Job Summary:

The Senior Construction Project Manager will provide high level program management and administrative services for civil infrastructure and water treatment facility projects. Daily responsibilities include analysis, training, and communications with the Client, Contractor, Engineer, and interested parties. This role will also include owner representation, agency coordination, and liaison for multiple clients and project types.

Typical Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conduct meetings at department level to review and establish Standard Operating Procedures.
• Conduct monthly meetings with field personnel to address field issues, training, and process improvements.
• Perform plan reviews for constructability.
• Review bid forms, bid items, contracts.
• Oversee preparation of quantity take-off for bidding purposes.
• Conduct pre-bid conferences, pre-construction meetings, bid openings.
• Response to bidder and contractor’s questions, contractor submittals.
• Preparation of contract award and recommendation letters.
• Analysis, negotiation, recommendation of change orders, as needed.
• Review of contractor pay requests.
• Review of as-built drawings.
• Review of CMT and test reports.
• Preparation of as-built and submittal of agency acceptance packages.
• Coordination of City/County/TCEQ inspection.

Knowledge, skills and abilities:

• Excellent oral, written communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong organizational and customer service skills.
• Strong leadership and team building skills.
• Competent in conflict and crisis management
• Excellent in scheduling and time management skills
• Strong estimating, mathematical, and mechanical knowledge.
• Extensive experience in construction management and construction observation.
• Advanced knowledge of contract administration.
• Expert knowledge of construction details, local construction techniques, and relevant rules, regulations, and quality standards.
• Understanding of all facets of the civil infrastructure and water plant construction process.
• Familiarity with construction management and administrative software packages such as (Zoom, MS Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams, Project, Bluebeam, etc.)

Work Environment:

• This job operates in a variety of different climate environments.

Education, certification and experience:

• Possess bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, construction supervision, or similar degree in engineering or construction field.
• Minimum 15 years of related construction project manager experience preferred.
• Valid Driver’s License Required.
• Must have reliable/dependable transportation.
• Must maintain minimum vehicle insurance as required by state law.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• This is frequently a sedentary role operating in variable settings.
• While performing the duties of this job, the team member is continually required to talk or hear.
• This role is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl on unlevel surfaces for inspection and constructability field issues.
• The team member is frequently required to stand, walk and reach with hands and arms.
• The employee may be required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or physical requirements. Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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