Project Manager - Excavation

Position Purpose: To provide leadership and support to all aspects of the company's excavating operation to include safety, operations, P&L, planning, scheduling, cost monitoring, cost reporting, customer reporting, performance tracking, budgeting, estimating, change orders, billing, marketing, staff development, business development and bid development.

Essential Responsibilities

* Provide day-to-day oversight, support, and technical expertise to a portfolio of excavating projects

* Assure crews and contractors are coordinated to work efficiently and meet customer requirements, budgets, forecasts, and schedules

* Manage staff, prepare budgets, and prepare work schedules and assigning specific duties

* Demonstrate safety leadership by supporting the implementation and management of the MJE Safety Management System and ensuring best practices are being followed.

* Integrate safety into project plans, establish safety goals, reinforce safety policies and procedures, support safety training, and monitor safety metrics.

* Support and coach supervisors and employees, provide feedback to encourage learning and create awareness, set priorities, and focus on continuous improvement

* Support the development of technical scopes of work and independently develop cost estimates and resource requirements for excavating related construction projects

* Provide support to request for proposal (RFP) preparation and evaluations, project specifications, and pricing schedules for the excavating construction projects

* Work with Assistant Project Managers with project scope development and project authorization through completion

* Ensure that MJE Senior Management is kept current on the progress of excavating construction projects, business opportunities and industry trends

* Systematically and regularly appraise and evaluate project progress against established goals, timelines, and objectives. Support Assistant Project Managers to correct deficiencies in these areas

* Consult with Utilities, Clients and Owners regarding design requirements, job specifications, bid requirements and offer technical expertise regarding construction solutions

* Assist with the development of common systems and processes to provide for proper accounting, reporting of project costs, customer billing, scheduling, material procurement, subcontractors, record keeping, documentation and budgeting

* Assist with the tracking of key performance and financial metrics that will optimize performance, productivity and reduce costs

* Assist in the preparation of proposals and estimates, including drawing take-offs

* Work with Assistant Project Managers to set up job structure from beginning i.e. safety, scheduling, document control plan, cost codes, job cost spread, material/tooling plan, equipment, billing, etc.

* Assist in job hand off from estimating to field project supervision

* Work with purchasing on material orders and required submittals

* Travel to project(s) on a regular basis

* Provide weekly updates on project progress to the Operations Manager

* Assist with the quotation of change orders from drawing changes, RFI's, etc.

* Oversee Assistant Project Managers to assure the monthly financial bridge, job forecasts and monthly reporting requirements are met and are accurate

* Work with customer and field management on schedule development and assist in maintaining during course of project

* Ensure the project has adequate resources to maintain schedule, budget and exceed safety expectations

* Interact with customer on project with positive long-term relationship in mind

* Ensure billing is timely submitted along with payment follow through

Knowledge | Skills | Abilities

* Strong knowledge of project management principles and practices

* Strong Knowledge of business, financial and management principles, and practices

* Ability to work independently and meet deadlines

* Ability to anticipate and meet internal customer needs

* Proven communication, organizational, presentation and interpersonal skills

* Ability to maintain confidentiality

* Can read / interpret Geo Technical reports

* Functional computer skills including familiarity with Bluebeam, Microsoft, Access, Excel, other takeoff software such as Trimble, Insite, Civil 3D

* Ability to frequently travel to job sites

Qualifications

* Project Management, Engineering, Construction Management or related field experience with excavation preferred

* Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Management or Business Administration preferred

* Experience in one or more of the following preferred: transmission access road and pad building, grading, storm sewer installations, precast foundation installation, and/or anchor installation such as solid bar, hollow bar, helical anchors, precast anchors

Work Environment

* Must be able to remain standing approximately 50% of the time

* Occasional bending, stooping, squatting, reaching, climbing

* The person in this position frequently communicates with employees and vendors and must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations

* Occasionally works in outdoor weather conditions

* Occasionally lifting 40 pounds

* Travel is required