Project Manager , Mission Critical

Project Manager 2, Mission Critical

Location:

Council Bluffs, IA, US Omaha, NE, US 68118

JE Dunn’s Advanced Facilities Group (AFG) combines Mission Critical, Advanced Industries, and Industrial & Manufacturing into one high‑performing team focused on cutting‑edge work to serve innovative clients on large Industrial & Manufacturing, Data Center, and Semiconductor projects. As part of the Advanced Facilities team, you’ll work on some of the most advanced construction projects across the country and grow your career alongside our diverse team of industry professionals.

The Project Manager 2 will provide overall direction and leadership on moderately complex projects, or a portion of large construction projects. This position will fully implement and manage the operation and administration of projects, supporting the strategy, vision, and values of JE Dunn.

• Autonomy & Decision Making:
  Makes decisions within defined limits of authority and consults supervisor on other decisions.
• Career Path:
  Senior Project Manager.

• Lead all aspects of the company’s safety culture and create awareness by demonstrating commitment to an injury‑free environment through individual actions and mentoring others. Investigate safety incidents and retrain staff as needed.
• Manage the JE Dunn pre‑start checklist form.
• Support the pre‑construction team including quantity takeoff, trade coordination, scope of work development, scope review, bid package development, schedule development, bid list creation, and bid advertisement.
• Lead plan and implementation of buy‑out schedule. Verify pricing and scope, identify successful bidders, provide gap analysis against initial scope, and manage issuance of subcontracts.
• Manage the submittal schedule setup. Coordinate priorities with the team; review and approve all shop drawings and samples prior to submittal to architects or engineers.
• Ensure approved submittals are returned to subcontractors and available to the project team per the project schedule and the contract.
• Coordinate with Logistics to obtain pricing on materials and equipment.
• Confers with risk management to ensure approval and/or bonding requirements for subcontractors. Review decisions with project leader and provide ongoing risk analysis of subcontractors throughout project lifecycle.
• Coordinate the various stakeholders of the project including but not limited to subcontractors, owner, field, design team, vendors, etc.
• Disseminate change requests to subcontractors for pricing and schedule input. Gather and evaluate subcontractor pricing to confirm accuracy.
• Prepare, submit, and obtain owner/architect approval for change requests.
• Lead various meetings such as monthly project reviews, progress meetings, and OAC (Owner Architect) meetings.
• Complete monthly subcontractor and owner pay application process.
• Prepare project schedule with the Project Superintendent. Gather input from the project team and utilize Lean principles as appropriate. Develop and update project schedule for both pre‑construction and construction activities. Manage materials, labor and procurement logs to ensure appropriate resources are available to meet the project schedule.
• Identify potential schedule impacts including scope, weather, manpower and changes, and facilitate mitigation plans for these impacts.
• Provide appropriate written documentation for decisions affecting various aspects of the project such as budget, schedule, legal, quality and/or safety. Employ current best practices for documentation requirements.
• Provide a variety of regular reporting and analysis to project team(s) to communicate overall project status and profitability.
• Prepare monthly cost and margin forecast with input from superintendent and review with the project team. Participate in the development of the project budget. Regularly review costs relative to the budget and highlight discrepancies to enable improved financial performance.
• Lead overall project closeout process using best practice standards, tools and processes such as the close‑out punch list, financials, sub‑contracts, warranties, etc.
• Interface with region/company legal counsel as…