What are the responsibilities and job description for the Construction Manager position at JGM?
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER
Overview: Overview: The Construction Manager plays a pivotal role, overseeing day-to-day construction activities, ensuring compliance with construction documents, and coordinating all work impacting existing AirTrain operations. With a focus on safety, quality, and project success, the Construction Manager will be on-site from the agreement through final acceptance, resolving disputes and claims.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, with at least 15 years of construction experience.
- Experience as a project/construction manager on transit, rail, or airport design-build projects (capital construction cost ≥ $100 million).
- Professional engineering, architecture licensing, or construction-related certification preferred.
Responsibilities:
- Manage scope, schedule, budget, safety, and quality of rail transit projects.
- Coordinate engineering and inspection services and maintain client and subcontractor relationships.
- Review design documents, perform constructability reviews, and ensure compliance with regulations.
- Oversee and manage project teams.
- Interface with owner management teams, labor resources, and act as owners-representative.
- Review schedules and estimates for accuracy.
- Participate in change order negotiations, including scope creation and independent estimates.
- Coordinate and execute contractor access and protection requests.
- Chair meetings; lead project presentations, and review meeting minutes.
- Review proposals, invoices, requisitions, and purchase orders.
- Visit the project site as needed.
Minimum Requirements:
- Experience in planning, scheduling, and project control functions.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Advanced knowledge of engineering, procurement, contracts, construction, and startup processes.
- Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, and present scheduled products independently.
- Experience on major lump sum projects with a direct-hire construction strategy.
- Familiarity with PANYNJ Projects.
- Minimum 15 years of relevant work experience.
- Proactive self-starter with the ability to work independently.
- Must pass PANYNJ background check and badging.
- Must be able to commute to EWR Airport.
If you meet these requirements and are ready for a challenging and rewarding role, we invite you to apply. Be part of a dynamic team shaping the future of transportation and construction.
Salary : $160,000 - $180,000
