Senior Construction Manager PE

Freese and Nichols is seeking an experienced Project Manager to join our Central Plains Construction Services Group in Oklahoma City. This role will serve as a Construction Manager, overseeing transportation infrastructure projects.

• Provide supervision to inspectors and other construction managers assigned to projects. Coordinate assigned work to ensure continuity, consistency, and quality.
• Collaborate with design teams to facilitate responses to RFIs and submittals and/or construction issues.
• Supervise the observation and inspection of ongoing construction work including material sampling and testing as well as measuring qualities and communicate with contactor about non-conforming work.
• Review contractor’s work for compliance with contract documents and clarify contract documents for the contractor.
• 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
• Define tasks to be conducted by others, and provide general supervision, review, and approval. Responsible for collecting, correlating, and preparing recommendations and conclusions for final reports.
• Determine and schedule required project. Evaluate and analyze project decisions to ensure objectivity, soundness of design, and impact of those decisions on schedule, budget, and needs.
• Maintain established schedule. Keep the Group Manager and/or Project Manager aware of all project activities, responding promptly to needs, problems, or requests associated with project design.
• Prepare for and facilitate construction meetings including agendas and minutes.
• Read plans and specifications to be able to ensure construction is in accordance with plans and specifications.
• Remain state-of-the-art on existing and pending regulations and related technological advancements.
• May serve as Project Manager for large complex projects requiring intergroup skills and consultants.
• Communicate with owner to understand owner’s needs and clarify owner’s objectives and relay information to Freese and Nichols and contractor.
• Conduct pre-construction conferences.
• Support the design phase process and risk management efforts for projects as assigned (constructability reviews, advisor, etc…)
• Participate in the administration, interpretation, and implementation of contracts.
• Extensive contact with the client, client’s staff, regulatory agencies, other engineering firms and contractors/subconsultants.
• Responsible for tasks related to sales and marketing including supporting business development efforts.
  
  

Qualifications

• 8 years experience within the construction and design industry including specific experience in making independent decisions on engineering problems and methods
• B.S. degree in Civil Engineering or related field
• Oklahoma Professional Engineer Registration.
• Fully proficient and ability to mentor others using project management information systems (Example FNI Manager, Site Manager, AWP, etc.)
• Understanding of Alternate Project Delivery Methods
• Working knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, etc.)
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• ODOT/OTA Resident Engineer experience for Transportation Projects
• Certified Construction Manager Certification
  
  

About Freese And Nichols

At the heart of our culture is our LEADS values (Learn continuously, Engage as family, Act with integrity, Deliver quality, and Serve always). Each year, our employee engagement survey confirms that our leaders and our employees live our values.

We strive to be the firm of choice for clients and employees through innovative approaches, practical results, and outstanding service. For more than 130 years, we have been planning and designing the infrastructure our communities need: developing water supplies, designing roadways and bridges, preparing for natural disasters, and much more.

Besides our comprehensive benefits package (see more at https://www.freese.com/services/benefits-that-work/), we offer paid overtime for salaried employees, an annual bonus, and access to company cabins in Red River, New Mexico. We are proud of our flexible work environment which includes a hybrid schedule with up to 40% of remote work, and an alternative work schedule program which provides a day off every other Friday.

Join our team of 1,200 employees as we grow from Virginia to Colorado. Learn more about working here at https://www.freese.com/careers/.

Freese and Nichols is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and prohibits employment discrimination for employees and applicants based on his or her age, race, color, pregnancy, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, marital status, citizenship, or because he or she is an individual with a disability, protected veteran or other status protected by federal, state, and local laws.

We recognize that our workforce reflects the increasingly diverse nature of our society, and we strive to take advantage of that diversity with both our external and internal customers. As a Federal Contractor, Freese and Nichols is an equal employment, affirmative action employer.