional staff of Construction Managers and administrative staff. Responsibilities include analyzing special conditions or circumstances which arise on projects, assisting subordinates with unusual or difficult solutions to complex building, roadway infrastructure, or drainage construction problems and assisting in the establishment of division objectives.

Incumbents exercise considerable independent judgment in the application of the principles and practices of architectural planning, design and construction, related engineering knowledge and in the administration of a variety of buildings, roadway infrastructure, or drainage construction projects. General supervision is received from a professional and administrative superior who holds incumbents responsible for effective work planning and progress and for the quality of professional results through personal conferences and performance reporting.

• Adheres to guidelines for reviewing consultants’ plans and specifications.
• Conducts meetings with consultants, user agencies and contractors.
• Follows design guidelines and construction standards for projects.
• Assists subordinates with unusual or difficult solutions to complex building, roadway infrastructure, or drainage construction problems.
• Analyzes and incorporates construction suggestions from various city departments and the user agency for building construction projects.
• Determines if pre-bid conferences are required and if so, explains to bidders the specific conditions which may affect bid prices such as site conditions, other contracts and existing buildings.
• Evaluates bids and makes recommendations for award of contract.
• Assists subordinates in unusual circumstances where special commitments are required of the contractor prior to signing the contract.
• Ensures compliance with policies and procedures prior to execution of change orders.
• Reviews changed proposal requests and advises on establishing priorities for the initiation of change orders.
• Assists in final determination of project completion and recommends final acceptance of facility on behalf of the city.
• Reviews projects for positive and negative features for benefit of future projects.
• Screens complaints during the warranty period and delegates assignments for correction.
• Consults with subordinates on solutions to special problems during warranty periods that are not the responsibility of the contractor and must be solved by means outside the original contract.
• Performs special investigations, field inspections of construction projects, sites analyses and feasibility studies as required.
• Participates in the development of policies to select competent and responsible consultants and contractors.
• Recommends consultant and contractor performance suitability based on previous evaluations.
• Performs related work as required.

Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering, Building Construction, Business or Public Administration or a closely related field and thorough seven (7) years of experience in the design, construction, or management of construction projects. A license in any of the following is highly desirable:
State of Florida Professional Engineer, State of Florida Registered Architect, Miami‑Dade County or State of Florida General Contractor’s, Miami‑Dade County or State of Florida General Building or Engineering Contractor.

OR

Equivalent combination of training and experience beyond a high school diploma or its equivalent and two (2) years of the required experience.

A valid Driver’s License from any state (Equivalent to a State of Florida Class

E) may be utilized upon application; however a State of Florida Driver’s License (Class E or higher) is required at time of appointment and must be maintained valid throughout employment.

An active or inactive license in any of the following may substitute for the…