Construction Manager

Construction Project Manager

A client of Insight Global in the retail and technology sector is seeking construction project managers to support the programming and coordination of sustainable building designs for customer fulfillment and logistics building programs. As a construction manager, you will work with a broad set of stakeholders including real estate, operations, design, launch, startup, delivery experience, legal, and retail to take the fulfillment center design from concept through the hand off to operations.

This position requires a firm understanding of engineering, planning, program management, contract administration, and operations. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Lead the request for proposals (RFP) process and vetting qualified contractor proposals, assemble bid submissions and foster the selection of the design build contractors
• Coordinate with the designers, building teams, cost estimators to establish proper project budget, scope, and schedule
• Assist in obtaining the information and decisions needed from Amazon which are required to complete the construction drawings
• Manage approvals and permissions needed from the building landlords
• Act as a facilitator of information required for by internal functional teams (IT, safety, loss prevention, food safety, operations)
• Perform duties as the primary representative on permitting required with authorities having jurisdiction
• The construction manager will monitor and assist with all utility integrations such as phone service, electrical power, water, sewer
• Schedule:
  
  the construction manager will be the principle schedule auditor, monitor site production, determine target milestones, track and communicate progress
• Develop capital appropriation requests and manage fiduciary responsibility for approved budgets
• Perform site visits on a periodic basis to confirm schedule progress, attend contractor meetings and act as the single point of contact for the general contractor partners
• Review the contractor's buyout, subcontracting, material purchase schedule and long lead orders
• Coordinate with the launch/startup teams regarding schedule and phased area turnover to insure coordination with all stakeholder functions
• Audit the contractors punch list completion progress
• The construction manager will direct the contractor through the document turnover and close out process
• Coordinate with property management to transition the building facilities to their care
• Lead continuous improvement and lessons learned efforts to improve standards, reduce costs, and expedite timelines for construction programs

This role is mostly remote but may require roughly 50% travel across the US to various sites. Travel time will be paid for and expenses are reimbursed but must be purchased on a personal credit card. A recommended credit limit of 5k to appropriately support travel is required.