Junior Project Manager

Title: Junior Project Manager (JPM)

Reports to: Senior PM – East Coast

Department: Operations

Location: Merritt Island, FL

Position Overview:

Reporting to the Senior Project Manager– East Coast, the Jr. Project Manager ('JPM') is the lead person responsible for coordinating and managing projects from award to close-out. Depending on the size and complexity of the assignments, it is expected that each Project Manager will be managing multiple projects. The primary outcome for the project manager is successful completion of the project with a highly collaborative and excellent working relationship with the client representatives to obtain additional repeat business.

JPM is responsible for completing all the projects per the contracts ensuring client satisfaction and vendor satisfaction and within budgets. He/ She is responsible for enhancing current business relations with client and vendor representatives for every project they lead to ensure high customer satisfaction and repeat business.

The JPM models and acts according to the Company's mission, vision, core values, leadership competencies, and norms and plays a critical role in implementing the same across the project personnel they manage.

THE FOLLOWING KEY DUTIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES ENSURE THE CRITICAL SUCCESS OF THIS POSITION

55% - Lead, coordinate, and be accountable for all day-to-day operations and communication to ensure timely completion of assigned projects within budget.

§ Assists the preconstruction team with the timely initialization and completion of the contract routing process

§ Participate in post-award and develop a complete understanding of the project, including reading the RFPs, project specifications, and project drawings.

§ Understand, delegate, and monitor any necessary functions such as submittals, schedule development, site setup, etc.

§ Manage the buyout of materials and subcontractors, coordinate with the contracts administrator, and hold accountable for deliverables related to required preconstruction submittals for all projects.

§ Understand, delegate, and monitor tasks that correspond to Ops, Project Engineering, Administration, and Accounting

§ Develop and document the initial project schedule in coordination with Site Superintendent.

§ Maintain project(s) schedule updates on a timely basis, in coordination with Superintendent's field updates

§ Develop resource requirements and staff projects accordingly, such as project engineer, admin requirements, and project equipment

§ Initiate and lead preconstruction meetings with the clients, subcontractors and respective staff

§ Initiate project success meeting with MCS team

§ Lead weekly project coordination meetings with Customers, Site Superintendents, and other critical staff members

§ Visits every construction project regularly to ensure that there is constant communication between MCS staff, clients, and vendors staff for effective execution of the projects

§ Oversee and ensure all project quality, and safety requirements are met across all the project sites

§ Oversee project punch list and final inspections are completed on time to ensure smooth closure of the project

§ Participate in the project close-out inspection and ensure all final details are documented and communicated

§ Lead the post-construction meetings (AAR – After-action reviews) and document all lessons learned (best practices and needs improvement) and share with the team and implement the same in future sites/ projects

25% - Measure, monitor, and be accountable for all project costs (Cost Management) to ensure every project meets MCS profitability and quality goals.

§ Thoroughly understand project contract, budget, and schedule and manage the project such that profitability and quality of the project are delivered

§ Coach and mentor Site Superintendents to meet all scheduled milestones and ensure all projects are completed on time with no cost overrun

§ Review, document, communicate and manage all variance reports such that all associated costs are captured in change orders

§ Timely prepare invoices to match regular project costs and change orders, communicate the same and obtain client approvals for timely payments

§ Ensure that all changes from the contract are well documented and approved by clients promptly

§ Prepare and submit production reports per client and management requests regularly

§ Based on the final contract, prepare a billing forecast for all the projects and ensure invoices are submitted on time to receive the revenues as per the schedule

15% - Ensure and maintain healthy relations with clients and subcontractors to ensure high customer satisfaction and repeat business

§ Constantly communicate with the client representatives and essential staff and build trust to understand the project progress at any given time. (Goal is to obtain future repeat business/work opportunities with the client)

§ Constantly communicate, educate, and provide feedback with vendors and subcontractors to ensure everyone is on the same page and meets client expectations. (Goal is to have them recognize MCS as a preferred client.)

§ Assist with estimating future projects

5% - Be a champion for personal development and implement a culture of CANI (continuous and never-ending improvement in personal and professional life).

§ Constantly focus on developing skills to enhance personal and business performance. The suggested areas may include:

• Interpersonal skills to effectively lead the field team
• Negotiation skills to work effectively with clients and vendors
• Training site crew to enhance productivity and quality as necessary
• Leadership – communicating the site vision, execution, and delegation of tasks
• Accountability - Taking responsibility for the project and team performance
• Increase personal effectiveness/productivity and team productivity

§ Coach and mentor field team, peers, and other staff to enhance skills and performance

§ Support on-the-job training and field onboarding of new employees to enhance employee recruitment, employee engagement, and employee growth and retention

Key success measures (outcomes) for this position: 

·Project profitability - Ensure every project exceeds company standards for profitability

·Customer satisfaction - Ensure every project exceeds company standards for customer satisfaction

·Project timelines - Ensure 100% project completion on timeline per contract

·Accurate variance reporting (costs and timelines) for historical database

·Provide and update the database with 100% accurate reporting for training and improvement purposes

·Mentor and develop field staff to ensure their growth with the Company

EDUCATION

§ Associates degree or bachelor's degree in Business or Engineering, or a related field is preferred

§ OSHA 30-hour and EM385-40 hour safety training

§ USACE / NAVFAC CQM training

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE / Skills / personal characteristics

§ 5 to 7 years of substantial and broad experience as a Project Manager in the construction industry

§ Contract language review and analysis

§ Ability to understand and use project scheduling software

§ Ability to forecast monthly schedules based on contracts

§ Ability to accurately develop estimates and effectively communicate change order work and associated costs

§ Demonstrated ability to effectively develop interpersonal relationships to grow lasting business relationships with clients and vendors.

§ Experienced and effective communicator with outstanding presentation skills.

§ Highly collaborative leadership style with the ability to respond quickly and effectively to ever-changing situations. Must possess the ability to coach, mentor, and lead a diverse staff to deliver best-in-class services to our clients and vendors.

§ Exhibit strong business acumen, skills, and maturity to work effectively with others.

§ Highly developed organizational, project management, planning, time management, and written/oral communication skills.

The above job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required for the position. In no way, this job description implies that these are the only duties performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties requested by their manager/supervisor in compliance with Federal and State Laws

MCS is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, religion, citizenship, national origin/ancestry, physical/mental disabilities, military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. EOE, M/F/D/V Tips: Provide a summary of the role, what success in the position looks like, and how this role fits into the organization overall.

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