Construction Manager

Construction Manager

The construction manager will be responsible for administering the construction contract by managing, observing, and reporting on ongoing construction on a variety of transportation, water and/or facilities infrastructure projects to verify compliance with approved plans and specifications. Provide support, day to day guidance, and limited supervision of other team members.

• Supervise the observation and inspection of ongoing construction work including material sampling and testing as well as measuring qualities
• Review contractor's work for compliance with contract documents, clarify contract documents for the contractor, and manage contractor requests for payment
• Oversee the development and management of Change/Field orders, Updates to construction schedule, Submittals, Request for Information (RFI), Claims, Pay requests, Construction meetings, and construction closeout process
• Communicate with contractor about non-conforming work
• Prepare for and facilitate construction meetings including minutes
• Correspond with client, contractors, and other employees
• Read plan and specifications to be able to ensure construction is in accordance with plans and specifications
• Collaborate with design teams to facilitate responses to RFIs and submittals and/or construction issues
• Communicate with owner to understand owner's needs and clarify owner's objectives and relay information to Freese and Nichols and contractor
• Support the design phase process as assigned
• Directly manage staff and the execution of their daily work including hiring/firing, performance reviews, and development
• Conduct pre-bid and pre-construction conferences
• Responsible for tasks related to sales and marketing including leading business development efforts
• Other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications:

Education:

• Bachelors degree in related field or equivalent experience

Experience:

• 10+ years relevant experience in the construction field serving as a construction manager or superintendent
• Fully proficient and ability to mentor others using project management information system (Example e-Builder, Buzzsaw, FNI Manager, Site Manager, etc.)
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Understanding of Alternate Project Delivery Methods
• Working knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, etc.)

Preferred Certification/License:

• P.E.
• CCM
• CCCA