Construction Project Manager

Wilco Construction; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus based on performance

Company parties

Competitive salary

Dental insurance

Free food & snacks

Health insurance

Opportunity for advancement

Paid time off

Vision insurance

Job summary

Wilco Construction is seeking a skilled Project Manager for their Jersey City operations. The successful candidate will oversee project completion, lead teams through logistical and scheduling challenges, and effectively manage client relations and subcontractor negotiations.

Ideal candidates should have robust experience in construction management, proven leadership abilities, and strong negotiation skills, facilitating successful outcomes for all project stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading project teams to successful completion.
• Strong understanding of construction processes and contract management.
• Ability to communicate effectively with clients and subcontractors.

Responsibilities

• Lead the project team through meetings, conflict resolutions, and decision cycles.
• Develop logistics and manage project sequencing.
• Assess and manage schedule impacts and lead schedule meetings.
• Understand and negotiate change orders with owners and subcontractors.
• Train and mentor junior staff and assistants.

Skills

Project leadership

Conflict resolution

Scheduling

Financial management

Negotiation

Job description

Benefits

• Bonus based on performance
• Company parties
• Competitive salary
• Dental insurance
• Free food & snacks
• Health insurance
• Opportunity for advancement
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

The PM is expected to lead the project towards successful completion. The PM leads the entire team through meetings, conflict resolutions, decision cycles, scheduling, financial expenditure, and challenges that arise each day.

Estimating

• Capable of completing a constructability review
• Overlay sequencing / schedule / site conditions into the design

Logistics

• Capable of developing logistics to support the project

Schedule

• Has a good grasp of durations of typical activities
• Assess schedule impacts from sequencing / material & design elements / logistical requirements
• Capability of leading and facilitating schedule meeting

Change Management

• Understand and anticipate change orders
• Be able to lead, understand and present aspects / impacts of project changes with owners and subcontractors
• Lead effective negotiation of changes with owners and subcontractors

Client Relations

• Lead project kick-off with owners and project team
• Able to have difficult conversations with owners to advise them of upcoming conflicts
• Have a complete understanding of the Contracts (boilerplate, exhibits and addendums)

Subcontractor Management

• Lead and manage the subcontractor scope reviews
• Able to prepare a scope sheet for subcontractor’s responsibilities

Training / Mentoring

• Able to train PE’s / APM’s and assist with Asst. Superintendents’ training as necessary