What are the responsibilities and job description for the Construction Manager position at Soben?
Why Soben?
We’re an award-winning construction consultancy with huge ambitions to put ourselves firmly on the map. We’ve come a long way since operations commenced in 2011 but now is the time to step on the gas and realize our true potential.
It is a hugely exciting time to join our business and we have some amazing times ahead of us. We’re targeting to have 1000 people globally by 2030 to support our expansion plans in current locations as well as additional territories.
If you want to play an integral part in achieving our ambitious plans for growth and delivering an exceptional consultancy service for our clients in the LATAM & NA region, whilst progressing your own career in a supportive and dynamic environment, we want to hear from you!
Role Description:
Construction Manager collaborating with a hyper-scale data center company. This person will oversee the general contractors and manage the project through to completion.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare comprehensive scopes and RFPs
- Strong knowledge of manufacturing lines including electrical & mechanical systems
- Create and manage incoming and outgoing correspondence, RFI’s, Change Orders, etc.
- Motivate, develop and maintain subcontractor interest in the project(s)
- Administer the Construction Contract from inception through construction to project closeout
- Prepare and manage project budgets
- Manage and administrate payment application documents
- Interface with local building department to obtain necessary permits, and coordinate project close-out with building and engineering officials
- Manage construction scheduling and sequencing, anticipate long lead items, and recognize critical paths
- Advise the client regarding the Construction Contract and all related matters of the Project
- Verify and validate the General Contractor receipt of OFCI equipment
- Monitor and enforce the health and safety requirements onsite
- Schedule and conduct Owner, Architect, and CM meetings, prepare and distribute minutes of these meetings
- Hold weekly production and/or safety meetings
- Review Jobsite progress with an eye toward quality, conformance to drawings and specifications, etc.
- Report to senior leadership on all cost schedule risk and quality issues
- Additional duties as assigned
Preferred Qualifications/ Relevant Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction, or a related field is a plus
- Minimum of 7 years of experience in Construction Project Management.
- Experience working in hyper-scale data centers is a plus
- Thorough and complete knowledge of the construction process and management techniques, methods, and materials.
- Outstanding negotiating skills
- Team player with the ability to clearly communicate verbally and in writing
- Must be proficient in Microsoft Project, Word, Excel, Outlook
- Organized and detail oriented
About Soben
Founded in 2011, Soben is an award winning, international consultancy providing ‘cradle-to-grave’ procurement, cost, contract, commercial, project and programme management services for blue chip national and international contracting organisations. Our purpose is to ensure that our clients are commercially successful whilst delivering large scale and complex construction, infrastructure, and energy projects.
