Senior Construction Project Manager

(Senior) Project Manager - Heavy Highways & Bridges

$100,000 - $150,000 Performance-based Bonus Per Diem 401k Contribution Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance Ford F150 Pickup Truck (Personal and Professional Use) Phone and Laptop Training and Career Development/Progression

RELOCATORS ENCOURAGED TO APPLY

Are you a Construction Project Manager with Heavy Highway and/or Bridge Construction experience looking to join a nationally recognized and industry-leading General Contractor?

Are you looking to join a company that will give you the autonomy to lead teams and run sophisticated projects as you see fit?

The (Senior) Project Manager is critical to SEMA Construction’s corporate operations and involves oversight of a variety of projects. You will be tasked with leading a range of complex jobs and be given the autonomy to manage them as you see fit, whilst being supported by your project teams, peers, and executive leaders. You will receive training and continued development to progress your career within the business long term.

Who We Are - SEMA Construction

SEMA is family-run and project-owner-centric. Being family-run has helped us build and maintain a distinctive entrepreneurial culture. This helps us draw motivated and exceptional employees who want the freedom to excel and find purpose in rewarding work. For project owners, this means a more personal and pleasant experience, where priorities are reasonable and only necessary rules apply.

In terms of technical specifications, we’re a full-service contracting company with over 31 years of leadership in heavy civil and industrial construction. About 80% of our construction services are for government entities, with the majority awarded via a competitive bid process including traditional, design-build, and CM/GC.

Over the past three decades, SEMA has grown into one of the country’s largest Heavy Civil General Contractors, with offices strategically located in Southern California, Colorado, Texas, and Florida. We enjoy a host of customers from both the public and private sectors. We have expertise in all types of contracting methodologies including Design-Bid-Build and the most advanced contract methodology Progressive Design Build and CMGC.

Candidate Skills, Experience, and Background

• Must have experience leading Heavy Highway or Bridge projects as a General Contractor from start to finish.
• Must have DOT (Department of Transportation) project experience. You must understand and be willing to navigate the intricacies of working with Government entities as clients.
• Must have experience operating in a General Contracting capacity; understand and demonstrate capabilities of managing the nuances of a project including such things as: Project Administration, Cost Control, Design or Engineering Issue Resolution/Management, Client Management/ Relationship Management, Plan Reading, Scheduling etc.
• Must be tech-savvy and be able to get easily trained on systems such as Primavera P6 and Viewpoint.
• Must be capable and willing to manage people and teams; take gratification in being part of and leading a team, and embrace/thrive in the challenges this can produce.
• Must be someone who is resilient and enjoys challenge.
• Must be able to think on their feet, possess intellect & emotional intelligence, and can manage task experts including subcontractors and vendors.

Training and Development

• Systems Training
• Mentor Program
• Continued Professional Training & Development

Compensation and Benefits

• Base Salary of $100,000 - $150,000
• Performance-based Bonus
• Competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance Package
• Life Insurance
• Short-term & Long-term Disability Insurance
• 401k Retirement Plan - SEMA contributes 4% after 1 year of service. This is not a Match; this is a Contribution.
• Ford F150 Pickup Truck including gas card and toll passes – employees may use this for both professional and personal use
• Phone and Laptop
• Per Diem

Behavioral Factors

This job requires an individual who:

• Is competitive, ambitious, and goal-oriented.
• Wants responsibility for and authority over people.
• Is independent, persistent, and decisive.
• Wants to take charge and show initiative.
• Has the strength to follow through and keep at it until they get results.
• Is inclined to be restless and driving.
• Will likely have a sense of urgency to get things done quickly.

Motivating and Teambuilding

This job requires an individual who:

• Should be strongly focused on winning, promote internal competition and set genuinely ambitious, challenging goals with short timeframes.
• Focuses on the outcome rather than the process, they should maintain a more-or-less hands-off approach generally comfortable with delegating the "how" to their staff.
• Should be a patient coach if the situation warrants it, but they should also be able to light a bit of a fire under their team when appropriate.
• Should communicate their ideas in a fairly straightforward manner

Decision Making and Problem Solving

This job requires an individual who:

• Should be completely self-assured and decisive, expecting to make the key decisions, even if unpopular, seeing themselves as resourceful problem solvers.
• Focuses on the big picture, searching out inventive solutions, firmly believing in their convictions.
• Weighs the pressure to decide quickly against the instinct to proceed at a less hurried pace.
• Believes that decisions should evolve from a blend of intuitive thinking and factual analysis.

Leading Change

This job requires an individual who:

• Should be a risk taker who believes they can make it happen and embrace opportunities to shape change.
• Should use their basic sense of urgency to keep the momentum going forward quickly.
• Should be innovative in their approach, comfortable with putting a non-traditional spin on things.
• Should attempt to get buy-in and team involvement but recognize that sometimes this is not possible and will not let it stand in their way.

Teiken Global LLC has been retained by SEMA Construction, Inc. as its professional search partner for this Search. All candidates considered for this position enter the same selection and assessment process to ensure a quantifiable and consistent candidate experience and successful outcome.

SEMA Construction, Inc. and Teiken Global LLC do not accept any CVs/resumes received from recruitment agencies where terms of business have not been signed and will not consider or agree to payment of any recruiter fee under these circumstances.

In the event that speculative CVs are submitted by recruitment agencies, SEMA Construction, Inc. and Teiken Global LLC reserve the right to contact these candidates directly and consider them for current/future vacancies without any financial obligation to the recruitment agency in question. This will also apply to any CVs sent directly to line managers.