Construction Project Manager

Phoenix Investors; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A property development firm in Milwaukee is seeking a Construction Project Manager to oversee various construction activities, ensuring projects meet quality and budget standards. Responsibilities include providing cost estimates, monitoring project schedules, and maintaining communication with the project team. Ideal candidates will have experience in commercial construction and adaptive reuse projects.

Qualifications

• Experience with commercial/industrial construction cost estimation is required.
• Familiarity with adaptive reuse of commercial buildings is essential.

Responsibilities

• Oversee construction activities related to new projects and renovations.
• Provide preliminary cost estimates for construction.
• Monitor design and construction to ensure quality standards are met.

Skills

Commercial/industrial construction cost estimation

Adaptive re-use of commercial buildings

Project management

Quality control

Job description

The Construction Project Manager will oversee and be responsible for assigned construction activities related to new construction, renovations, and various CapEx projects. The Construction Project Manager will provide oversight and evaluation of the day-to-day performance of field staff and other construction personnel to ensure compliance with company standards, policies, and procedures. The Construction Project Manager will be responsible for ensuring quality deliverables are on-time and within budget. Experience with commercial/industrial construction cost estimation and adaptive re-use of commercial industrial buildings required. In addition, the Construction Project Manager will assist the project team in value engineering.

• Provide preliminary cost estimates for construction during the planning and keep the team apprised of cost changes during the pre-construction cycle
• Provide estimates for building shells based on company standards or tenant requirements
• Provide estimates for tenant improvements based on prototypical drawings or the landlord\'s responsibility as negotiated in the lease; this function is very important to validate the feasibility of the proforma. A combination of local contractor information, personal background, and historical data is used.
• Work with design team to obtain permits as needed
• Assist project superintendent as needed to schedule inspections
• Assist design team and project superintendent to schedule and obtain a Certificate of Occupancy if it is a landlord\'s responsibility

Scheduling

• Work with project superintendent to provide, monitor, and update a schedule that could include design, pre-construction, construction, and tenant deliveries
• Aid in adaptive re-use of commercial industrial buildings
• Evaluate construction scope, methods, techniques, and materials in order to construct the project in the most efficient and cost-effective manner that protects the design integrity of the project and the tenant requirements

Cost Containment

• Provide administration and validation of self-performed work, subcontracts, and change orders to protect the budget
• Maintain a comparison of budgeted and actual costs
• Provide variance reports as needed

Quality Control

• Monitor design and construction to ensure that quality standards and expectations are met; if required, a material testing agency shall be contracted before any construction commences. Any special testing deemed necessary to protect the company\'s assets such as asphalt coring, roofing, site-specific "special inspections," etc. shall be employed.

Communication

• Maintain accurate and timely documentation of pertinent communication