Civil Senior Project Manager

Cajun Industries, LLC; Houston, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Cajun Industries, LLC in Houston, TX seeks a Civil Senior Project Manager to plan, direct, and oversee assigned construction projects, ensuring goals and budgets are met. The role requires coordinating with field staff, subcontractors, and management from Cajun and the owner.

You will lead post-award bidding, procurement, safety and quality programs, and project reporting to drive on-time, on-budget results. This position demands strong leadership and decisive problem solving across teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide detailed constructability reviews of project documents and make recommendations.
• Post-award responsibilities include leading bid preparation and estimating the project, and aiding in proposal development.
• Lead development of construction procurement and procurement documents; identify staging and delivery methods to ensure material availability.
• Evaluate contracts to develop approach, profitability opportunities and related risk.
• Staff the project to meet all contract obligations.
• Manage daily construction work; coordinate status and lead safety and quality programs.
• Participate in subcontractor/vendor selections; lead review of safety and quality expectations.
• Represent Cajun in the local community and build relationships with local businesses and agencies.
• Develop project metrics and report variances; monitor progress to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.

Job description

Overview

Summary of Purpose:

The Civil Senior Project Manager role plans, directs, manages and provides oversight of assigned construction projects to ensure that both Cajun and client goals and objectives are accomplished within prescribed schedule and budget parameters. The Senior Project Manager must effectively communicate with field staff, technical staff, sub-contractors and management from both Cajun and the owner. The Senior Project Manager will need to provide both internal and external coordination and collaboration with all members of the project team. The Senior Project Manager must champion the management of key Cajun initiatives ensuring that the safety, quality, and productivity standards are met. The position requires considerable judgment and latitude in performing job duties, and is expected to function effectively with minimal to moderate direct supervision.

Essential Functions:

• On the front end, the Senior Project Manager must be able to provide detailed constructability reviews of project documents and make recommendations.
• The Senior Project Manager responsibilities will include, but not be limited to, post award of a contract and will include taking a lead role in preparation of an estimate for a project. This will include oversight of preparing a bid, leading the effort for a bid and aiding in the development of the overall proposal process.
• Upon award of a job, the Senior Project Manager will advise, consult and lead the development of construction procurement; assist in the development of project procurement documents and discover various staging and delivery methods to ensure material is readily available to construction.
• Lead the project evaluation of the contract to develop the overall approach and contract profitability opportunities as well as the associated risk.
• Staff the project based upon the needs to fulfill all obligations assigned by the contract.
• Manage day-to-day work on the project during construction phases, coordinate and make recommendations regarding status of work, and champion the safety and quality programs through active leadership and participation.
• Attend and actively participate in selection sessions with sub-contractors and vendors to establish Cajun’s expectations and to demonstrate our ethics with regards to price seeking and overall selection. The Senior Project Manager must also lead the review of the safety and quality expectations that the sub-contractor will be expected to meet.
• Represent company in the local community while developing strong relationships throughout with all local businesses and government agencies.
• Assist in the development of the detailed reporting/metrics on all project statistics and be capable of addressing any variances to plan and forecasting of future issues. The Senior Project Manager must consistently review and monitor project work to ensure that progress is within expected guidelines and is completed on time and within budget.