Civil Construction Project Manager

Casella Construction is seeking to hire a Civil Construction Project Manager to join our Construction Engineering Team in Mendon, Vermont. The Civil Construction Project Managerr is responsible for the pre-proposal phase, pre-bid conferences, and initial bid packages. The Construction Project Manager will support the Senior Project Managers & Superintendents review. During construction, you are the technical expert managing quality control, buyout, updating as-builts, and revising layouts as needed. In this role you must have great interpersonal skills and keen attention to detail in all you do.

The ideal person for this role is a self-motivated, hands on, and professional Construction Project Manager who wants to contribute to a team by executing challenging projects to the highest standards, and who displays an unwavering commitment to professionalism, integrity, and safety. embraces innovation and is an Industry leader.

Responsibilities:

• Be a steward of safety, be an active member in the project team to ensure that work (self-performed and subcontracted) is executed in safest manner possible in adhere with company and OSHA polices.
• Maintains a safe work environment by adhering to the company safety policy, promoting job site safety, encourages safe work practices and rectifies job site hazards immediately.
• Attend Pre-Bid Conferences
• Compile Job Bid Packages for review by Superintendent & Senior Project Manager
• Complete takeoffs in support of project execution
• File for municipal/state/federal permits as needed
• Develop & implement traffic control plans
• Solicit & manage quotes from subcontracts and create and execute subcontracts.
• Coordinate with vendors to ensure materials are delivered onsite in a timely manner supporting project schedule
• Oversee & update site plans and logistics
• Manage & maintain survey equipment for the company
• Process and submit as-builts & O&Ms
• Resource planning & allocation.
• Monitor construction productivity and schedule performance and investigate reasons for less than satisfactory performance.
• Manage & Update project schedule.
• Manage internal & external stakeholders.
• Monitor weekly costing and communicate with field staff to identify and correct potential cost issues.
• Monitor and report project details to the Senior Project Managers, including progress, risks, and opportunities in a timely manner.
• Support supervising all the needed documents throughout the project life cycle until project closeout
• Support the Senior Project Managers in the Management of contract change orders
• Manage projects during warranty period.
• Subcontract and vendor invoice review, coding, and approval.

Qualifications:

• 5 years’ experience in a technical or Project Management role in a Civil Construction Company specializing in highway construction, site development, and utilities preferred.
• 4-year Construction Management, Engineering, or related degree desired.
• Thorough knowledge of construction and trade activities, tools, equipment operation and skills of various trade types.
• Valid Driver License.
• OSHA 10-hour Certificate.
• Well-developed Leadership & interpersonal skills, including the ability to manage diverse personalities.
• Ability to lift 50 lbs., Stand, kneel, walk, and stop for extended periods of time.
• Able to work outside in all weather.

Desired Qualifications

• Professional Engineering License, PE
• OSHA 30-hour Certificate

Attributes:

• Professionally and technically competent
• Calm under pressure, has a calming influence in a crisis, and does not become defensive or irritable when times are difficult
• Quick, sharp, confident, assertive, ethical, and ambitious.
• Analytical with the ability to examine issues from multiple viewpoints.
• Strong computer and communication skills.
• Self-starting, highly motivated and goal oriented.
• Organized with a systematic approach task to achieve accuracy and efficiency.
• Ability to identify and resolve any problems that may arise.

Casella Construction offers a competitive salary along with a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, long and short-term disability, supplemental insurances, and 401(k) retirement options including a company match.

About our Company:

Joseph Casella and John Casella II are the second generation of the Casella family, carrying on a legacy that was built on hard work, grit, determination, and most of all, innovation. Together with a team equally committed to exemplifying the highest industry standards, and reinventing systems to create effective solutions when old methods no longer serve new thinking, Casella Construction has evolved to become an industry-leading company in the field.

Our strength is in our team, who we continue to invest in and depend on to help expand critical areas of our business, including heavy highway construction, demolition, utility installation, environmental contracting, commercial site development, land management, aggregate, transportation, and fleet maintenance.

Casella Construction’s success is attributed to our employees’ love of the industry, our leadership’s drive to remain at the forefront of technology and environmental stewardship, and our collective ability to thrive in dynamic situations.