Associate Construction Project Manager​/California Water Service

Associate Construction Project Manager / California Water Service

January 15, 2025

Salary: $ - $ / Annually

The Associate Construction Project Manager (CPM) is responsible for construction management oversight of projects supporting Cal Water’s Engineering, Capital Delivery team whose primary function it is to provide engineering services and support to safely execute high quality capital projects on scope, schedule, and budget. The CPM supports the PM in the projects construction phase and reports directly to the Construction Program Quality Manager within the Project Support Services, Capital Delivery team to provide focused, construction phase project leadership and support working with Capital Delivery Engineers, outside consultants and water system operators.

The role serves as the construction manager during the construction phase and coordinator for multiple concurrent complex projects throughout the State of California and is responsible for construction project quality, safety, schedule and budget performance per contract requirements. The CPM plans, organizes, supervises, and reviews the work of assigned internal and external professional / technical staff and vendors under contract to complete project construction.

The position also manages the commissioning, acceptance and project closeout activities and supports in the overall construction management program development. The position supports the PM in construction stages and reports to the Construction Program Quality Manager and is located in San Jose, California.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Working with the overall project PM, manages the construction phase of assigned projects using in-house staff, consulting firms and construction contractors.
• Works with other stakeholders to establishes the scope, of CM Services and Inspections, and administers and manages agreements for geotechnical services, construction management, inspection and other specialty services during construction phase.
• Manages permit coordination in the field including coordinating inspections, signoffs and closeout of permitting obligations working with the project manager.
• Manages field coordination with all third party utility connections (power service) needed onsite to include monitoring schedule, escalating and resolving delays to avoid impact to project schedule.
• Performs difficult and complex field assignments involving the development, execution, supervision, and coordination of all technical aspects of a construction project.
• Conducts meetings with internal Cal Water departments, overall Project Manager, architects/engineers, consultants, construction managers, contractors, subcontractors, local officials and other project stakeholders including the public as required to coordinate all aspects of the construction phase of a project.
• Supports the PM, as needed, in the preparation and receipt of bids and bid review for recommendation of award.
• Working with internal and/or external resources, conducts design plan constructability reviews.
• Manages construction phase issue resolution applying judgment on construction related problems and trouble shoots towards resolution.
• Monitors progress of work by contractors for the purposes of reviewing and providing approval recommendations to project’s PM on monthly progress payment applications or invoices; prepare documents for recommendation and authorization for payment.
• Working with the Project Manager/Engineer, Administers construction contracts, including negotiating with contractors. and issuing change orders authorized by PM or when necessary, directly authorize if immediate field decisions are needed up to authorized limits. Reviews work to ensure compliance with plans, specifications, schedules and budgets.
• Enforces compliance with plans, specifications, bid documents, and contract provisions.
• Working with the Project Manager/Engineer reviews and recommends responses to submittals, RFIs, and other project correspondences.
• Prepares and administers non-compliance notices for completed work not conforming to contract requirements.
• Maintains or oversees the maintenance of thorough project documentation and project files.
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