Construction Manager
$114,000–$155,000 year
On-siteNew York City, New York, United States or New York, United States
Job Summary
Act as the Owner's representative for infrastructure improvement projects across Manhattan and the East region, managing activities to adhere to project schedules, budgets, and ownership requirements. Demonstrate expert understanding of construction drawings and documentation while collaborating with clients to define scope and delivery methods. Prepare bi-weekly updates, manage assistant managers, and direct architects and engineers in preconstruction and construction administration. Monitor contractor work against budget and schedule, forecast costs, administer change orders, and maintain punch lists. Review working drawings for compliance, develop bid packages, and ensure a safe working environment through OSHA reviews. Maintain project documentation and historical data while utilizing project management software to track budgets, schedules, and scopes.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree, preferably in construction science, engineering, or related field
- Five years of general contractor or construction related experience with two of the years being in management role
- Meaningful experience in planning, design and construction of integrated mechanical, electrical and control systems
- Work within governance-intensive approval model, including project management software platforms such as PM Web
- Demonstrate understanding and successful application of general construction terminology and processes
- Read and interpret construction related manuals, research/instructional reports, safety rules, and methods and procedures in mechanical drawing and layout work
- Read and interpret detailed construction drawings and specifications and communicate findings with team
- Negotiate and interpret the intent of contract documents and mediate disputes as needed
- Analyze and interpret various types of data to draw conclusions and solve problems
- Interact with employees, visitors and contractors with poise and diplomacy
- Maintain a calm demeanor in emergencies
- Compose business letters, expositions, summaries, and reports, using proper format, punctuation, grammar, diction, and style
- Speak before an audience with confidence, using appropriate communication skills/style
- Demonstrate strong initiative
- Establish and maintain a cooperative working atmosphere among staff and contractors
- Exchange ideas, information, and opinions with others to formulate policies and programs and/or arrive jointly at decisions, conclusions, or solutions
- Perform numerical and financial calculations including calculating surfaces, volumes, weights, and measures
- Demonstrate proficiency in Microsoft Office software
- Work indoors approximately 85% of the time and outdoors 15% of the time
- Use olfactory, auditory, and visual senses to inspect buildings/constructions sites and detect emergency alarms
- Ability to climb up and down stairs, ride temporary construction hoists, access restrictive openings, and perform punch lists and emergency procedures
- Ability to lift up to 25lbs
- Ability to transfer locations and work overtime as business needs deem appropriate
- Though occurrences are rare, be accessible 24 hours a day in case of an emergency
- This position requires a full-time onsite presence
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